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Corfield Godfrey: The Nightingale and the Rose (Prima Facie)
Admiringly appraised … a contemporary ‘take’ on romantic and lush impressionism [RB]
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Decca)
A recording for the ages, revealed in full splendour in a new re-mastering [JQ]
Lincke: Frau Luna (cpo)
A rare example of German operetta, well performed but flawed yet again by inadequate documentation [PCG]
Handel: Acis and Galatea (Decca)
A thoroughly welcome reissue that enshrines many of the virtues Handelian performance in the ‘pre-authentic’ era [PCG]
Pfitzner: Das Christ-Elflein (Orfeo)
Probably the most recommendable of the three recordings of Pfitzner’s Christmas tear-jerker despite its drawbacks [PCG]
Handel: Semele (Opus Arte)
A modern take on a Handelian opera which for once makes dramatic sense, and is good fun as well [PCG]
The Monarch’s Music (CRD)
Admirers of music for Military Band and its performing traditions will enjoy this diverse programme [NB]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy Vol. 2 (Eloquence)
Boult’s Deccas handsomely boxed; two Messiahs, Acis and miscellaneous recitals [JW]
Hedges: Kingston Sketches (Naxos)
Another enjoyable reissue in the Naxos series of British light music [PCG]
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta/Stravinky: Mavra (Bayerische Staatsoper)
A marriage made in hell does no favours to either partner – perhaps we might hope for a divorce? [PCG]
Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo (Naxos)
Cavalieri’s pioneering work given a modern interpretation with mixed results [PCG]
Barber: The Complete Songs (Brilliant Classics)
What should have been an important and innovative release ruined by basic failures of presentation [PCG]
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)
Two world première Britten recordings remastered by Pristine make an enticing offering [PCG]
Herrmann: Wuthering Heights (Chandos)
Extracts from an almost unknown superb opera raise hopes for a new complete recording [PCG]
Herrmann: Wuthering Heights (Chandos)
Cathy finally comes home in Herrmann’s magnum opus superbly performed [NB]
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (C Major)
A delightfully entertaining modern take on Rossini brings overtones of Fellini to the action [PCG]
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Opus Arte)
Sir Bryn Terfel triumphs in Mussorgsky’s original vision of his conscience-stricken Tsar [PCG]
Listening Studio Report
by John Quinn
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)
Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) The Great Puccini (DG)
A star Is born! Let’s hope he will resist overexposure [GF]
Kõrvits: The Sound of Wings (Ondine)
A beautiful new work from Estonia which will add to the growing reputation of the composer [PCG]
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opus Arte)
A superior reissue of Peter Hall’s other superlative Britten production from Glyndebourne [PCG]
Rodgers: Oklahoma! (Chandos)
A ground-breaking recording of a ground-breaking American musical [PCG]
Corigliano: The Lord of Cries (Pentatone)
An astounding new opera from John Corigliano receives a benchmark performance [PCG]
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