Review: Sibelius Violin Concerto (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)
An impassioned performance with fervent stage presence from Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma.
An impassioned performance with fervent stage presence from Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma.
Oxana Shevchenko and the Tinalley String Quartet bring gleaming warmth to Shostakovich's Piano Quintet.
A wandering ride from Esterházy to Russia via Prague.
Berlioz’s fantastic dreams brought to life by conductor’s personal touch.
The fugue has long obsessed composers and musicians, who have found in it pinnacles of intellectual and spiritual expression. Canberra International Music Festival's Artistic Director unravels the mysteries of the complex form, with which Johann Sebastian Bach praised God and King.
The composer's new multi-choral work for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is his largest yet. He explains how Bach's Magnificat and the 'bullet time' technique from The Matrix inspired his music.
Hong Kong sees a suitably splendid end of the operatic world.
Vasily Petrenko kills two Russian birds with one Liverpudlian CD.
Sony’s Previn birthday box becomes a fitting memorial.
Saint-Saëns with American muscle and Gallic lyricism.
A Fledermaus caught on the wing offers many live pleasures.
Husband and wife summon up the necessary Puccinian passion.
From Russia with despair: Isserlis and Mustonen’s passions run the Soviet gamut.