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DEBUSSY Études, Books 1 & 2

Among the many composers who have cultivated the piano étude, ranging from Steibelt, Clementi, Hummel, Cramer and Czerny to Ligeti,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2017

R THOMPSON Symphony No 2 BARBER Symphony No 1

This is the second recording by the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, a summer training programme for conservatory students. It’s as...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2017

Arias for Nicolino

The Neapolitan castrato Nicola Grimaldi (1673-1732), nicknamed Nicolino (or Nicolini), studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, first appeared...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017

WAGNER Parsifal (Fischer)

‘I was not thinking of the Redeemer when I created Parsifal’, wrote Wagner. In ceremonial moments stage director Pierre Audi...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 08/2017

VERDI Otello

After a compelling Cav & Pag in 2015 – released on DVD by Sony Classical, 5/16 – the Salzburg Easter...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017

STEFFANI Baccanali

Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) is an interesting figure. Italian by birth, he spent his working life in Germany. Composer, priest –...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2017

SAINT-SAËNS Prosperine

Of Saint-Saëns’s 13 operas, only Samson et Dalila is a repertory staple. Palazzetto Bru Zane’s mission to promote rare French...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2017

ROSSINI The Barber of Seville (Mazzola)

This 2016 Glyndebourne production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia was the first to be staged there since the elegantly...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 08/2017

RAVEL L'enfant et les sortilèges. Ma Mère l'Oye

Ravel was never more sincere than in his works devoted to childhood, the theme for this fifth volume in Stéphane...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2017

MOZART Die Zauberflöte (Fischer)

It’s not clear what La Scala intended to capture for posterity in this recording. The singers, orchestra and chorus are...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 08/2017

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