Review: Beethoven-Liszt & Mozart-Alkan: Piano Transcriptions (Paul Wee)
The Aussie-born barrister-pianist continues to make a case for your attention.
November 3, 2022
Review: Dai Fujikura, Ravel: Piano Concertos (Yu Kosuge, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth)
Thrilling recording of new Japanese works and a 20th-century classic.
October 30, 2022
Review: Vaughan Williams, Holst: String Quartets (Tippett Quartet)
Unfamiliar Vaughan Williams reveals a treasure trove of ideas.
October 29, 2022
Review: French Bel Canto Arias (Lisette Oropesa, Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris)
An American in Paris as Oropesa shines in French bel canto.
October 27, 2022
Review: Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste)
An orchestral phenomenon and a new record deal tributes a black British trailblazer.
October 23, 2022
Review: Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2, Violin Concerto (Tamás Kocsis, Ulster Orchestra, Jac van Steen)
Ulstermen celebrate the fall of the Berlin Weill.
October 22, 2022
Review: Reissues: Bright and colourful discoveries from the Amazon to Paris
Phillip Scott explores Heitor Villa-Lobos’s string quartets and Diaghilev’s musical legacy.
October 18, 2022
Review: From Afar (Víkingur Ólafsson)
Double vision in Ólafsson’s spellbinding recital mirrored by two pianos.
October 16, 2022
Review: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8, Folksongs, England, My England (Roderick Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus/Martyn Brabbins)
Brabbins’ meticulous and meritorious RVW cycle gathers strength.
October 15, 2022
Review: The Crown (Randall Scotting, Laurence Cummings, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
A charismatic countertenor pays homage to Handel’s castrato superstar.
October 13, 2022
Review: Hollywood Soundstage (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)
John Wilson’s resurrected orchestra recalls its glory days in Technicolor sound.
October 9, 2022
Review: Tristan (Igor Levit)
Levit’s fascinating take on love, death and the whole damn thing.
October 8, 2022
Review: Lux Aeterna (The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park)
Owain Park and his charges return with another cracking program and performance.
October 7, 2022