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CALDARA Motetti a due a tre voci Op 4

Gerhard Poppe’s booklet-notes for this disc paint a picture of Antonio Caldara that is more strictly truthful than enticing –...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2017

CANNON Lord of Light: A Gloucester Requiem

His passing may have gone largely unnoticed but Philip Cannon (1929-2016) was a highly respected figure still to receive his...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2017

BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem

There is an ecumenical irony to the appearance of this German Requiem, in Reformation anniversary year, from a seat of...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2017

JS BACH St John Passion (Live)

Comparisons can be odious but are sometimes inevitable. For donkey’s years it has been possible to pick up at a...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017

Krassimira Stoyanova: Verismo

It’s not long since Anna Netrebko’s ‘Verismo’ appeared (DG, 10/16), and Angela Gheorghiu has just announced a return to the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017

Xavier Sabata : Catharsis

Notwithstanding several spelling errors in the track-listing on Aparté’s back cover, this recital album’s intelligent variety of dramatic atmospheres give...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017

SALIERI Europa riconosciuta

Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala was inaugurated on August 3, 1778 with a production of Salieri’s new serious opera Europa...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017

PAISIELLO La Grotta di Trofonio

Hard on the heels of Fedra (1/17) comes another Paisiello opera from Dynamic. Are we on the verge of a...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2017

PUCCINI Turandot. MOZART Le nozze di Figaro

There has to be a certain fascination in seeing Puccini’s Turandot performed by an all-Chinese cast in Beijing. Chen Xinyi’s...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2017

Meyerbeer - Grand Opera

There’s a great deal to admire in this release, the realisation of a long cherished idea for Diana Damrau. It’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017

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