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RACHMANINOV Variations

The opening bars tell you this is going to be a good ‘Pag Rhap’. As things turn out, it is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2015

Yinjia Gong: Ténor tenore!

The young Chinese-born, Swedish-trained tenor Yinjia Gong finished his formal studies just three years ago. For him to be able...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2015

WOLF-FERRARI Die neugierigen Frauen (The Curious Woman)

First performed in Munich in 1903, Die neugierigen Frauen – Le donne curiose to give it its original title –...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015

WAGNER Tannhäuser

Bayreuth’s 2011 Tannhäuser project – here offered in a live relay from the festival last summer – got off to...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015

WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen

Obtainable from the usual online sources, this live recording of the cycle from Wagner-year performances in Mannheim in 2013 is...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015

STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier

So here it is, the Rosenkavalier that launched a thousand blog posts. Or not quite, since this DVD was filmed...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2015

SCHUBERT Fierrabras

Composed in 1823, when Vienna was in the grip of a Rossini craze, Schubert’s last completed opera remained unperformed in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2015

RAVEL L’enfant et les sortilèges. Shéhérazade

This live recording of Ravel’s second opera, recorded two years ago, has been issued to mark the 80th birthday of...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 09/2015

PUUMALA Anna Liisa

There have only been two previous references in these pages to the Finnish composer and teacher Veli-Matti Puumala, 50 this...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015

MOZART La Finta Giardiniera

The 18-year-old Mozart’s floral romp has been fair game for modern makeovers, most entertainingly in Doris Dörrie’s wacky 2006 Salzburg...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2015

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