Gluck reviews
Rhapsody (Varduhi Abrahamyan)
Varduhi Abrahamyan; Il canto di Orfeo; Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco/Gianluca Capuano (Decca)
I Am Hera
Hera Hyesang Park (soprano); Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Bertrand de Billy (DG)
Sturm und Drang, Vol. 2
The Mozartists/Ian Page, et al (Signum Classics)
Sturm und Drang, Vol. 1
The Mozartists/Ian Page (Signum Classics)
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Emöke Baráth; Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera; I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Erato)
Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Juan Diego Flórez, Christiane Karg, Fatma Said; Hofesh Shechter Company; Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Alla Scala/Michele Mariotti; dir. John Fulljames (Belvedere, DVD)
Journey to Mozart
‘Journey to Mozart’, the latest of Daniel Hope’s theme-driven compilation albums, places at its centre Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, K216, and his single- movement Adagio, K261.
Majesty – Operatic Arias
Maija Kovalevska (soprano); Liepaja Symphony Orchestra/Atvars Lakstīgala (Odradek)
La Nuova Musica set the bar in Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice
‘This is directorship at its most alert, and aiding Bates is an optimal cast’