Music / opera

Owen Wingrave


Reviews (4)


BBC music magazine

2008 July

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David Nice

2008 July

"Hickox's excellent cast boasts some supreme exponents ... this is a fine achirvement, anmd reminds one of the memorable ideas ... pouring out of England's greatest 20th-century composer".


BBC music magazine

2013 September

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Malcolm Hayes

2013 September

"Fine performances, direction and Channel 4 filming of Britten's underrated TV opera are blighted by the recorded balance, reducing the score to a distant soundtrack".


The gramophone

2008 September

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Mike Ashman

2008 September

"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "The new set, in Chandos's customary natural comfortable sound, becomes the first recording in any medium to do the work full musical and dramatic justice. It should also satisfy the curiosity of those who wonder why its devotees hail Wingrave as Britten's greatest completed opera".


The gramophone

2013 June

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Mike Ashman

2013 June

"The sound is fine; the pictures no longer state-of-the-art. This is a solid starting point with wingrave but a less doggedly naturalistic approach could reap rewards".