Review: FS Kelly: Orchestral Works (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey)
Kelly’s handful of orchestral works see light of day at last.
April 30, 2020
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 4 (Osmo Vänskä)
Vänskä and the Minnesotans turn in heaven-sent Mahler.
April 30, 2020
Review: Bach: Violin Concertos (Kati Debretzeni)
Fresh, vibrant and joyful Bach with a stunning new addition.
April 30, 2020
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (Ronald Brautigam)
Second thoughts: Brautigam sets the record straight on fortepiano.
April 30, 2020
Review: Wien (Jonas Kaufmann)
It’s back to Vienna again for Kaufmann’s latest operetta-fest.
April 20, 2020
Review: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (La Nuova Musica, David Bates)
Davies’ Orphic laments might easily set the stones weeping.
April 20, 2020
Review: Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (Giacomo Sagripanti)
Yende and Flórez lend bel canto star power to some rare Rossini.
April 20, 2020
Review: Dusapin: Penthesilea (Frank Ollu)
Dusapin’s glittering, raw-edged score delivers visceral theatre.
April 20, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Leonore, 1805 (René Jacobs)
Fidelio take one: Jacobs makes a case for Beethoven’s first thoughts.
April 20, 2020
Review: Schubert: Myrthen (Christian Gerhaher, Camilla Tilling, Gerold Huber)
Terrific team does justice to Schumann’s wonderful wedding gift.
April 20, 2020
Review: The Soldier: From Severn to Somme (Christopher Maltman, Joseph Middleton)
Maltman ranges the continent in search of war and its victims.
April 16, 2020
Review: Josquin • Bauldeweyn: Masses (The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips)
Tallis Scholars ask will the real Josquin please stand up?
April 16, 2020
Review: Reinas, Airs en espagnol à la cour de Louis XIII (Ensemble El Sol, Chloé Sévère)
Music meets politics as French collide with their neighbours.
April 16, 2020