Review: The Freischütz Project (Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey)
Punchy, period approach works wonders, but what’s with the highlights?
June 7, 2021
Review: Schulhoff: Flammen (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Schulhoff’s Don Giovanni combines late-Romantic lushness with le jazz hot.
June 4, 2021
Review: Lise Davidsen: Beethoven – Wagner – Verdi
Lise Davidsen's sophomore album is first class.
June 3, 2021
Review: Grigory Krein: Piano Music (Jonathan Powell)
A forgotten Russian-Jewish voice receives ardent championing from Jonathan Powell.
June 2, 2021
Review: Alexey Stanchinsky: Piano Works (Peter Jablonski)
Glimpses of what might have been from a forgotten genius.
June 1, 2021
Instrumental
Review: Vladigerov: Exotic preludes & Impressions (Nadejda Vlaeva)
Nadejda Vlaeva stakes a persuasive claim for an overlooked Bulgarian compatriot.
May 31, 2021
Review: Mozart/Jones: Violin Sonatas Fragment Completions (Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn)
Mozart fragments get a dazzling finish in world premiere recordings.
May 28, 2021
Review: Blackholes and Modulations (Ephemera Quartet)
Second album from Australian space-obsessed quartet shows promise.
May 27, 2021
Review: Brahms: The Schoenberg Effect (Notos Quartett)
Aimez-vous unnecessary fiddling with Brahms?
May 26, 2021
Review: Biber: Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa (Les Passions de l’Ame, Meret Lüthi)
A pronounced “ari-o-sa” in airy reading of Biber’s trio sonatas.
May 25, 2021
Review: Moonlight Reflections (Stacey Alleaume, Amir Farid)
Debut recording is the cap on this soprano's astonishing few years.
May 24, 2021
Review: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 2 (Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams, William Vann, Thomas Gould)
More revelations, both laughing and lurid, from Vaughan Williams.
May 21, 2021
Review: Janusz Wawrowski: Phoenix
Fiddling while the heart burns: Janusz Wawrowski serves up sour-sweet treats
May 17, 2021