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Roy Westbrook
Schubert: Stimme der Liebe (Somm Recordings)
A fine recital by one of great Schubert interpreters – more please! [RWe]
Works for Cello & Piano (LAWO Classics)
An attractive programme, expertly performed [RWe]
Handel: Theodora (Opus Arte)
A radical feminist staging for a very well-sung account of Handel’s late masterpiece [RWe]
Lully: Acis et Galatée (Dynamic)
A premiere filming of Lully’s major stage work: intelligent production, convincing performance [RWe]
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (BIS)
A very good central interpretation, well played and very well recorded [RWe]
Mascagni: L’amico Fritz (Dynamic)
A very good way to discover the attractions of Mascagni’s second opera [RWe]
Stenhammar: String Quartets (BIS)
Distinguished music, including a premiere recording, given committed advocacy [RWe]
Schubert: Eine Winterreise (Naxos)
Musically excellent and dramatically intriguing re-imagining of Schubert’s story [RWe]
Silvestrov: Silent Songs (DG)
This cycle, like no other, compels attention with its haunting quietude [RWe]
Bruckner: Symphonies 3 & 6 (Unitel Editions)
Today’s pre-eminent Bruckner conductor conducts the essential Bruckner orchestra in superb live accounts of two of the more elusive symphonies [RWe]
Chants nostalgiques (B Records)
Fine performances of central French repertoire for voice and piano quintet, plus an intriguing rarity [RWe]
Poulenc: La voix humaine (Alpha Classics)
A new vocal standard for La Voix humaine, but no translation of the text [RWe]
Sandrine Piau (soprano) Voyage intime (Alpha Classics)
An excellent recital by a distinguished soprano [RWe]
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Naxos)
An innovative and at times challenging production, with high calibre singing and playing [RWe]
Verdi: Rigoletto (Opus Arte)
A striking new Rigoletto from the Royal Opera House, strongly cast and very well conducted [RWe]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Recursive)
This group quite surpasses its amateur status: a very good account of a demanding score [RWe]
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore (Dynamic)
Another impressive release by the Donizetti Opera festival, uncut and on original instruments [RWe]
Rameau: Zoroastre (Alpha)
The original version of Zoroastre, substantially different from the usually performed revision, superbly presented here [RWe]
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Ondine)
The two main works here are especially well performed, and in good sound [RWe]