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PUCCINI Madama Butterfly

Musically solid and theatrically intriguing, this Madama Butterfly from Hamburg brings one to ponder whether this opera is truly about...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2014

PUCCINI La fanciulla del West

Like many a live performance of La fanciulla del West, this one takes a while before everybody is warmed up...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 08/2014

Emma Matthews sings Mozart Arias

Emma Matthews is a soprano who has appeared in an impressive range of operas in her native Australia. Her repertoire...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014

HANDEL Teseo (Highlights)

In 2011 the Göttingen Handel Festival bid an emotional farewell to its long-serving Artistic Director Nicholas McGegan with a production...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2014

HANDEL Tamerlano

What a wonderful opera this is. Tamerlano comes between Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda: not nearly as well known as either,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014

DONIZETTI Maria Stuarda

This is one of the Met’s ‘Live in HD’ performances relayed to cinemas last year. It comes complete with the...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014

BIRTWISTLE Gawain

Birtwistle has always been fascinated by drama and the theatre, which began to manifest itself in compositions for the concert...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014

PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas. Five Melodies

Writing in 1954, David Oistrakh, who was close to Prokofiev during the gestation of both the violin sonatas, made an...

Reviewed in issue 08/2014

Piano Reflections

Classic FM has been grooming the young pianist Ji Liu for his debut solo CD, leaving nothing to chance. The...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014

SCHUMANN Fantasy Op 17 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 10 & 30

Like its predecessors, the sixth release in Andreas Haefliger’s ‘Perspectives’ series of mixed recitals includes Beethoven sonatas, leading one to...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014

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