Review: Vasks: Piano Works (Reinis Zariņš)
A pianist responds as Vasks holds a mirror up to nature.
July 13, 2022
Review: Schumann: The Complete Symphonies (Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado)
A Spaniard’s symphonic cycle gives Schumann sceptics something to think about.
July 12, 2022
Review: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Gerald Finley, Julius Drake)
Delight and insights abound in this quietly compelling performance.
July 11, 2022
Review: Sopranista (Samuel Mariño, La Cetra, Andrea Marcon)
Gender-bending soprano Mariño defies convention and gravity – but not gravitas.
July 9, 2022
Review: Music for the Salon Trio (Geotz Richter, Minah Choe, Jeanell Carrigan)
Early-20th-century Australian Piano Trios dusted off and given new life.
July 8, 2022
Review: Carl Vine: Complete Piano Sonatas, Nos 1 – 4 (Xiaoya Liu)
A pianistic roller-coaster ride with one of Australia's finest composers.
July 7, 2022
Review: Weber: Der Freischütz (Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs)
Jacobs offers a Freischütz intriguingly rejigged, if not essential.
July 6, 2022
Review: Maurice Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works (SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Stéphane Denève)
Denève delivers a masterly and sympathetic survey of unruffled Ravel.
July 5, 2022
Review: When Yesterday We Met: Songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff (Andrew Goodwin, Daniel de Borah)
Lieder duo cement place in top echelon with spectacular sophomore album.
July 4, 2022
Review: Mozart Dvořák Chance (Acacia Quartet)
Chance of a close encounter in Acacia Quartet’s new disc.
July 1, 2022
Review: Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII (Odyssey Opera, Gil Rose)
Despite the longueurs, Saint-Saëns torrid Tudor tale has plenty to offer.
June 30, 2022
Review: Lieder: Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms (Matthias Goerne, Daniil Trifonov)
No less than all of human existence is mined in this weighty song-recital.
June 29, 2022
Review: Schubert: Piano Sonatas D664, 769a & 894 (Stephen Hough)
Stephen Hough takes Schuberts ‘heavenly lengths’ to greater heights.
June 28, 2022