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
Review: Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes and Mazurkas (Pavel Kolesnikov)
Kolesnikov stakes claim as Chopin interpreter of insight.
January 20, 2020
Review: Atlas of the Sky (Speak Percussion, Sydney Festival)
Symbolism and metaphor abound in this complex, ambitious, exciting work by Liza Lim for soprano with ensemble.
January 17, 2020
Review: Bach: Cello Suites (Emmanuelle Bertrand)
A wondrous new recording of Bach’s immortal music for cello.
December 12, 2019
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas (Igor Levit)
Levit goes full cycle – pianist stakes his claim as a Beethovenian for contemporary ears.
November 29, 2019
Review: Nils Frahm (Queensland Performing Arts Centre)
Meditative genre-crossing pianos and synths let down by sound issues.
November 26, 2019
Sir András Schiff: Schubert always had a unique relationship with death
The pianist, whose Schubert album has won Limelight's Recording of the Year 2019, tells us about the most terrifying piece of music he knows.
November 20, 2019
Limelight’s Instrumental Recording of the Year 2019
Fortepiano makes all the difference.
November 20, 2019