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BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra; Viola Concerto (Amihai Grosz)

Having made waves with one of the best Mahler Sevenths of recent times (Alpha, 11/20), this latest Bartók pairing confirms...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW23

MONTEVERDI Vespers (Pygmalion)

This has to be one of the most gripping and impactful recordings of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 available right now....

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: AW23

Turning into Song - A Celebration of Songs by American Composers

In a provocative twist, this new recording captures the results of a commissioning project initiated not by a musician but...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW23

BIEDENBENDER all we are given we cannot hold

Each of the works on this recording of music by David Biedenbender seizes the ear through a blend of expressive...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW23

AYLWARD Oblivion

Is it possible to have a genuine opera in which everybody is dead in the opening scene? Even if the...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW23

ADAMS 'Current'

A most welcome addition to the slim Samuel Adams discography, ‘Current’ gathers three chamber music works from the past decade,...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: AW23

VERDI Rigoletto (Frizza)

It has taken a while for this Rigoletto to appear on DVD. It was filmed in Barcelona in 2017, during...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2023

VERDI Un ballo in maschera (Janowski)

This is a strange beast: a recording of a Verdi opera performed by a conductor best known for his Wagner,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 10/2023

PUCCINI Il trittico (Welser‑Möst)

Three sets of reservations, appropriately enough, nagged at me as I sat down with this film of Christof Loy’s 2022...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2023

HINDEMITH Cardillac (Soltész)

This is, by my reckoning, only the third audio recording of Cardillac, Paul Hindemith’s first full-scale opera, premiered in Dresden...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 10/2023

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