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
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