Review: Escales: French Orchestral Works (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)
From shimmering impressionism to picturesque musical postcards, a British maestro celebrates France.
May 14, 2020
Review: Rossini: Zelmira (Virtuosi Brunensis, Gelmetti)
Not a must have, but a valuable introduction to one of Rossini’s lesser-known works regardless.
May 11, 2020
Review: Reine de Coeur (Hanna-Elisabeth Müller)
German soprano joins the Pentatone stable with a winner of a recital.
May 11, 2020
Review: Sorabji: Sequentia Cyclica (Jonathan Powell)
An esoteric masterwork by an eccentric recluse.
May 4, 2020
Review: Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces (Stephen Hough)
Hough captures Brahms, as the final cigar is extinguished…
May 4, 2020
Review: Songs & Dances (KOTTOS)
KOTTOS suggests that this is the dawning of the age of the various.
May 4, 2020
Review: David T Little: Agency (American Contemporary Music Ensemble)
Pine Gap and Uluru clash in hands of young American.
May 4, 2020
Review: Arnold Cooke: Piano Trio, Quartet and Quintet (The Pleyel Ensemble)
Cooke is a compelling discovery for lovers of good chamber music.
May 4, 2020
Review: Variety: The Art of Variation (Meret Lüthi, Les Passions de l’Ame)
Violin variations showcase Biber’s retuned sounds.
May 4, 2020
Review: Strangers in Paradise (Diana Tishchenko)
Strangers no more: Tishchenko’s CD debut announces a remarkable talent.
April 30, 2020
Review: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1-9 (Berlin Philharmonic)
A great orchestra does Bruckner with eight leading conductors.
April 30, 2020
Review: FS Kelly: Orchestral Works (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey)
Kelly’s handful of orchestral works see light of day at last.
April 30, 2020
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 4 (Osmo Vänskä)
Vänskä and the Minnesotans turn in heaven-sent Mahler.
April 30, 2020