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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
“Cathedral Music”by Philip Moore – a preview
We’ve met Philip Moore (born 1943) a couple of times on Classical Explorer previously: A Fugal Flourish on “Personent Hodie” on Christmas Bells, and one of his 21 settings of the Evening Service on Andrew Nethsingha’s […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
2 Left 1 Right
Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
1 Left 4 Right
Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
“Cathedral Music”by Philip Moore – a preview
We’ve met Philip Moore (born 1943) a couple of times on Classical Explorer previously: A Fugal Flourish on “Personent Hodie” on Christmas Bells, and one of his 21 settings of the Evening Service on Andrew Nethsingha’s […]
Respighi’s Sinfonia drammatica
Here’s a symphony that lives up to its name: the outburst that opens Respighi’s Sinfonia drammatico (1913-15, P. 102) is a late-Romantic explosion, and al the music seems to want to do thenceforth is get […]
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Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs’s playful ‘Love Island’ setting for Handel’s Amadigi in Buxton
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Morgan, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, James Hall, director: Olivia Fuchs, the English […]
More than a concert: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work’s real drama
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adrian Kelly, Buxton International Festival; Buxton Opera HouseReviewed: 19 July 2026 A mainly young cast brings out the […]
Another glorious recording from Buffalo
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
“Cathedral Music”by Philip Moore – a preview
We’ve met Philip Moore (born 1943) a couple of times on Classical Explorer previously: A Fugal Flourish on “Personent Hodie” on Christmas Bells, and one of his 21 settings of the Evening Service on Andrew Nethsingha’s […]
Respighi’s Sinfonia drammatica
Here’s a symphony that lives up to its name: the outburst that opens Respighi’s Sinfonia drammatico (1913-15, P. 102) is a late-Romantic explosion, and al the music seems to want to do thenceforth is get […]

