Ponchielli’s pre-Gioconda hit given a fair suck of the sauce bottle. 

An Italian-Australian pianist finds the fantasy in Bach’s Toccatas.

An enthusiastic survey of ingenuity in the golden age of polyphony.

A thoughtfully put together portrait album by a fine singer.

Adès suites: alternately shocking, magic, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Eloquence issues two of the best Mercury collections from the 1950s and 60s.

Morlot unites with L'Auditori for latest instalment of ambitious Ravel project.

Grosvenor displays his chops in a kaleidoscopic Chopin album.

Vital new violin concertos mark memorable milestones for Philippe Quint.

A Czech and one of his greatest fans make for a perfect pair.

A varied orchestral snapshot of the composer to the King and her career (so far).

One of Australia's HIPpest bands just got a whole lot hipper.