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LECLAIR Scylla et Glaucus

In Homer, it is Circe who warns Odysseus of the perils of steering his ship between two rocks: one the...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2016

GLUCK Iphigénie en Tauride

Triumphantly premiered in Paris in 1779, Iphigénie en Tauride is Gluck’s supreme masterpiece and the culmination of his efforts to...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2016

BOISMORTIER Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse, to a libretto by the prolific Charles-Simon Favart, was staged at the Paris Opera in...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2016

ARIOSTI London – Arias for Alto

This recital devoted to Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729) offers an indispensable chance to broaden our appreciation of Italian opera in early...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2016

Séverine Ballon; Mayke Rademakers Recitals

We have Pablo Casals most to thank for the cello’s renaissance as a solo instrument in the first half of...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Bruno Monsaingeon’s reputation precedes him. With films such as The Enigma and Unquiet Traveller he has revealed much about artists...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2016

L'orgue Symphonique: French Organ Works from Windsor Castle

Richard Pinel’s recital celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Harrison & Harrison organ in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. It also...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2016

Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim From The Piano

In 2007 pianist and new music champion Anthony de Mare launched the Liasons Project, for which a wide stylistic and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2016

WIDOR Organ Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

Widor’s 10 organ symphonies have been served well recently. There are splendid complete sets from Joseph Nolan (Signum; five discs,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2016

VILSMAŸR Six Partitas

Anyone who listened to Vaughan Jones’s 2014 release, ‘The Hidden Violin’ (7/14), will know that repertoire rarities don’t always produce...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2016

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