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Review of BRITTEN Violin Concerto (Baiba Skride)

BRITTEN Violin Concerto (Baiba Skride)

This vividly recorded account of Britten’s 1939 Violin Concerto is uniquely paired with the Double Concerto for violin and viola...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 03/2024

Review of BERKELEY; RAVEL; POUNDS Orchestral Works (Wilson)

BERKELEY; RAVEL; POUNDS Orchestral Works (Wilson)

Born in London in 1954, Adam Pounds attended the London College of Music before going on to study privately with...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2024

Review of JANÁČEK Katya Kabanova (Rattle)

JANÁČEK Katya Kabanova (Rattle)

This Katya Kabanova forms the second instalment of Simon Rattle’s LSO Live series of Janáček’s major operas, begun in summer...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2024

Review of John Holt: Facets Five

John Holt: Facets Five

John Holt’s eighth recording for Crystal begins with eight pleasant recital pieces before finishing with a chamber music masterwork, Eric...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2024

Review of COPLAND; CRESTON; KAY; PISTON Concertos & Orchestral Suites

COPLAND; CRESTON; KAY; PISTON Concertos & Orchestral Suites

The National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic may be an occasional ensemble, tied to annual festivals at the University of Maryland, but...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2024

Review of CABANISS Four Elements

CABANISS Four Elements

Collaborative undertakings for the stage comprise a significant portion of Thomas Cabaniss’s oeuvre – not only operas but dance works...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 03/2024

Review of Shades of Romani Folklore

Shades of Romani Folklore

With so many superb young string quartets active on the music scene, it is heartening to realise that the genre...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2024

Review of VERDI I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (Repušić)

VERDI I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (Repušić)

Verdi’s fourth opera, I Lombardi, comes with little consensus opinion, the music suggesting an overlooked masterwork though the beyond-pedestrian libretto...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 02/2024

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta. The Nutcracker (Wellber)

TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta. The Nutcracker (Wellber)

Iolanta, Tchaikovsky’s final opera, and The Nutcracker, his final ballet, premiered together at the Mariinsky Theatre in December 1892. Initial...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2024

Review of ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia (Mariotti)

ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia (Mariotti)

It took a French theatre director of genius, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, to give us a near-definitive staging of the Beaumarchais-Rossini Il...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2024

 

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