Sarah Connolly reviews
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (Double Review)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), et al (Pentatone and Channel Classics)
Come To Me In My Dreams : Works by Bridge, Britten, Holst, Howells, Ireland, Turnage, et al
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton (Chandos)
Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3
Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, Janis Kelly, Louise Kemény, Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray, Iestyn Davies, John Chest, William Dazeley, Thomas Oliemans and Malcolm Martineau (Signum Classics)
Wagner: Die Walküre (ROH/Pappano)
Nina Stemme, John Lundgren, et al; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano (Opus Arte / DVD)
An iconic staging of Wagner’s Die Walküre
The cast in this 2018 staging would have been the envy of every world class opera company. The result is just short of perfection
Elgar: The Music Makers; The Spirit of England
BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis (Chandos)
Bliss: The Enchantress, etc
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Platt (bass); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis (Chandos)