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
Review: Dancing to the Tremors of Time (Michael Kieran Harvey)
New works sparkle in the hands of Michael Kieran Harvey.
May 14, 2020
Review: Bach: Sei Solo (Thomas Zehetmair)
Zehetmair conquers the Everest of the solo violin repertoire.
May 14, 2020
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