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Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rachmaninov, Elgar: The Bells, Falstaff (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Vasily Petrenko)

Petrenko’s dynamism gets new partnership off to a flying start

December 19, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Sarah Connolly, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Hallé, Kahchun Wong

Wong delivers a finely wrought Mahler Second.

December 18, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Opus 109 (Víkingur Ólafsson)

Ólafsson circles late Beethoven with typically revelatory results.

December 16, 2025
Uncategorised
CD and Other Review

Review: Cheetham Fraillon: Eumaralla, A War Requiem for Peace (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey)

A powerful and beautiful tribute to the victims of a war Australia won’t talk about.

December 14, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre)

Plenty of pleasures to be welcomed in this Purcell tribute.

December 12, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Echoes of Budapest (The Hague String Trio)

Dutch trio goes Hungarian to celebrate the work of three friends.

December 10, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Palimpsest (Rob Hao)

Rob Hao’s impressive debut gives a nod to Schubert.

December 8, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Elgar, Adès: Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds)

From Edwardian splendour to 21st-century edginess, Tetzlaff conquers it all.

December 5, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Oskar C. Posa (Juliette Journaux, Eva Zavaro, Simon Dechambre, Quatuor Métamorphoses, Edwin Fardini)

Among the ranks of the forgotten, a genuine find, splendidly presented.

December 3, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Dvořák: Symphonies 2 & 8 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín)

Martín and his Melbourne forces revel in the familiar and unfamiliar.

December 2, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Porpora: Polifemo (Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal/Stefan Plewniak)

Porpora’s battle of the castrati scrubs up nicely.

November 30, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Walton: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Scapino (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Wilson and Walton: a meeting of minds.

November 28, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rebecca Clarke: Complete Songs (Kitty Whately, Nicholas Phan, Anna Tilbrook)

Clarke’s full Monty proves an eclectic revelation.

November 26, 2025

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