Period instrumentalist Andreas Staier revisits Bach, performing the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier on a harpsichord.
Tag: opera
Review: Puccini – Madama Butterfly – Foster
Soprano Melody Moore, tenor Stefano Secco, and Orquestra Gulbenkian feature in a new performance of Puccini’s iconic Madama Butterfly.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Anima Aeterna – Jakub Józef Orlińsky, Countertenor
Jakub Józef Orlińsky’s third solo album with Il Pomo d’Oro continues his Baroque journey and presents a selection of well-known works with world premieres.
Review: Amata della Tenebre – Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Soprano Anna Netrebko presents her first solo album in five years with opera’s most iconic arias from Purcell, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Wagner.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Passions – Véronique Gens, Soprano
Soprano Véronique Gens in a sequence of works by Lully, Collasse and Desmarets, forming “an imaginative opera”.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, August 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Beethoven – Fidelio – Davidsen, Janowski
Lise Davidsen takes on the role of Leonore in Beethoven’s Fidelio, with Dresdner Philharmonie under Marek Janowski.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
