Reviews
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Male soprano Samuel Mariño releases his debut CD
Samuel Mariño: Care Pupille Arias by Handel and Gluck The young Venezuelan newcomer Samuel Mariño possesses an incrediblyRead More -
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music – Keyboard CD review
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Daniele Boccaccio on organs by Anon. (c.1550), Scherer (1612/13), and Schnitger (1678); harpsichord byRead More -
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Michael ‘A Fanfare Setting’ – Choral CD review
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Michael ‘A Fanfare Setting’ Helena Dix (s), Christine Rice (m-s), Benjamin Hulett (t), Roderick Williams (bar), BachRead More -
ROGER SCRUTON’S FINAL WORD ON PARSIFAL
Book Review: Wagner’s Parsifal: The Music of Redemption by Roger Scruton 208 pages, Allen Lane As one might expectRead More -
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos – Keyboard CD review
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055, 1058 Francesco Corti (hpschd), Il pomo d’oro Pentatone PTC 5816 837 [64:08]Read More -
Distler, Zimmermann: Sacred choir and organ music – Choral CD review
Distler, Zimmermann: Sacred choir and organ music Christina Roterberg (s), Norddeutscher Kammerchor / Maria Jürgensen (dir); Arvid Gast, Stellwagen organ,Read More -
Poulenc: The Life in the Songs
Jon Tolansky speaks to Graham Johnson about his latest study of Poulenc’s life and works The song accompanist Graham JohnsonRead More -
Opera Stars perform at home in Met Gala
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Met has launched a fundraising campaign, The Voice Must Be Heard, and mountedRead More -
Stabat (Pärt, Vasks and MacMillan) – Choral CD review
Stabat (Pärt, Vasks and MacMillan) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dmitri Ensemble / Graham Ross (dir) Harmonia mundi HMMRead More -
Bach: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 – Organ CD review
J.S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 Stephen Farr, organ by Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost (1730), Stadtkirche, Waltershausen, Thuringia Resonus RES 10259Read More -
CD Choice – Cav & Pag from Graz Opera
Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci Mascagni/Leoncavallo Oehms Classics OC987 ***** Bogged down is initially what I thought of a new recordingRead More -
Fidelio at the Royal Opera House, London
Reviewed by Helena Matheopoulos Beethoven’s only opera was programmed as the ROH’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of theRead More -
Bach: St Matthew Passion – Choral CD review
Bach: St Matthew Passion Benjamin Bruns (t, Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (s), Damien Guillon (a), Makoto Sakurada (t), Christian Immler (b,Read More -
Viola und Orgel – Organ CD review
Viola und Orgel Bettina Leitner, ‘Bruckner Organ’, Stiftsbasilika St Florian, Upper Austria; Bénédicte Royer (va, va d’amore) Gramola 99168 [61:35]Read More -
Rob Schwimmer’s Heart of Hearing
Review by Andy Hamilton Polymath Rob Schwimmer’s intriguing and enjoyable second solo album features originals, jazz standards and Americana. SchwimmerRead More -
Review: Wozzeck at Greek National Opera
Wozzeck – Berg Greek National Opera ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As the director Olivier Py pointed out in the February issue ofRead More -
Review: Madam Butterfly
Madam Butterfly – Puccini English National Opera ⭐⭐⭐ Can you really have too much of a good thing? TheRead More -
Review: Tosca and La bohème by Opera Undone
Opera Undone: Tosca and La bohème Trafalgar Studios Puccini is the composer to be unravelled in Opera Undone’s latestRead More -
William Mathias: Choral Music – Choral CD review
William Mathias: Choral Music St John’s Voices, The Gentlemen of St John’s / Graham Walker (dir) Naxos 8.574162 [71:52] ★★★★★Read More -
Review: Igor Levit plays Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms
Review by Jacob Bird Igor Levit and Markus Becker offered a tightly wrought programme of Beethoven, Brahms and Bartók inRead More
