Review: Schubert: Winterreise (Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès)
English duo throws some light on the bleak midwinter.
December 17, 2019
Review: Finzi: Choral Works (Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Layton)
A boon for lovers of Finzi, a composer enjoying a resurgence.
December 17, 2019
Review: Schütz: Psalmen & Friedenmusiken (Dresden Chamber Choir/Rademann)
Schütz’s last hurrah – a magnificent end to a magnificent recording project.
December 17, 2019
Review: Composers at the Savile Club (Alexander Karpeyev)
Music to savour while sipping whiskey in a leather armchair.
December 12, 2019
Review: Iberia y Francia (Imogen Cooper)
Cooper, France and Spain make stimulating bedfellows.
December 12, 2019
Review: Shostakovich: Piano Sonatas, 24 Preludes (Andrey Gugnin)
Gugnin rehabilitates Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes.
December 12, 2019
Review: Bach: Cello Suites (Emmanuelle Bertrand)
A wondrous new recording of Bach’s immortal music for cello.
December 12, 2019
Review: Voyces (Voyces)
Australian choral music given committed performances by West Australian ensemble.
December 11, 2019
Review: Beethoven & Sibelius: Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff)
Tetzlaff’s coupling proves endlessly illuminating.
December 2, 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: Music for Shakespeare (Daniella Svonavec, The Baltimore Consort)
In Baltimore, if music be the food of love, play on indeed!
November 29, 2019
Review: Vladigerov • Poulenc • Seabourne: Violin Sonatas (Irina Borissova, Giacomo Battarino)
Lesser-known works get sparkling treatment.
November 29, 2019
Review: Silenced Voices (Black Oak Ensemble)
Revelations in store as voices are silenced no more.
November 29, 2019