Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
On the evening of February 23, 1653, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit was performed at the Louvre for the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
On paper, this first foray into French territory by one of today’s star pianists looks promising. The Tonhalle Orchestra was...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2015
Igor Levit’s late Beethoven sonatas (11/13) and Bach Partitas (10/14) on Sony Classical have already made bold declarations of his...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2015
Following a collection of historic Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and the taking-over of the soundtracks from the four-director Stuttgart anniversary cycle,...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2015
A fantasy Peking is transported to Bregenz Festival’s lakeside setting for Marco Arturo Marelli’s new production of Turandot. Terracotta Warriors,...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015
It is no mean feat to produce a Handel opera aria recital containing two of Cleopatra’s most popular showpieces (‘Piangerò...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Handel’s only Venetian opera was the triumphant climax to his extended grand tour around Italy. Recorded live at the Göttingen...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Cavalli composed more than 30 operas for five different Venetian theatres, and most of the scores survive. Recordings of complete...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Fabio Biondi’s recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi is the first to appear on period instruments. Caught in the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015
There’s a moment of provocative, eye-meeting loveliness on this recording from Ralph Allwood’s Rodolfus Choir that singlehandedly makes the case...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2015
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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