Review: Reissues: Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy
The consummate English conductor whips up plenty of excitement.
February 3, 2023
Review: Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (The Sixteen, Fretwork, Harry Christophers)
Landmark recording of Byrd’s last collection celebrates his upcoming anniversary.
January 31, 2023
Review: Paul Stanhope: String Quartets (Australian String Quartet)
Important works, impeccably realised, from one of Australia’s finest.
January 28, 2023
Review: Langgaard: Symphony No 1 (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo)
Danish prodigy’s mountain climb is at times an uphill battle.
January 27, 2023
Review: Rameau: Zoroastre (Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Écurie, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Alexis Kossenko)
Masonic opera performed with supreme Gallic elegance.
January 25, 2023
Review: Elgar, Bloch: Works for Viola (Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins)
It’s Elgar, Jim, but not as we know it, and a colourful Bloch-buster.
January 24, 2023
Review: I am a tree, I am a mouth (Jane Sheldon)
Splendid settings of Rilke's mystical poems, composed and performed by Sheldon.
January 20, 2023
Review: Heartland (William Barton, Véronique Serret)
A personal but also circular journey via didge and violin.
January 17, 2023
Review: Lully: Acis et Galatée (Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset)
Lully’s swansong is irresistible in Rousset’s boisterous account.
January 14, 2023
Review: The Golden Age Project (The Golden Age Quartet, Nick Russoniello)
Australian makes an eloquent case for the joy of sax.
January 12, 2023
Review: Between the Sandhills and the Sea (Eric Starr)
A moving musical tribute to two great women of the 20th century.
January 11, 2023
Review: Erwin Schulhoff: Shapeshifter (Dominic Cheli, Adam Millstein, RVC Ensemble, James Conlon)
Conlon presents a shapeshifter in great shape.
January 10, 2023
Review: Monteverdi: Seventh Book of Madrigals (Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Allessandrini)
What do Claudio Monteverdi and David Bowie have in common?
January 8, 2023