Replay (December 2024): Edith Peinemann, The French Piano School, Géza Anda & Kolisch String Quartet
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
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KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt (Franck)
This release lifts the audio from the DVD of Kasper Holten’s production of Korngold’s opera released by Opus Arte in...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2022
JANÁCEK Jenůfa (Rattle)
Following the release of Christof Loy’s Deutsche Oper production (8/15), this is the second filmed Jenůfa from Berlin to appear...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2022
HORNEMAN Aladdin
The Overture to Christian Frederik Emil Horneman’s Aladdin was once among the most-performed pieces of Danish music. It is a...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2022
HOLLIGER Lunea
Modernist opera has a thing for men suffering psychological breakdown. Alongside Berg’s Wozzeck, a recent go-to has been the schizophrenic...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 07/2022
When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone
‘It’s been done before’, you may say. Well, yes and no. The first thing Nigel Short does in his introduction...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2022
Carolyn Sampson: Trennung - Songs of Separation
With a mixture of composers both beloved and utterly obscure, Carolyn Sampson and Kristian Bezuidenhout elect to start their often...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2022
Golda Schultz: This Be Her Verse
In her debut solo recital recording, South African soprano Golda Schultz emerges as a master storyteller, an enterprising programmer and,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2022
Master & Pupil: Exploring the Influences and Legacy of Claudio Monteverdi
The Belfast-based vocal ensemble Sestina was founded by Mark Chambers in 2011. A decade later they have released their debut...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2022
Jakub Józef Orliński: Farewells
Many surprises here, starting with Jakub Józef Orliński appearing on the album cover looking thoroughly adult and fully clothed (no...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2022
VIVALDI La Senna festeggiante
Those who enjoy Vivaldi as a composer of brilliantly attractive vocal music while finding his operas somewhat casual in their...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2022
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Joan Sutherland: The Complete Decca Recordings
Tim Ashley hears the first instalment in a reissue of Joan Sutherland’s complete recordings
Review - Roberto Alagna: All’Opera
Mark Pullinger enjoys a survey of the ever-youthful tenor’s EMI recordings
Box-set Round-up: December 2024 (Poschner, Knappertsbusch, Schaller)
Rob Cowan listens to sets of Bruckner and Schubert symphonies, plus a pair of pianists
Review - Colin Davis in Amsterdam and London
David Gutman revisits the British conductor’s recordings with two major orchestras
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