Review: Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians (Soundstream New Music, Recitals Australia, Adelaide Fringe)
A fine performance of a rarely heard 20th-century masterpiece.
March 15, 2020
2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards Announced
New music group Ensemble Offspring, director Barrie Kosky, and arts editor Richard Watts receive prestigious awards.
March 11, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 9 (Jonathan Biss)
A fine, felt, forcibly argued finish to a ripely individual survey.
February 25, 2020
Review: Roger Smalley: Piano, vocal and chamber music (Fiebig, Davie)
A dose of Smalley proves less can be considerably more.
February 25, 2020
Review: American Rage (Conrad Tao)
Rising American star asks can classical music be political?
February 25, 2020
Review: Roy Agnew: Piano Music (Stephanie McCallum)
A once-acclaimed composer gets his overdue recognition.
February 25, 2020
The Limelight Chart: August 2018
Greta Bradman's Home tribute to her homeland tops The Limelight Chart – our monthly list of Australia’s best-selling classical music albums.
February 24, 2020
Review: Kirill Gerstein in Recital (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Gerstein offers food for thought served up through the medium of a tangy Austro-Hungarian goulash.
February 22, 2020
Review: Garrick Ohlsson (Musica Viva Australia, Perth Festival)
A flawless recital by one of the giants of the piano.
February 17, 2020
Review: Latin Soul (Fabio Martino)
Fabio Martino serves up a hot recital in every sense of the word.
January 29, 2020
Review: Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas (Francesco Piemontesi)
A subtle, Swiss take on a trio of late Schubert sonatas.
January 29, 2020
Review: Pax Britannica (Robert James Stove)
Rule, Britannia! Old fashioned organ gems rediscovered.
January 20, 2020
Review: Kapsberger: Intavolatura di Chitarone (Jonas Nordberg)
Music for low lute bears fruit on Nordberg’s fine debut disc.
January 20, 2020