Review: William Dawson, Ulysses Kay: Negro Folk Symphony, Fantasy Variations (Arthur Fagen)
A recording that shows Black Music also matters.
September 7, 2020
Review: Vasks: Distant Light (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Gluzman’s enthralling glimpse into Vasks’ world of gunfire and chorales.
September 7, 2020
Review: Beethoven, Gerald Barry: Symphonies Nos 1-3, ‘Beethoven’ & Piano Concerto
Led by Adès, Beethoven and Gerald Barry make for unlikely bedfellows.
September 7, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Lieder (Matthias Goerne & Jan Lisiecki)
Neglected gems get a polish from a master and his apprentice.
September 7, 2020
Review: Rosa Mystica (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer)
Spicer presents a colourful and fragrant musical bouquet of Marian works.
September 7, 2020
Review: James MacMillan: Symphony No. 5 & The Sun Danced (Harry Christophers)
MacMillan plumbs mystical depths with enormous creativity.
September 7, 2020
Review: Shostakovich: Symphony No 13 (Russian National Orchestra)
A thoughtful but emotionally inconsistent account of Shostakovich’s social commentary.
September 6, 2020
Review: Elgar: Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti)
Some Elgar to treasure from Britain’s queen of the Strad.
September 5, 2020
Review: Portraits de la Folie (Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis)
D’Oustrac and Gaillard make all kinds of madness seem vicariously pleasurable.
September 4, 2020
Review: Quilter: Songs Volume 3 (Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow)
An English song recital, and for once one to savour in one sitting.
September 4, 2020
Review: David Lang: prisoner of the state (New York Philharmonic)
Lang’s take on Beethoven benefits from strong singing and playing.
September 4, 2020
Review: Bluetongue – Australian Guitar Quartets (Guitar Trek)
Live long and prosper with Guitar Trek’s homegrown Australian classics.
September 3, 2020
Review: JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Lang Lang)
Music's cure for insomnia, slightly soporific.
September 2, 2020