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This is the fourth volume on Chandos of music by Gordon Jacob suddent and Vaughan Williams protegée R4th Gipps (1921-99). Previously at Classical Explorer, we have covered the Chandos release Paper of Dreams, and, on […]

After Martha Argerich d Dong Hyek Lim’s recital at the Festival Hall last week , it seemed only right to remind ourselves of her greatest Chopin recordings via this 5 CD (and one bluray audio) […]

This post was originally intended to run in parallel with a report on Elsa Dreisig’s Wigmore Hall recital on March 25: sadly, she had to cancel (replaced by Marianne Crebassa), but this new disc remains. […]

Rigoletto Music: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Cast: Rigoletto – Leonardo Lee; Gilda – Mei Gui Zhang; Duke of Mantua – Andrei Danilov; Sparafucile – Alexander Tsymbalyuk; Maddalena – Victoria Karkacheva; Count Monterone – […]

Tansy Davies The Passion of Mary Magdalene (2025) Anna Dennis Mary Magdalene; Markus Farnsworth Jesus; Dunedin Consort, John But (director) Barbican Hall, London, 24 March, 2026 Tansy Davies’ works rarely fail to simulate: her opera […]

After Kosky’s Siegfried at Covent Garden last week (you can read my review here), I thought it a good idea to have a look at his Don Giovanni from Vienna. Here’s the promo reel: As […]

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Barrie Kosky’s most recent staging of the Ring continues at Covent Garden with Siegfried; the director had previously declared himself unsatisfied with his staging for Staatsoper Hannover in 2009-11. While this Ring still has one vital part to go, we […]

Les Pleurs d’Orphée: L. Couperin, Rossi, Moulinié. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord); Ricercar Consort. Wigmore Hall, 11.03.2026 Louis Couperin Prélude in A minor. Suites: in D (including Rossi’s Fantaisie, ‘Les Pleurs d’Orphée’); in F; in A; in […]