Letestu, Bullion, Denard; Paris Opera Ballet & Orch/Michael Schmidtsdorff; chor. John Neumeier (Paris, 2008)
A full length ballet which does justice to the Dumas novel on which La traviata is more loosely based. John Neumeier’s poetic choreography is blessed with Agnès Letestu’s Marguerite. David Nice
Ireland: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Cello Sonata Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano) 'Ireland's passionate Violin Sonatas are here given splendid advocacy'
Brahms • Chopin • Scriabin: Piano works Vassily Primakov (piano); dir. David Starobin 'Reveals Primakov as a serious artist with fabulous pianistic skills'
R Strauss: Scenes from Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Salome Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles 'Christine Brewer sails through these testing Strauss soprano roles'