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HANDEL Imeneo

The libretto of Handel’s penultimate opera Imeneo is based loosely on the legend of Hymen, the Greek god of marriage:...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2016

HANDEL Acis and Galatea

Described by an eyewitness in June 1718 as a ‘little opera’, the origins of Acis and Galatea as an outdoor...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2016

Eugene Istomin: The Concert & Solo Recordings

Past assessments of the pianist Eugene Istomin (1925-2003) have too often delivered the metaphorical verdict ‘always the bridesmaid, never the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2016

Singing Cello

At first glance one might think that the title of this disc heralds a selection of songs transcribed for cello....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2016

Harmonie & Turcherie

The Habsburg Empire defeated the Ottoman Empire following the Siege of Vienna in 1683, ending the centuries of Muslim incursions...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2016

TCHAIKOVSKY; SMETANA Piano Trios

Among these piano trios’ defining features, optimism does not loom high. Smetana’s mourns his eldest daughter Bedřiška, who had just...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 02/2016

Schubertiade

This is the second release on Alpha to celebrate the 70th birthday of Jos van Immerseel. The first was a...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2016

MUFFAT Florilegium primum

Performers’ interest in the music of Georg Muffat has always centred on his Armonico tributo of 1682, in which he...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2016

MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Nos 1 & 2

The Cecilia Quartet came to international attention when they won the 2010 Banff Quartet Competition. These days they combine an...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2016

SCHUMANN; HILLER Piano Quintets

Period-instrument recordings of Schumann’s chamber masterpiece didn’t much impress me when I surveyed them for a Gramophone Collection (12/07). This...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2016

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