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
Review: Indies & Idols (Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti)
A striking, genre-splicing pot-pourri finds Tognetti and ACO on fine form.
January 5, 2023
Review: Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable (Opéra National de Bordeux, Marc Minkowski)
In Minkowski’s hands, it’s not just the nuns who have risen from the dead.
December 23, 2022
Review: Aura (Ruth McGinley)
Beautifully arranged, sublimely played piano treatments of traditional Irish airs.
December 20, 2022
Review: A Golden Cello Decade: 1878-1888 (Steven Isserlis, Connie Shih, Olivia Jageurs)
Almost all that glitters really is gold in Isserlis’s cello recital.
December 18, 2022
Review: Schubert: Schwanengesang (André Schuen, Daniel Heide)
Lad from the Dolomites throws his Tyrolean hat in the ring.
December 16, 2022
Review: Stravinsky: Orchestral Works (BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis)
Stravinsky with the rough edges smoothed away.
December 14, 2022
Review: John Adams (Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi)
The Swiss produce a superb 75th birthday celebration of an American great.
December 11, 2022