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Codes of honour trip up Bechtolf’s Ernani at La Scala

Verdi: Ernani *** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29th September 2018 George Bernard Shaw admired the “fierce noonday sun” of the score to Ernani. “The one with the bandits” evens gets a glancing mention in his play, Arms and the Man. I’m not … Continue reading

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Zinging Haydn and Mozart from Ádám Fischer and the OAE

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Ádám Fischer **** Royal Festival Hall, 27th February 2018 Two years ago, when I told Ádám Fischer that I owned his recorded cycle of the complete Haydn symphonies, he chuckled and apologised, explaining that he didn’t like … Continue reading

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