Marie-Nicole Lemieux reviews
Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1-3; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble
Nadine Sierra, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Dame Josephine Barstow, Alessandro Carbonare, Beatrice Rana; Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (Warner)
Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Jakub Józef Orlinski, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il P'omo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato)
Joyce DiDonato's heart-breaking performance of Handel's Agrippina
‘Maxim Emelyanychev hits the sweet spot in his tempos, dynamics and realisations, the score aiming to mirror Handel’s lost original'