Review: Leonard Bernstein: Mass
Leonard Bernstein’s eclectic Mass sounds more contemporary than ever but remains a challenge.
August 14, 2020
Review: Atonement: The Music of Páll Ragnar Pálsson
Prodigiously talented young composer unites Iceland and Estonia.
August 13, 2020
Review: Bach: Goldberg Variations (Geoffrey Madge)
Australian master explores a masterwork.
August 12, 2020
Opera
Review: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Wiener Staatsoper)
Excellently recorded by Orfeo, with voices captured clearly and naturally, this recording is one for the collection.
August 9, 2020
Review: Epilogue (Zephyr Quartet)
A beautiful “farewell for now” from an ensemble that has been part of the fabric of Australia’s new music scene for 20 years.
August 8, 2020
Review: 20th Century Foxtrots – Volume 1 (Gottlieb Wallisch)
The roaring ‘20s and elegant ‘30s preserved in aspic.
August 7, 2020
Orchestral
Review: Philip Sawyers: Symphony No 4 & Hommage to Kandinsky (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Philip Sawyers’ Fourth Symphony finds an eloquent champion in Kenneth Woods.
August 6, 2020
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