Review: Apothéose infernale (Yi Lin Jiang)
An original take on Ravel’s ballet, whatever you might call it.
February 7, 2025
Review: The Morning Mist (Sophia Kirsanova, Amir Farid, Georgina Lewis, Syzygy Ensemble)
An intriguing snapshot of violin-led music from Latvia.
February 5, 2025
Review: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Simon Rattle)
Rattle’s Mahler at its zenith with his new orchestra.
February 3, 2025
Review: Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Martin Owen, BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba)
Chandos’s Gipps series just gets better and better.
January 27, 2025
Review: Lachlan Skipworth: Altiora Peto (Various artists)
An expressive Australian voice well-served by vivid performances.
January 24, 2025
Review: Grace Williams: Orchestral Works (BBC Philharmonic, John Andrews)
Channelling her inner Sibelius, Grace Williams brings Wales to musical life.
January 20, 2025
Review: Dvořák: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (Jiří Vodička, David Mareček)
Czech duo brings musicality and dash to Dvořák’s violin music.
January 17, 2025
Review: Reissues: Michael Tilson Thomas’s great big birthday box
A trawl of Columbia, RCA and Sony adds up to a magnificent recorded legacy.
January 16, 2025
Review: Stevenson: Piano Works (Peter Jablonski)
A masterful overview of an eccentric but brilliant composer/arranger.
January 14, 2025
Review: Reissues: Bolet and Bell… two for the library
A Cuban pianist and an American violinist neatly boxed by Eloquence.
January 9, 2025
Review: Elgar: Violin Concerto (Vilde Frang, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati)
Frang and Ticciati create a marriage made in heaven in Elgar’s concerto.
January 8, 2025
Review: Rameau: Les Boréades (Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi)
A brilliant new interpretation of a Baroque masterpiece.
January 6, 2025
Review: Bill & Friends (William Christie, Justin Taylor, Myriam Rignol, Théotime Langlois de Swarte)
Perfectly programmed French festivities in honour of legend William Christie.
January 3, 2025