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Review of JS BACH Brandenburg Concertos (Luks)

JS BACH Brandenburg Concertos (Luks)

Following in Bach’s footsteps is never straightforward – few of the locations associated with him are quite what they seem....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2022

Review of FAURÉ Complete Songs (Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës)

FAURÉ Complete Songs (Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës)

Here’s a delicious treat that should have all lovers of French mélodies salivating. Complete sets of Gabriel Fauré’s songs are...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2022

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Review of Jordan Bak: Impulse

Jordan Bak: Impulse

For his solo debut album, the Jamaican-American viola player Jordan Bak has put together a recital of daringly introspective music...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 07/2022

Review of SUMMER Hamlet

SUMMER Hamlet

The American composer Joseph Summer (b1956) is no stranger to opera, having written several comic operas early in his career,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2022

Review of REYNOLDS Violin Works (Gabriela Díaz)

REYNOLDS Violin Works (Gabriela Díaz)

For two minutes one hears an unaccompanied violin playing jagged short phrases, upwardly slithering long lines and discreetly deployed double-stops....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2022

Review of BIDDINGTON Music from Torrens Road: Orchestral Works

BIDDINGTON Music from Torrens Road: Orchestral Works

I am prepared to bet that New Zealand-born composer Eric Biddington (b1953) is as unknown to the majority of this...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2022

Review of JS BACH Partitas (Eleonor Bindman)

JS BACH Partitas (Eleonor Bindman)

Eleonor Bindman’s Bach pianism is all about clarity and order. Her strong and assertive fingerwork complements her firmly centred rhythm....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2022

Review of WAGNER Parsifal (Wellber)

WAGNER Parsifal (Wellber)

Filmed at Palermo’s Teatro Massimo shortly before Covid struck in early 2020, this Parsifal represents one of the last productions...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2022

Review of TESORI Blue

TESORI Blue

While themes of racial discrimination, injustice and racially motivated violence have simmered under the surface of the American musical theatre...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2022

Review of SAINT-SAËNS Henry VIII (Rose)

SAINT-SAËNS Henry VIII (Rose)

First performed at the Paris Opéra in 1883, Henry VIII was one of the works, along with Étienne Marcel (1879)...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2022

 

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