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“The only perfect English opera”, says Lindsay Kemp in the foreword to this issue, and artistic director David Bates elaborates this statement further: “…its strongest suit is its sense of theatre. By that I essentially mean contrast, the juxtaposition of differing moods, colours, orchestrations, songs. It constantly shifts from one thing to another in the […]

The year 2011 saw the release by the Cambria label of Peter Takács’ complete Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle. The project had been set down between 2001 and 2007. The original release of eleven SACDs in Surround Sound was issued in a very lavish box, however, these 2000 sets had unfortunately sold out by 2016. A […]