Music
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
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