Review: Ries: Piano Trio & Sextets (The Nash Ensemble)
Superb ensemble shines light on chamber works by Beethoven’s overlooked pupil.
July 20, 2022
Review: Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Ex Tenebris Lux (Pavel Giunter, Rokas Vaitkevicius, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Karolis Variakojis)
New York-based Lithuanian composer wows with new works for string orchestra.
July 19, 2022
Review: Bryn Terfel: The Verbier Recital (Bryn Terfel, Llŷr Williams)
Welsh wizard in top form for a peak performance for Swiss festival crowd.
July 18, 2022
Review: Camargo Guarnieri: Choros Vol. 2; Flor de Tremembé (São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá)
Spicy Latin-flavoured concertos, warmly played.
July 15, 2022
Review: Bruno Maderna: Requiem (Coro e Orchestra del Teatrio La Fenice, Andrea Molino)
A missing monument to modernism rediscovered.
July 14, 2022
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