Review: Psyché (Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset)
Rolls Royce Lully from Rousset and his sprightly band out of Versailles.
April 11, 2023
Review: Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright (Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic, Tim Weiss)
Mazzoli contemplates the universe in appealing orchestral guise.
April 6, 2023
Review: To Listen, To Sing (Ensemble Offspring)
Ensemble Offspring champions 12 Voices we should all be listening to.
April 4, 2023
Review: Reissues: Andrei Gavrilov and Jörg Demus
Eloquence releases two treasurable sets, featuring highly contrasting pianists.
March 31, 2023
Review: Poems & Romances (Markiyan Melnychenko, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, William Hennessy)
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s recorded debut ticks every box.
March 30, 2023
Review: Lovesick (Randall Scotting, Stephen Stubbs)
Looking for a cure for lovesickness? Let Doctors Scotting and Stubbs help you.
March 26, 2023
Review: Schumann & Brahms (Benjamin Grosvenor)
Benjamin Grosvenor: an old head on young fingers.
March 24, 2023
Review: Auber: Le Philtre (Luiza Fatyol, Adina Vilichi, Patrick Kabongo, Emmanuel Franco, Eugenio Di Lieto, Kraków Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Luciano Acocella)
Auber’s zesty elixir offers a tonic that's as lip-smacking as Donizetti’s.
March 22, 2023
Review: Biber: Mystery Sonatas (Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti)
Dance is at the heart of a superb new recording of a thrilling Baroque masterpiece.
March 20, 2023
Review: Threading the Light (Felicity Wilcox)
An atmospheric collision between voices, strings and electronics exploring ritual.
March 19, 2023
Review: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1-6 (Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi)
Luisi and his Danish Orchestra rise to the top of the pile.
March 18, 2023
Review: The Unreleased Masters (Jessye Norman, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults.
March 17, 2023
Review: Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: Strings Quartets (Takács Quartet)
Takács Quartet's latest sees 2023 off to a flying start.
March 16, 2023