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Francine Kay: Things Lived and Dreamt

Francine Kay commences this smartly programmed recital of Czech music with a reading of Janáček’s two-movement Sonata that is both...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2023

SCHNABEL Complete Vocal Works

Though Schnabel’s career and reputation as a pianist and pedagogue overshadow his compositions, creating music remained a lifelong pursuit. ‘Officially...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 02/2023

Uncovered, Vol 3

The first two recordings in the Catalyst Quartet’s project exploring and, in most cases, introducing music by Black composers focused...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2023

FINBERG The Four Seasons of Isolation

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic affected musicians in many different ways. Some gave virtual recitals over Zoom, others composed...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2023

Alburnum

For his third solo album, the dynamic American baritone Brian Mulligan has turned to three 21st-century American composers who are...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2023

STRAVINSKY Mavra TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta (Ioffe)

BSO Recordings gave us no fewer than three winners at last year’s Awards, including Recording of the Year for the...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2023

RAMEAU Zoroastre (1749 version. Kossenko)

Zoroastre, premiered at the Paris Opéra on December 5, 1749, was the fifth opera – and the first tragedy –...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2023

PASQUINI L’Idalma, overo Chi la dura la vince (De Marchi)

Idalma (Rome, 1680) has parallels with Don Juan: the womaniser Lindoro keeps a list of his conquests, has deserted Irene...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2023

MOZART La clemenza di Tito (Glassberg)

Nothing hits you with greater force in Opéra de Rouen Normandie’s performance of La clemenza di Tito than the Overture....

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 01/2023

MARTINŮ Les larmes du couteau. The Comedy on the Bridge

Martinů’s short one-act operas make for a bright and entertaining double bill, and they receive bright and entertaining performances on...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2023

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