Review: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume III (The Sixteen)
Christophers serves up more musical puffery to please the Merry Monarch.
Christophers serves up more musical puffery to please the Merry Monarch.
Rattle leads a fine, modern recording of a Beethoven curiosity.
Stripped back Schubert as Schubert might have heard it.
A Schumann staple brilliantly embellished by an eclectic array of other voices.
Outback pianos, telegraphs, lakes and Percy Grainger forge new piano sounds.
Michael Kieran Harvey pays tribute to teenage environmental activist.
Isaacs takes us on a picturesque musical journey, but maybe skip the booklet notes.
Andrew Balio and Bruce Bengtson make a compelling case for reimagining Bach’s music for trumpet and organ.
A Rococo bon bouchée – forget the big wigs and mouches.
Passionate advocacy for two poignant Shostakovich chamber works.
Many hands make Beethoven light (sometimes heavy) work.
Troubled textures in French programme of triple-viol transcriptions.
A truly sensational discovery says fasten your seatbelt!