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Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Bach: Goldberg Variations (Víkingur Ólafsson)

Another variation on the Goldberg Variations is an uneven experience.

October 2, 2023
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Gluck: Écho et Narcisse (Adriana González, Cyrille Dubois, Myriam Leblanc, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet)

Flop turns hit, as Niquet proves first night audiences often got it wrong.

September 29, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Hough: Mirabilis (James Orford, London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron)

Mirabilis: an apt word indeed to sum up Stephen Hough’s choral music.

September 27, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ground breaker gets ground-breaking treatment.

September 25, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Palestrina: Vol. 9 (The Sixteen, Harry Christophers)

Sixteen celebrate Palestrina to the power of six.

September 20, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Sounds and Sweet Airs (Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams, Joseph Middleton)

Sampson and Williams go measure for measure in a savvy Shakespearean fantasy.

September 18, 2023
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Two maestros and a diva get the Eloquence treatment

Kathleen Battle, Karel Ančerl and Antal Doráti provide a host of goodies from the archives.

September 14, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Overtures from Finland (Oulu Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba)

Gamba and co prove there's more to Finnish music than Sibelius.

September 14, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Byrd: Mass for Five Voices & Other Works (The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park)

Renaissance rising stars celebrate Byrd’s 400th in stunning and characterful style.

September 12, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights, Echoes for Strings (Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Joshua Tan)

Epic sampling of a Hollywood maestro’s Brontë opera whets the appetite.

September 8, 2023
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra & Chorus, Hans Knappertsbusch)

Architectural vision and a unique 1955 cast in Kna’s greatest hit.

September 4, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Truth in the Cage (Chloé Charody)

A former Manus detainee's poetry given musical wings of freedom.

September 1, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Tubin, Bacewicz, Lutoslawski (Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi)

An imaginative program, played with conviction.

August 30, 2023

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