Review: Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich)
Melodiya opens a unique window on time.
March 20, 2020
Review: Beethoven 2020: Plenty of Bang for the Bucks
The new Beethoven 2020 Complete Edition set really does set a new benchmark, and includes many of the greatest Beethoven recordings of all time, says Clive Paget.
March 18, 2020
Review: Live From New York, It’s Sybarite5
Hipster fivesome prove they're just as good live as they are in the studio.
March 17, 2020
Review: Shostakovich: The Bedbug & Love and Hate
The young Shostakovich's incidental music for Mayakovsky's farcical play proves a delight.
March 17, 2020
Review: Women of Note Volume 2
Another generous helping proves that when it comes to women composers, Australia has always been a leading light.
March 8, 2020
Review: Dohnányi: Piano Quintets, String Quartet No 2 (Marc-André Hamelin, Takács Quartet)
Conservative’s music emerges as shapely and consistently engaging.
March 5, 2020
Review: Where Song Began (Simone Slattery, Anthony Albrecht)
At last, here's a CD that certainly is for the birds.
March 5, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (Miró Quartet)
Texans bring fresh ideas to chamber music’s mighty 16.
March 5, 2020
Review: My Time Is Now (Haerim Elizabeth Lee, Alex Brown)
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein: Heifetz is Heifetz is Heifetz.
March 5, 2020
Review: Bartók • Korngold: Piano Quintets (Piers Lane, Goldner String Quartet)
Two (near) contemporaries make surprising bedfellows.
March 5, 2020
Review: Mozart & Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Richard Tognetti & Erin Helyard)
HIPster Mozart and Beethoven at its finest.
March 5, 2020
Review: Dora Bright & Ruth Gipps: Piano Concertos (Ward, McLachlan, Royal Liverpool PO/Peebles)
Neglected English composers receive much-needed world premieres.
March 4, 2020
Review: Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Harmonica (Barrueco, Staneck, São Paulo SO/Guerrero)
Seems Brazil has produced more than just soccer superstars.
March 4, 2020