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.
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.
Allan Clayton is a Grimes for today in Deborah Warner's heart-breaking and insightful update.
The pandemic forces Britten’s ghostly masterpiece from stage to film with stunning results.
Crack quartet shows off its new line-up to stunning effect
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.
A musical entente cordiale in songs by Britten and Canteloube.
Oboe feast is high on flavour and with a generous dollop of charm.
Eighty years on, argues Brett Weymark, Tippett's pacifist oratorio feels more relevant than ever.
Skelton’s Grimes, captured at last for posterity, heads an outstanding recording.
Whether oboe with strings or oboe alone, Celia Craig's Artaria releases are well worth a listen.
Spicer presents a colourful and fragrant musical bouquet of Marian works.
In his final column, Clive Paget recommends Glass at the Met, OA's Turandot, and a handful of European gems.
Britten's tale of a persecuted fisherman is brought to vivid, terrifying life in this concert performance.