On the Record: January/February 2026
This month features a new deal for Vasily Petrenko, blockbusters from John Wilson and Fabio Luisi, Víkingur Ólafsson’s latest piano odyssey and beguiling songs by Rebecca Clarke.
This month features a new deal for Vasily Petrenko, blockbusters from John Wilson and Fabio Luisi, Víkingur Ólafsson’s latest piano odyssey and beguiling songs by Rebecca Clarke.
Tristan Coelho introduces his new composition, written for his wife, harpist Emily Granger, and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Petrenko’s dynamism gets new partnership off to a flying start
Wong delivers a finely wrought Mahler Second.
This month, Cameron Lam’s last Australian Art Music playlist on Spotify recaps 2025 releases before moving to Bandcamp in 2026.
From Edwardian splendour to 21st-century edginess, Tetzlaff conquers it all.
A fusion of psych-rock and symphonic power alternates between overwhelm and brilliance.
Martín and his Melbourne forces revel in the familiar and unfamiliar.
Wilson and Walton: a meeting of minds.
This month, instead of his usual On the Record column, Clive Paget recommends some recent Christmas albums, leading to his festive top three.
The Associate Concertmaster at the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra explains how period instruments bring the music alive in a different way.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
Amid fierce competition, a relative rarity has carried off the top prize.