Review - David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition – The Complete Columbia & HMV Recordings
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
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SCARTAZZINI Edward II
The most successful British operas of the last few years would suggest that a sizeable strand of the opera audience...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2018
MOZART Lucio Silla (Minkowski)
Although this production of the teenage Mozart’s Lucia Silla was first seen at the Salzburg Festival in 2013, it was...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2018
HANDEL Lotario (Cummings)
The libretto of Lotario (1729) was adapted from Orlandini’s Adelaide, which Handel had probably heard recently in Venice while recruiting...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2018
Franco Fagioli: Handel Arias
Back in 2004 a rising young countertenor released his first solo recording of arias by Handel and Mozart (Arte Nova,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2018
BIZET Djamileh
The general consensus is that Bizet’s first mature work is a decent piece of music but not such a great...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2018
BELLINI Norma (Gamba)
Hot on the heels of Opus Arte’s release of the Royal Opera’s new Norma, given a guarded welcome by Neil...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2018
DEBUSSY Préludes (Barenboim; Pollini)
Daniel Barenboim’s first solo Debussy CD is not as new as it appears. The Préludes Book 1 comprise the soundtrack...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018
Bach Unlimited
The concept behind Lise de la Salle’s ‘Bach Unlimited’ is to interweave music either written by or inspired by JS...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018
Mark Hambourg: Encores & Rarities
Like APR’s earlier release of Hambourg’s complete Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies (1/06 – a gramophone first), this selection of 49 different...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2018
SZYMANOWSKI Piano Works Vol 4 & 5
Karol Szymanowski was neither one of the 20th century piano-virtuoso-composers on the model of Bartók or Prokofiev nor an ardent...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018
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Debussy in Context (Edited by Simon Trezise) | Book Review
In our current dark times we need Debussy as much as ever. And this book is a perfect way in if you...
Box-set Round-up: November 2024 (Prêtre, Celibidache, Jansons)
Rob Cowan on the legacies of a trio of conductors in the music in which they excelled
Replay: The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli, plus Madeleine de Valmalète, Monique Haas, Emanuel Feuermann & Alfred Dubois
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Review - Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition - Complete Opera Recordings
Rob Cowan dives into Warner’s second volume of Wolfgang Sawallisch’s recordings
Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound (by Kate Kennedy) | Book Review
It’s hard to think of another book about a specific instrument that goes quite as deep as this
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