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Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: What’s new on disc in April 2022

This month’s musical journey takes us from the choir stalls of Westminster Abbey to an eerily haunted music hall and winds up with a legendary blast from the past.

March 21, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Peter Grimes (Royal Opera House)

Allan Clayton is a Grimes for today in Deborah Warner's heart-breaking and insightful update.

March 19, 2022
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Rhian Lois, Robert Murray, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

The pandemic forces Britten’s ghostly masterpiece from stage to film with stunning results.

March 3, 2022
Chamber
Live Review

Review: Australian String Quartet: Britten, Paterson and Beethoven (Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House)

Crack quartet shows off its new line-up to stunning effect

February 23, 2022
Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: A Ceremony of Carols: Britten and Gardiner (Sonus Angelorum, St. George’s Cathedral)

St. George’s Cathedral Concert Series gave its audience an early Christmas gift this year; the inaugural performance of Sonus Angelorum, a new professional upper voice female choir based at the cathedral.

December 3, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Britten: Les Illuminations, Quatre Chansons françaises, Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne (Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner)

A musical entente cordiale in songs by Britten and Canteloube.

December 3, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Artaria 3 (Celia Craig, Konstantin Shamray)

Oboe feast is high on flavour and with a generous dollop of charm.

August 26, 2021
Classical Music
features

What makes A Child of Our Time a work for all time?

Eighty years on, argues Brett Weymark, Tippett's pacifist oratorio feels more relevant than ever.

March 5, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Britten: Peter Grimes (Bergen Philharmonic)

Skelton’s Grimes, captured at last for posterity, heads an outstanding recording.

October 16, 2020
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Artaria & Artaria 2 (Celia Craig)

Whether oboe with strings or oboe alone, Celia Craig's Artaria releases are well worth a listen.

September 27, 2020
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rosa Mystica (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer)

Spicer presents a colourful and fragrant musical bouquet of Marian works.

September 7, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
features

In Your Living Room: Opera

In his final column, Clive Paget recommends Glass at the Met, OA's Turandot, and a handful of European gems.

June 19, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Britten’s Peter Grimes in Concert (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Britten's tale of a persecuted fisherman is brought to vivid, terrifying life in this concert performance.

July 26, 2019

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