Review: John F Larchet: Complete Songs & Airs (Champs Hill Records)
A forgotten Irish composer is superbly championed by Niall Kinsella.
A forgotten Irish composer is superbly championed by Niall Kinsella.
Audi’s swansong makes compelling case for Orfeo II, Revenge of the Maenads.
Fischer’s forces sing a Song of the Earth for the ages.
Persuasive advocacy for a neglected Brazilian master’s songs and piano pieces.
Marc-André Hamelin wrestles with two piano Goliaths and comes out on top.
All-male performances show Monteverdi's madrigals in a new light.
Snider reworks mass into requiem for the environment to spectacular effect.
Rarely heard chamber masterpieces superbly played.
Jordan’s Vienna swansong serves up watercolour treatments of Brahms’ symphonies.
Savall’s Revolutionary fervour brings snap, crackle and pop to five of Beethoven’s best.
Rediscovering a colourful piece of Ballets Russes exotica.
From First Ladies to female statues, with Heggie and Barton expect the unexpected.
Plenty of Spanish sizzle in this sometimes zany zarzuela.