Review: Janáček: Jenůfa (London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle)
Rattle’s deeply felt reading and flawless cast make for a top recommendation.
Rattle’s deeply felt reading and flawless cast make for a top recommendation.
Alessio Elia produces luminous celestial keys, without the keys.
Decca boxes up Kaufmann's golden years, operas and all.
Rameau's grotesque opera holds up a mirror for our own times.
A joyous discovery of English polyphony by gifted young voices.
A heady plunge into the fin-de-siècle salon from the talented Dutch baritone.
Seraphim Trio sparks up with vivid, underperformed chamber works.
Another rediscovered gem from the man who taught Donizetti.
Martineau dishes up the finest survey of Ravel song to date.
Ponchielli’s pre-Gioconda hit given a fair suck of the sauce bottle.
An Italian-Australian pianist finds the fantasy in Bach’s Toccatas.
An enthusiastic survey of ingenuity in the golden age of polyphony.
A thoughtfully put together portrait album by a fine singer.