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The conductor leads the Gabrieli Consort and Players in this wide-ranging score
Also reviewed: the London Philharmonic’s scrupulous performance of Michael Tippett’s second symphony
This poignant work recorded live with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is joined by small chamber pieces
Aigul Akhmetshina in the title role has a voice that fills the London auditorium with sound and colour
An unusual double album brings together works by Claude Debussy and Armenian composer Komitas Vardapet
The composer shows off her exuberant musical personality in a debut recording with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
This chronologically arranged four-disc set marks the centenary of the composer’s death
‘Fiat Lux’ brought vivid imagery to the Barbican while ‘Aloud’ made a gritty statement at the Royal Festival Hall
Also in London: English National Opera’s Jenůfa is played as a gripping modern drama at the Coliseum
Tenor Cyrille Dubois interprets the best of the French composer’s song cycles with accompanist Tristan Raës
Production of Britten’s opera at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, never puts a foot wrong
Philippe Jordan conducts a clean-cut account featuring strong performances from Jonas Kaufmann and Elina Garanča
Premiere of a gripping new orchestral piece led by Simon Rattle. Plus: English Touring Opera’s The Rake’s Progress
The singer excels in this revival of Wagner’s work at the Royal Opera House, London
Conductor Semyon Bychkov offers lyrical beauty in this recording of the composer’s symphonic cycle
Also in London: English Touring Opera’s disappointing Manon Lescaut at the Hackney Empire
Pieces written around the turn of the last century by four women composers range from the dark to the ebullient
Pieces by Francisco Coll and Bryce Dessner were the focus of programmes from the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras
Handel’s Mayfair house is host to some of the harpsichords played on the disc
Also in London: Kahchun Wong conducts a programme of Shostakovich and Japanese music at the Barbican
On ‘Laws of Solitude’ the soprano performs them twice, with both orchestra and piano
Piotr Anderszewski spotlights the regional connections and folk inspirations behind the three composers
This first recording of the Italian-language opera spotlights a brilliant yet largely forgotten composer
The composer’s questing harmonies and imaginative writing fill every bar with interest
The conductor conjures high-quality playing from the orchestra, though the singing doesn’t quite reach the same standards
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