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MORRIS Kaleidoscope

The music of Craig Madden Morris (b1945 in New York; not to be confused with the Grammy-nominated trumpeter, b1968 in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2023

FRANCK; VIERNE 'First and Last' (Christopher Houlihan)

Christopher Houlihan rightly views the French Romantic symphonic organ tradition as being bookended by Franck’s Grande pièce symphonique and Vierne’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2023

JS BACH; WUORINEN Charles Wuorinen: A Tribute (Steven Beck)

It’s easy to hear why Steven Beck’s staggeringly meticulous interpretations of Charles Wuorinen’s piano works pleased the late composer. He...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2023

Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments at the Met

Renée Fleming’s artistic stature hasn’t kept pace with her superstardom – isn’t that so often the case? – and this...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2023

PORPORA L’Angelica (Sardelli)

You might recognise the names of three of the characters listed above from two operas: Lully’s Roland (1685) and Handel’s...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2023

MATTHESON Boris Goudenow (Marchiol)

A Boris by Mattheson? Well yes, and in its way perhaps no less political in aspect than Mussorgsky’s. Johann Mattheson...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2023

LULLY Psyché (Rousset)

Another Lully opera already from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques – we had Acis et Galatée only in November....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2023

HANDEL Semele (Walls)

How do you recreate the shock of Handel’s Semele – the musical drama that sent a scandalous frisson through London...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2023

AUBER Le philtre (Acocella)

You won’t get far into the plot of Auber’s 1831 ‘petit opéra’ Le philtre without a faint sensation of déjà...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2023

Voyage intime

'Voyage intime’ marks the start of a new recording partnership between Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch, already much admired together...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2023

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