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MARTINU What Men Live By. Symphony No 1 (Bělohlávek)

Depending how you count them, there are 16 Martinů operas, ranging from single-acters – Alexandre bis (1937) and Ariane (1958)...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2019

KORNGOLD Das Wunder der Heliane (Bollon)

A new recording of Das Wunder der Heliane is, by definition, an event. The premiere recording in 1993 marked the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2019

CAMPRA L'Europe galante (d'Hérin)

Incredibly, this is the first complete recording of Campra’s innovative opéra-ballet L’Europe galante (1697); La Petite Bande and Gustav Leonhardt...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2019

BELLINI Norma (Rizzi)

This is the third filmed version of Norma to have appeared in the past year and, for me, the best...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2019

Into the Light (The Telegraph Quartet)

Despite being rather imaginatively programmed and very strongly played, this disc is something of a missed opportunity. The album title...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2018

Brass Roots

This is an engaging, albeit rather short programme of historical recordings from 1967 and 1974. The largest work by far...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2019

Minju Choi: Boundless

Minju Choi is a Korean-American pianist who has made a speciality of new American music in her recitals, so it...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2019

Sean Kennard: American Classics

Sean Kennard’s assertive plunge into the Barber Sonata’s exposition sets the tone for the pianist’s excellent grasp of the opening...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2019

SCHMIDT Quintet for Piano left-hand, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello

Here is something surprising and welcome: the first recording of Franz Schmidt’s Quintet in A for piano left-hand, clarinet, violin,...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 12/2018

HARBISON Requiem

John Harbison’s deeply felt, near hour-long Requiem was finished in 2002 after a long gestation period beginning almost two decades...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 12/2018

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