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GLUCK Iphigénie en Tauride

Triumphantly premiered in Paris in 1779, Iphigénie en Tauride is Gluck’s supreme masterpiece and the culmination of his efforts to...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2016

BOISMORTIER Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse, to a libretto by the prolific Charles-Simon Favart, was staged at the Paris Opera in...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2016

ARIOSTI London – Arias for Alto

This recital devoted to Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729) offers an indispensable chance to broaden our appreciation of Italian opera in early...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2016

Séverine Ballon; Mayke Rademakers Recitals

We have Pablo Casals most to thank for the cello’s renaissance as a solo instrument in the first half of...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Bruno Monsaingeon’s reputation precedes him. With films such as The Enigma and Unquiet Traveller he has revealed much about artists...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2016

L'orgue Symphonique: French Organ Works from Windsor Castle

Richard Pinel’s recital celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Harrison & Harrison organ in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. It also...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2016

Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim From The Piano

In 2007 pianist and new music champion Anthony de Mare launched the Liasons Project, for which a wide stylistic and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2016

WIDOR Organ Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

Widor’s 10 organ symphonies have been served well recently. There are splendid complete sets from Joseph Nolan (Signum; five discs,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2016

VILSMAŸR Six Partitas

Anyone who listened to Vaughan Jones’s 2014 release, ‘The Hidden Violin’ (7/14), will know that repertoire rarities don’t always produce...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2016

SCARLATTI Piano Sonatas

This is Angela Hewitt’s first foray into Scarlatti on disc but she hopes there will be more. Sixteen down…539 to...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2016

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