Review: George Walker: Five Piano Sonatas (Steven Beck)
Celebration of a pioneering artist who broke through the racial barrier.
March 16, 2022
Review: Yeshi Dolma (Tenzin Choegyal, Camerata)
Tibet and Queensland unite in beautiful display of musical and cultural unity.
March 15, 2022
Review: Kevin Puts: Silent Night (Minnesota Opera, Courtney Lewis)
First world war opera captures hearts and minds.
March 14, 2022
Review: Thomas Larcher: Symphony No 2 ‘kenotaph’, Die Nacht der Verlorenen (Andrè Schuen, Frankurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu)
Drowned refugees receive fitting and angry musical memorial.
March 11, 2022
Review: Camille Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano (Antony Gray)
Gray presents a broad survey of Saint-Saëns’ secondary works.
March 10, 2022
Review: Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune (Judith van Wanroij, Mathias Vidal, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Leo Hussain)
Saint-Saëns’ narcotic-laced rarity charms despite dubious depiction of the Orient.
March 9, 2022
Review: Uncovered, Vol 2: Florence B. Price (Catalyst Quartet, Michelle Cann)
Complex, romantic chamber music from a pioneering Afro-American composer.
March 8, 2022
Review: Mozart: Piano Sonatas arranged for Guitar Duo (Duo Morat-Fergo)
Duelling guitars reveal Mozart as he might have been played in the 19th century.
March 7, 2022
Review: Pastorales (HIP Company)
A debut release with an added pinch of Australian seasoning.
March 5, 2022
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 8 “Symphony of a Thousand” (London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Vladimir Jurowski)
Jurowski’s live “Symphony of a Thousand” truly justifies the nickname.
March 4, 2022
Review: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Rhian Lois, Robert Murray, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)
The pandemic forces Britten’s ghostly masterpiece from stage to film with stunning results.
March 3, 2022
Review: Gavin Higgins: Ekstasis (Piatti Quartet, Fidelio Trio, David Cohen, Thomas Gould, Sara Roberts)
Excellent introduction to chamber music by Gavin Higgins that packs a punch.
March 2, 2022
Review: Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos (Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard)
Dual concerti from Leclair and Locatelli, plus oddly afterthought Vivaldi.
March 1, 2022