Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
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BEETHOVEN; FRANCK Violin Sonatas transcribed for Cello
‘Up high it sounds nasal, and down low it grumbles’: Dvořák’s supposed comment about the solo cello came to mind...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2017
ALWYN String Quartets Nos 10 - 13
Although William Alwyn’s extensive catalogue includes three ‘official’ string quartets dating from 1953, 1975 and 1984, his relationship with the...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2017
La storia di Orfeo
What a brilliant idea. Taking the best of three different Orpheus operas and weaving them together into a single composite,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017
WAGNER Das Liebesverbot
Wagner’s second complete opera mostly switched allegiance to contemporary Italian (Donizetti, Rossini) and French (Auber, Hérold) models rather than German...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2017
THOMMESSEN The Hermaphrodite
The Hermaphrodite is described as a ‘chamber opera in seven parts’, but that’s only part of the story. The work...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2017
ROSSINI Armida
The tale of Rinaldo the Crusader knight caught in the toils of the sorceress Armida had been popular with composers...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 04/2017
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito
By all accounts, Denis Podalydès’s updated production of Mozart’s late opera seria in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, set in a...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2017
Sonya Yoncheva: Handel
In her absolute prime at 35, the Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva has been winning plaudits on both sides of the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2017
HANDEL Theodora
It must be a world record for William Christie to have conducted four different commercial releases of Handel’s late masterpiece...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2017
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Review - William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
Book review - So Written To After-Times: John McCabe – A Life in Letters (Compiled by Monica McCabe)
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
A buyer's guide to first-time record players
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Review - Jorge Bolet: Complete Decca Recordings
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Box-set Round-up: March 2025 (Edith Farnadi, Aline van Barentzen, Christine Walevska)
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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