What would Rossini have made of this disc? It features the Croatian counter-tenor Max Emanuel Cencic singing a clutch of his operatic arias, mostly written for contraltos or mezzos in drag, though one ...

(L')Inganno felice, Movements: Ah più dolce e caro oggetto María Bayo, Soprano Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor Gioachino Rossini, Composer (La) Gazza ladra, '(The) Thieving Magpie', ...

(La) Donna del lago, '(The) Lady of the Lake', Movements: Tanti affetti Les Forces Majeures Karine Deshayes, Mezzo soprano Gioachino Rossini, Composer Raphael Merlin, Conductor Otello (or Il moro di ...

This week we’ve a grandiose choral work inspired by a composer’s love for the beautiful game, along with two noisily enjoyable attempts to portray physical movement in musical terms. A frighteningly ...

Jonathan Lemalu’s debut album heralds what promises to be an important new operatic voice. The 28-year-old New Zealand bass-baritone already has begun making British and European operatic appearances ...

(L')Italiana in Algeri, '(The) Italian Girl in Algiers', Movements: ~ Julian Reynolds, Conductor Llluis Vich Vocalis Gioachino Rossini, Composer Navarra Symphony Orchestra (L')Italiana in Algeri, ...

The buffo role for baritones and basses in opera goes back to the Commedia dell'arte tradition, and is associated with the works of Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti. Paolo Bordogna has been closely ...

Kamran Ince: Hot, Red, Cold, Vibrant, Requiem Without Words, Before Infrared, Symphony No 5, ‘Galatasaray’ Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Turkish Ministry of Culture Choir/Kamran Ince (Naxos) This is a ...