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JS BACH The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol 1 – The Young Heir (Alard)

The first instalment of Benjamin Alard’s projected complete keyboard works of JS Bach is entirely auspicious. Subtitled ‘The Young Heir’,...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2018

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Peter Hill)

Given the assertive profile distinguishing Peter Hill’s 20th- century music interpretations (Messiaen, Stravinsky, the Second Viennese School), his recordings of...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018

ZEMLINKSY A Florentine Tragedy

Zemlinsky’s Eine florentinische Tragödie, completed in 1916, may not have the despairing intensity that distinguishes his subsequent opera, Der Zwerg,...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 06/2018

VERDI Luisa Miller (Repušić)

Based on concert performances in Munich last year, this is serious, spirited Verdi that nonetheless isn’t going to push either...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 06/2018

TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame (Jurowski)

If you’ve heard his recordings of the symphonies with the LPO (1/18) or his recent Sleeping Beauty (12/17), you’ll already...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel (Altinoglu)

Based on Pushkin’s tale, Rimsky-Korsakov composed his final opera The Golden Cockerel in 1906 07 (it was premiered posthumously) as...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018

MOZART Le nozze di Figaro (Böhm)

The 1954 visit of the Vienna State Opera to London’s Royal Festival Hall with a Mozart/da Ponte cycle on improvised...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2018

MOZART Cosi Fan Tutte (Bychkov)

Jan Philipp Gloger’s production of Così fan tutte met with mixed responses when it was unveiled at Covent Garden in...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018

MEYERBEER Margherita D'Anjou (Luisi)

In tandem with Martina Franca’s Valle d’Itria Festival, Dynamic has produced another live double (CD and DVD, available separately) of...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2018

MASSENET Werther (Meister)

Massenet’s Werther makes for bleak viewing at the best of times. Goethe’s lovesick poet stumbles around after Charlotte (who’s already...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018

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