Review: Lehár: Cloclo (Sieglinde Feldhofer)
Weimar sauce makes a rediscovered Lehár operetta a lip-smacking treat.
December 30, 2020
Review: Hans Werner Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg
Important 20th-century opera, well sung if uninterestingly staged.
December 29, 2020
Review: The Tudor Queens (Diana Damrau)
The queen of bel canto turns her attention to Donizetti's rival queens.
December 28, 2020
Review: Charpentier: Messe à quatre choeurs & Carnets de voyage d’Italie
Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances advocate when in Rome...
December 25, 2020
Review: Tõnu Kõrvits: You Are Light and Morning
A haunting and heartfelt homage to Italian poet Cesare Pavese.
December 24, 2020
Review: Cantica obsoleta (ACRONYM)
Baroque music of unearthly beauty unearthed by this fine young ensemble.
December 23, 2020
Review: Bach: St John Passion (Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki)
Bach Collegium Japan celebrates 30th anniversary year with moving, majestic Bach.
December 22, 2020
Review: One Hundred Years of British Song, Volume 1
A penetrating, frequently revelatory start to a promising new series.
December 21, 2020
Review: Thalberg: L’Art du Chant (Paul Wee)
Songs without words delight from start to finish.
December 20, 2020
Review: Beethoven · Tchaikovsky · Schmidt · Stephan (Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko)
Lip-smacking music-making in BPO’s first fruits with Petrenko.
December 17, 2020
Review: The Messenger (Hélène Grimaud, Camerata Salzburg)
Grimaud's inspired pairing of Mozart and Sylvestrov yields rich rewards.
December 16, 2020
Review: John Williams in Vienna (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker)
Dim the lights and grab your bowl of popcorn for John Williams with the Wiener Philharmoniker.
December 15, 2020
Review: Ķeniņš: Symphony No 1 & Two Concertos (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra)
Latvian or Canadian? Who cares when the music’s this good.
December 14, 2020