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PORPORA L’Angelica (Sardelli)

You might recognise the names of three of the characters listed above from two operas: Lully’s Roland (1685) and Handel’s...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2023

MATTHESON Boris Goudenow (Marchiol)

A Boris by Mattheson? Well yes, and in its way perhaps no less political in aspect than Mussorgsky’s. Johann Mattheson...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2023

LULLY Psyché (Rousset)

Another Lully opera already from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques – we had Acis et Galatée only in November....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2023

HANDEL Semele (Walls)

How do you recreate the shock of Handel’s Semele – the musical drama that sent a scandalous frisson through London...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2023

AUBER Le philtre (Acocella)

You won’t get far into the plot of Auber’s 1831 ‘petit opéra’ Le philtre without a faint sensation of déjà...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2023

Voyage intime

'Voyage intime’ marks the start of a new recording partnership between Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch, already much admired together...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2023

Eros & Subtilitas: Capricci, Madrigali e Danze in Dialogo

Spanish early music ensemble Tasto Solo made ripples with their first three recordings – a diverse triptych starting with 15th-century...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2023

A Day with Suzanne. A Tribute to Leonard Cohen

It had never occurred to me before to draw a Venn diagram showing the intersecting circles of lovers of the...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2023

Kitty Whately: Befreit - A Soul Surrendered

This album might borrow its title from one of Richard Strauss’s best-known songs and culminate in a moving performance of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2023

Tim Mead: Sacroprofano

Hard on the heels of Le Poème Harmonique’s programme of Vivaldi and others (Alpha, 11/22) comes this all Vivaldi album...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2023

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