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RAVEL Piano Concertos

On paper, this first foray into French territory by one of today’s star pianists looks promising. The Tonhalle Orchestra was...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2015

JS BACH Goldberg Variations BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations

Igor Levit’s late Beethoven sonatas (11/13) and Bach Partitas (10/14) on Sony Classical have already made bold declarations of his...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2015

WAGNER Das Rheingold

Following a collection of historic Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and the taking-over of the soundtracks from the four-director Stuttgart anniversary cycle,...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2015

PUCCINI Turandot

A fantasy Peking is transported to Bregenz Festival’s lakeside setting for Marco Arturo Marelli’s new production of Turandot. Terracotta Warriors,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015

Handel: The Power of Love

It is no mean feat to produce a Handel opera aria recital containing two of Cleopatra’s most popular showpieces (‘Piangerò...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015

HANDEL Agrippina

Handel’s only Venetian opera was the triumphant climax to his extended grand tour around Italy. Recorded live at the Göttingen...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015

Cavalli: Heroines of the Venetian Baroque

Cavalli composed more than 30 operas for five different Venetian theatres, and most of the scores survive. Recordings of complete...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015

BELLINI I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Fabio Biondi’s recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi is the first to appear on period instruments. Caught in the...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015

Time and its Passing

There’s a moment of provocative, eye-meeting loveliness on this recording from Ralph Allwood’s Rodolfus Choir that singlehandedly makes the case...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2015

GESUALDO Moro Lasso. O crux benedicta DEAN Carlo

If you’re casting around for musical inspiration, you could do a lot worse than Carlo Gesualdo. A 16th-century prince and...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2015

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