Fine musical choices let down by mixed cast and spotty direction.

Opera takes on love with a score inspired by light dancing on a spiderweb.

Intriguing verismo rarity from the man who finished off Turandot.

Ibragimova soars to heaven in Paganini's infernal masterpiece.

Howard Shelley's sympathetic advocacy is conveyed through a string of quiet pleasures.

Aussie pianist unearths a treasure trove from a forgotten composer.

Danny Driver finesses the Hungarian that came in from the cold.

Well-crafted program of French mélodies celebrate a gallic sextet’s centenary.

Voices and viols meet in East’s free-flowing fantasias.

Kalnits and Csányi-Wills deliver a fitting conclusion to an excellent series.

Two masters combine in an entente, which is very cordiale.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s possessed Pierrot is as electrifying as it is exotic