Review: JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Lang Lang)
Music's cure for insomnia, slightly soporific.
September 2, 2020
Review: Anima Rara (Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana)
Jaho’s consummate artistry breathes life into arias to celebrate one of opera’s greats.
September 1, 2020
Review: Schoenberg • Brahms: Violin Concertos (Jack Liebeck)
Liebeck brings plenty of heart to Schoenberg, in a magical pairing with Brahms.
August 28, 2020
Review: Dvořák: Symphony No 6 (Pietari Inkinen)
Inkinen adds another dose of Bohemian elegance to SWR’s ongoing Dvořák series.
August 28, 2020
Review: Paradise Lost
Prohaska and Drake's intriguing programme of songs tells us all about Eve.
August 28, 2020
Review: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis (BBC Concert Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill)
Howells’ hidden masterpiece is rescued from obscurity.
August 28, 2020
Vocal & Choral
Review: Michael Daugherty: This Land Sings (Dogs of Desire, David Alan Miller)
Woodie Guthrie inspires a musical monument for our troubled times.
August 28, 2020
Review: Penelope Thwaites: From Five Continents (Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore)
Pianist and Grainger expert proves melodiously gifted composer.
August 28, 2020
Review: Handel: Semele (Monteverdi Choir)
Sexy, vain and petulant – a Semele for our times?
August 27, 2020
Review: Massenet: Thaïs (Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
Davis’s radiant account of the score nearly has the soloists to match.
August 27, 2020
Review: Massenet: Don César de Bazan (Les Frivolités Parisiennes)
A nicely engineered, well balanced recording of a work that is surprising, appealing, and thoroughly recommendable.
August 27, 2020
Review: Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Gabrieli Consort & Players)
The Gabrieli Consort & Players strikes Purcellian gold again.
August 27, 2020
Review: Wagner: Die Walküre (Royal Opera House)
Superbly sung and beautifully acted, even if the concept remains somewhat impenetrable.
August 27, 2020