Review: Beethoven: Für Elise & Bagatelles (Paul Lewis)
Paul Lewis dusts off Beethoven's Bagatelles to reveal glistening gems.
August 3, 2020
Review: The Diabelli Project (Rudolf Buchbinder)
A life’s work with some variations both new and old.
August 2, 2020
Review: Fading (The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park)
Gesualdo Six kicks it out of the park with this flawless recording.
August 1, 2020
Review: Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs, Te Deum (Czech Philharmonic)
A wonderful Dvořák compendium worth checking out.
July 31, 2020
Review: Brillez, astres nouveaux! (Chantal Santon Jeffery)
Chantal Santon Jeffery is one soprano to keep an eye on.
July 30, 2020
Review: Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Tod und Verklärung & Macbeth (Singapore Symphony Orchestra)
The "other" SSO punches above its weight in Richard Strauss.
July 29, 2020
Review: British Violin Sonatas Volume 3 (Tasmin Little, Piers Lane)
Little and Lane steer a fine series to an equally fine conclusion.
July 27, 2020
Review: Lucas Debargue: To Music
A year in the life of a most interesting young man
July 26, 2020
Review: Bach: St Matthew Passion (Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki)
Suzuki’s second account of this masterpiece goes straight to the heart.
July 24, 2020
Review: Once Upon a Time (Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
Fairy tales meet up with choral works and definitely go to the ball.
July 23, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Symphony No 5 (MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis)
Currentzis’ Beethoven confronts the axiomatic assumptions of musicological progenitors.
July 22, 2020
Review: Howard Skempton: Piano Works (William Howard)
Exquisite piano miniatures from a perfect partnership of composer and pianist.
July 19, 2020
Review: Weber: Euryanthe (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Trinks)
Jacquelyn Wagner, and a first-rate musical reading all round, uncovers a masterpiece.
July 19, 2020