Review: Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti)
Stars align in Muti’s hard to be bettered Verdi Requiem.
May 16, 2022
Review: Ombres: Women Composers of La Belle Époque (Laetitia Grimaldi, Ammiel Bushakevitz)
Debut album brings much-neglected French women composers out of the shadows.
May 13, 2022
Review: Mozart Momentum – 1786 (Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra)
Andsnes and Co. reap a bumper crop from a Mozart annus mirabilis.
May 12, 2022
Review: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Les Arts Florissants, William Christie)
Cross-channel collaboration lends piquant French sensibility to a great English opera.
May 11, 2022
Review: Le Manuscrit de Madame Théobon (Christophe Rousset)
Rousset shops on eBay and turns up more than just trinkets.
May 10, 2022
Review: Nicolaus Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol 1 (Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Masaaki Suzuki)
Suzuki’s latest survey aims to reclaim a minor German Meister.
May 9, 2022
Review: Joseph Phibbs: Juliana (Nova Music Opera Ensemble, George Vass)
A superb updating of Strindberg’s timeless tale of toxic sexual attraction.
May 6, 2022
Review: Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (Mitsuko Uchida)
Mitsuko Uchida returns with a masterful account of a piano masterpiece.
May 5, 2022
Review: In Transit (Emily Granger)
Granger’s debut showcases just what the modern harp can do.
May 4, 2022
Review: Frog and Star Cycle (Ross Edwards)
A long overdue celebration of a unique Australian composer.
May 3, 2022
Review: Songs of Love & Despair (Boyd Meets Girl)
Husband and wife duo take us to Debussy, Beyoncé and beyond.
May 2, 2022
Review: Johann Simon Mayr: Alfredo Il Grande (Simon Mayr Chorus, Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk)
An episode from the life of Alfred the Great gets epic treatment.
May 1, 2022
Review: Chamber Music (Christopher Gordon)
Chamber music with a tale to tell reveals a film composer’s other side.
April 30, 2022