Review: John Williams: The Berlin Concert (Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams)
World’s greatest film composer and world’s greatest orchestra – what’s not to like?
February 18, 2022
Review: Music of the Commonwealth (Michael Duke, David Howie)
Commonwealth composers, uncommon talent in world premiere recordings.
February 17, 2022
Review: Josquin, the Undead: Laments, deplorations and dances of death (Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer)
Love it or hate it: this is probably the strangest Josquin disc you’ll ever hear.
February 16, 2022
Review: Seguidilles (Marianne Crebassa, Orchestre et Choeur du National du Capitole de Toulouse, Ben Glassberg)
Sex and seriousness collide in an intoxicating album from France's leading young mezzo.
February 15, 2022
Review: Gabriel Pierné: Ratmuntcho, Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied, Suites (National Orchestra Lille, Darrell Ang)
Excellent playing, conducting and recording will make you fawn over this faun.
February 14, 2022
Review: Paul Hindemith: Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’, Nusch-Nuschi-Tanze & Sancta Susanna (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop)
A stunning juxtaposition of naughty and nice Hindemith.
February 13, 2022
Review: Beethoven, Mozart, Seabourne & Holloway: Horn Quintets (Ondřej Vrabec, Pavel Bořkovec Quartet)
Horn virtuoso Ondřej Vrabec dazzles again, this time with strings.
February 11, 2022
Review: Mirrors (Jeanine de Bique, Concerto Köln, Luca Quintavalle)
This dazzling debut from Jeanine de Bique will have you wanting more.
February 10, 2022
Review: Leoš Janáček: On an overgrown path (Camerata Zürich)
Bohemian fantasies beguiling transformed by Camerata Zürich.
February 9, 2022
Review: Scenes from the Kalevala (Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniou)
Finnish composers escape from Sibelius' shadow to strut their stuff.
February 8, 2022
Review: Obsessive Play (Daniel Crespo)
Talented US rookie offers insight into late Soviet genre bender.
February 7, 2022
Review: Light in Darkness (Linus Roth, José Gallardo, Danjulo Ishizaka, Janusz Wawrowski)
Roth and colleagues conjure beauty and terror in Weinberg’s riveting chamber music.
February 4, 2022
Review: JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Andreas Staier)
Staier delivers Rolls Royce performances on a Rolls Royce instrument.
February 3, 2022