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JS BACH ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’

Post-war recordings of Bach cantatas from Germany are a richer repository than is generally known, outside those on the major...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 07/2024

YVAIN Yes!

You might already know the title number of Maurice Yvain’s Yes! from Susan Graham’s treasurable French operetta album (Erato, 5/02);...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2024

NIELSEN Maskarade (Engel)

Nielsen’s second opera hasn’t always travelled well outside its native land. The ‘sung in German’ label on this newcomer rang...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2024

MASSENET Werther (Vashegyi)

Some will doubtless raise eyebrows at Bru Zane’s inclusion of Werther in their ongoing re-evaluation of the lesser-known French repertory....

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2024

DE LA GUERRE Céphale et Procris (van Mechelen)

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Céphale et Procris (March 1694) was the first and only full-scale tragédie en musique to...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2024

HANDEL Poro, re delle Indie (Angioloni)

Poro (King’s Theatre, February 1731) was modelled on Metastasio’s Alessandro nell’Indie, which had just recently been first set to music...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2024

GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice (Plewniak)

It is clear from his introductory note in the booklet that the moving spirit behind this recording is Jakub Józef...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2024

DONIZETTI L’esule Di Roma (Rizzi)

Experimental Donizetti? Do those words ever belong together? Experimental or not, L’esule di Roma (‘The Exile from Rome’), premiered in...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2024

Fenella Humphreys: Prism

Just when you thought the pandemic’s musical fruits were all harvested … During the spring 2020 lockdown, Fenella Humphreys –...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024

Alexandre Tharaud & Friends: Four Hands

Alexandre Tharaud’s splendid idea was ‘to put together an album for the sheer pleasure of it, in collaboration with dear...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2024

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