Review: Koechlin: Les Chants de Nectaire (Nicola Woodward)
Beautifully performed miniatures will enchant lovers of French flute music.
October 23, 2020
Review: Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (London Symphony Orchestra)
Bolstered by vivid leads and the LSO, Rattle’s second Vixen is his best.
October 21, 2020
Review: Alchemy (Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi)
A fine debut from two gifted Australian guitarists.
October 19, 2020
Review: Britten: Peter Grimes (Bergen Philharmonic)
Skelton’s Grimes, captured at last for posterity, heads an outstanding recording.
October 16, 2020
Review: Chamber Works by Walter Kaufmann (ARC Ensemble)
An itinerant life that produced exciting, exotic music.
October 15, 2020
Review: Alwyn: Miss Julie (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Alwyn’s powerful reworking of Strindberg is superbly championed.
October 11, 2020
Review: Jan Ladislav Dussek: Messe Solemnelle
Enjoy the revival of a heavenly Mass composed by a Bohemian bon vivant.
October 10, 2020
Review: Alexander Kastalsky: Requiem
Kastalsky’s grand design is a powerful plea for the coming together of nations.
October 9, 2020
Review: John Sheppard: Media Vita in Morte Sumus
John Sheppard’s famous meditation on mortality reshaped by Skinner.
October 8, 2020
Review: Dunhill & Erlanger: Piano Quintets (Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane)
More musical gold from the old country unearthed by the Goldners and Piers Lane.
October 7, 2020
Review: Guarnieri: Choros I, Seresta
The "Brazilian Mozart" offers an alternative to Villa-Lobos.
October 6, 2020
Review: La Francesina: Handel’s Nightingale
Bright new Belgian soprano introduces Handel’s forgotten final muse.
October 5, 2020
Review: Ethel Smyth: The Prison (Experiential Orchestra)
American forces on British label deliver the key to Ethel Smyth’s Prison.
October 4, 2020