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BERLIOZ Harold en Italie. Les nuits d’été (Roth)

How delightful that François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles have returned to Berlioz this year, the 150th anniversary of his death....

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2019

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn

As continuo player for Teodor Currentzis, director of Il Pomo d’Oro – which has supplied lively backing to concept albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2019

Jörgen van Rijen: Fratres

The ever-versatile Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra trombonist Jörgen van Rijen has done a great deal to extend his instrument’s representation on...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 02/2019

JS BACH Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos

The first thing that strikes you about this disc is the acoustic, and not in a good way. It’s very...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2019

ANTHEIL Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 (Storgårds)

I was totally smitten by John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic’s recording of Antheil’s Fourth and Fifth symphonies (6/17) and...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2019

Cecilia Bartoli: Vivaldi

‘Vivaldi lives today thanks to Cecilia Bartoli!’ runs an accolade from Marilyn Horne in the booklet. I can imagine a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2019

VERDI Il Lombardi (Mariotti)

The Lombards at the First Crusade was Verdi’s fourth opera, commissioned by the impresario Merelli after the success of Nabucco....

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2019

PURCELL King Arthur (Meunier)

Vox Luminis, directed with a light touch by bass Lionel Meunier, turn their egalitarian talents to King Arthur (1691) and...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2019

MOZART Così fan tutte (Pillot)

This is Così fan tutte but not quite as we know it. Described as ‘Mozart’s original thoughts recreated and recorded...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2019

LISZT Sardanapalo. Mazeppa (Karabits)

An immensely important issue, this is the first recording of the performing edition by British musicologist David Trippett of Sardanapalo,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2019

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