Antonio Pappano

LPO/Pappano review – wonderful warmth and magical moments

A group of just 22 socially distanced string players found a wealth of detail in a programme that included Britten and Schoenberg

Andrew Clements

30, Aug, 2020 @5:16 PM

Verdi: Otello review | Erica Jeal's classical album of the week

Jonas Kaufmann’s interpretation of Otello moves between intensity and doubt while Pappano builds tremendous orchestral urgency and pace

Erica Jeal

11, Jun, 2020 @2:00 PM

LSO/Pappano review - intense and unsparing emotional directness

A programme of Britten and Vaughan Williams was played with a gathering ferocity, though a glimmer of hope shone through

Tim Ashley

16, Mar, 2020 @5:48 PM

Home listening: a world premiere recording for… Puccini

Mark Elder conducts a star cast in the original one-act version of Le Willis. Plus, a thrilling new account of Bluebeard’s Castle

Fiona Maddocks

13, Oct, 2019 @4:30 AM

The week in classical: Tosca; Orchestra of Santa Cecilia/Pappano; Igor Levit – review

Bryn Terfel’s terrifying Scarpia is the main draw in the Royal Opera’s latest Tosca. Elsewhere, Igor Levit is in total command

Fiona Maddocks

02, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM

Home listening: Bostridge and Pappano, Anne Lovett and Our Classical Century

Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano join forces on a moving set to mark Armistice, the BBC celebrates 100 years of British music, and Anne Lovett channels the here and now

Stephen Pritchard

11, Nov, 2018 @8:00 AM

Götterdämmerung review – Warner joins the dots as voices and orchestra weave a formidable spell

The final part of Keith Warner’s Ring cycle saw the elements coalesce to create a compelling climax, with Antonio Pappano’s orchestra on glorious form

Flora Willson

02, Oct, 2018 @4:35 PM

Home listening: Pappano’s Bernstein centenary tribute

Antonio Pappano and his Rome forces, joined by Beatrice Rana and Marie-Nicole Lémieux, show another side to Bernstein

Fiona Maddocks

05, Aug, 2018 @6:00 AM

LSO/Pappano review – refinement, energy and drama

An all-Liszt programme showed the best of the LSO, magnificent under Pappano, while soloist Alice Sara Ott played with thrilling accuracy and involvement

Tim Ashley

27, Nov, 2017 @8:34 PM

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, Organ Symphony CD review – Pappano and Argerich have a high old time

Erica Jeal

05, Oct, 2017 @2:45 PM

Turandot; Russia in the Round; Yuja Wang, Santa Cecilia Orchestra/ Pappano – review

Explosive Puccini crowns quite a week for Opera North. And sparks fly with Yuja Wang and Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra

Fiona Maddocks

14, May, 2017 @6:30 AM

Santa Cecilia Orchestra/Pappano review – flamboyant, fiery and thrillingly full-on

Antonio Pappano’s juxtaposition of two of Respighi’s symphonic poems about Rome was a triumph, while Yuja Wang brought typical ferocity to Tchaikovsky

Tim Ashley

12, May, 2017 @12:54 PM