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Review of ANTHEIL Complete Violin Music Vol 1 (Alessandro Fagiuoli)

ANTHEIL Complete Violin Music Vol 1 (Alessandro Fagiuoli)

Antheil composed his first three violin sonatas in 1923 24, while he was living and working in Europe. They are...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2019

Review of HANDEL; LEO Rinaldo (Premiere of the 1718 Naples version)

HANDEL; LEO Rinaldo (Premiere of the 1718 Naples version)

Extravagantly premiered at the Queen’s Theatre, Haymarket, in 1711, Rinaldo made Handel’s reputation in London and received more stagings, at...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2019

Review of Lise Davidsen: Strauss and Wagner

Lise Davidsen: Strauss and Wagner

It’s been a long time since a singer has generated as much buzz as the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, Gramophone’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2019

Review of An English Coronation 1902-1953 (Gabrieli Consort)

An English Coronation 1902-1953 (Gabrieli Consort)

On his tireless voyage of ceremonial and liturgical reconstruction, Paul McCreesh’s 20th-century coronation anthology is arguably his most ambitious and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2019

Review of CHAUSSON Poème de l'Amour et de la mer. Symphony Op 20

CHAUSSON Poème de l'Amour et de la mer. Symphony Op 20

A work that tends to bring out the best in the singers who have tackled it, Poème de l’amour et...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2019

Review of SCHUBERT Sonatas & Impromptus (Schiff)

SCHUBERT Sonatas & Impromptus (Schiff)

Here’s an analogy for András Schiff’s second disc in his survey of Schubert’s late works on his Brodmann fortepiano. Imagine...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2019

Review of Olivier Latry: Bach To The Future

Olivier Latry: Bach To The Future

Ah, this is more like it! Bach played with no hang-ups, using the full resources of a magnificent organ (the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2019

Review of REICH 'Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton’

REICH 'Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton’

With performances by Steve Reich and Musicians – Reich’s own group – becoming a far less regular occurrence these days,...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2019

Review of BEETHOVEN 5 Cello Sonatas (Leonard Elschenbroich)

BEETHOVEN 5 Cello Sonatas (Leonard Elschenbroich)

There’s little in Beethoven’s output that’s undervalued but I have the sense that the cello sonatas don’t quite get the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2019

Review of Iestyn Davies: If

Iestyn Davies: If

Last year the American countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo gave us a recital pairing music by Philip Glass and Handel (Decca)....

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2019


 

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