Review: Farinelli (Cecilia Bartoli)
Bartoli beards the most legendary of castrati in his very own baroque den.
May 25, 2020
Review: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Rome Opera, Daniele Gatti)
Pierre Audi’s minimalist Tristan throws welcome focus on voices.
May 25, 2020
Review: Thomas: Hamlet (Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Les éléments)
Nothing rotten in this modern-dress take on Shakespeare’s Dane.
May 25, 2020
Review: Peter Eötvös: Tri Sestry (Frankfurter Opern, Dennis Russell Davies)
Three sisters, all countertenors, so what’s not to like? Read on...
May 25, 2020
Review: Facce d’Amore (Jakub Józef Orliński)
That’s Amore: Orliński paints a loved-up musical portrait.
May 25, 2020
Review: Mark Isaacs: Symphony No 2 (NotePerformer Virtual Orchestra/Isaacs)
A substantial, complex and powerful work which deserves to be heard on the acoustic instruments of a full symphony orchestra
May 25, 2020
Review: Jugendstil Songs 1898 – 1916 (Camilla Tilling, Paul Rivinius)
A heady musical journey around turn-of-the-century Vienna.
May 18, 2020
Review: Elsewhere (The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton)
Many pleasures come together in this mysterious compilation.
May 18, 2020
Review: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Strasbourg Philharmonic, John Nelson)
John Nelson’s stellar Faust; signed, sealed and delivered.
May 18, 2020
Review: Bliss: Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis)
A mixed bag of loot from the Sir Arthur Bliss archive.
May 18, 2020
Review: Shostakovich: Symphony No 13, Babi Yar (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti)
Shostakovich revisited: Riccardo Muti champions Babi Yar 50 years on.
May 18, 2020
Review: Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works (Peter Donohoe)
Donohoe rehabilitates neglected music with revelatory playing.
May 18, 2020
Review: Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8 (Steven Osborne)
Masterworks receive masterful performances care of Osborne.
May 14, 2020