Videos
Strauss: Salome (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) I’ll be coming back to this again and again [ST]
Kenneth MacMillan (choreographer) Celebrated (Opus Arte)
Three one-act ballets in very fine performances [RMay]
The Alchemy of the Piano (Naxos)
A revealing and well-structured exploration of the power, flexibility and communicativeness of the piano [MS]
Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata (Dynamic)
A classy production of an unfamiliar opera with a more than respectable cast of singers [MP]
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Dynamic)
(Déjà Review) A generally well sung performance in the composer’s home town should be watched by opera producers as well as Verdi lovers [RJF]
Prokofiev: War and Peace (BSO Recordings)
An interpretation of Prokofiev’s epic for our times [DHa]
Verdi: Macbeth (C Major)
A mediocre staging of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera [DHa]
Prokofiev: The Stone Flower (VAI)
(Déjà Review) You must have this very idiomatic performance and production if you have any liking for Prokofiev’s music [RB]
John Neumeier’s The Glass Menagerie (C Major)
An intriguing narrative ballet from John Neumeier [RMay]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Opus Arte)
Déjà Review) This performance impresses by its inexorable growth [CH]
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Opus Arte)
This newly filmed Royal Ballet performance becomes the first choice for Swan Lake [RMay]
Messiaen’s Musical Universe (Fugue State Films)
A brilliant, revelatory release which enhances our understanding of Messiaen [DHa]
R Strauss: Arabella (Naxos)
A disappointing version of a disappointing work [SB]
Adam: Giselle (BelAir Classiques)
Not a perfect Giselle – but still good to have [RMay]
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Opus Arte)
This complements but does not replace Opus Arte’s 2018 filmed performance [RWe]
Dvořák: Rusalka (Arthaus Musik)
(Déjà Review) A very welcome DVD release of one of English National Opera’s finer achievements [JL]
Boito: Nerone (Dynamic)
A fine presentation of Boito’s unjustly neglected opera [WK]
Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (C Major)
Very high musical standards are let down by a disappointing production [MP]
Schumann, Brahms: Love Songs (C Major)
A Lieder masterclass, seen and heard from the best seat in the Musikverein [RWe]
Teatro La Fenice Opera Collection Vol 1 (Dynamic)
A mixed bag of operatic performances from La Fenice contains some unexpected riches, but the choice of repertoire is unusual [PCG]
Donizetti: Il diluvio universale (Dynamic)
A strong cast is sabotaged by a pointless production which is visually distracting in the extreme [MP]
Puccini: La Bohème (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) A cinematographic representation helped by the stunning sets and Mula’s Mimi [RJF]
Weber: Der Freischütz (C Major)
An extravagant, gothic horror funfest from beginning to end [MP]
Britten: Gloriana (Arthaus Musik)
The closest recorded representation of the full operatic experience [MG]
