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Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich & Britten (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh Mason, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Siblings shine brilliant light into often dark places.

September 18, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Tchaikovsky: The Seasons (Yunchan Lim)

Exquisite playing laden with a novel but weighty narrative.

August 29, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental
features

A Talent to Inspire

Star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks to Clive Paget about his new album, Shostakovich & Britten, and new book, The Power of Music, a candid memoir and call to action.

July 21, 2025
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Jonas Kaufmann, the Decca Recordings

Decca boxes up Kaufmann's golden years, operas and all.

July 10, 2025
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 (Benjamin Grosvenor)

Grosvenor displays his chops in a kaleidoscopic Chopin album.

May 29, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: June 2025

This month features three homegrown blockbusters, two new takes on Ravel, women’s-eye views of Venetian Baroque, a haunting Faerie Bride and a Flying Dutchman for the library.

May 19, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner)

Opposites attract as Davidsen and Finley headline a magnificent new Dutchman.

May 16, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel)

Thibaudet’s charm-filled Khachaturian is authoritative and decorative in equal parts.

February 21, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 (Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä)

Mäkelä’s Oslo forces bring freshness and vitality to early Shostakovich.

November 18, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: November 2024

This month features a Kurt Weill trifecta, idiomatic Dvořák symphonies from the Czech Phil, a major Joshua Bell rediscovery and a radical take on Mozart’s Requiem.

October 21, 2024
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Aigul (Aigul Akhmetshina, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni)

Russian mezzo’s debut heralds a generational talent.

October 18, 2024
Opera
news

Like a boss: Opera star launches own label

The Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez launches speciality label with European tour to follow.

July 22, 2024
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Chopin Études (Yunchan Lim)

A young talent tackles the Chopin études with flying colours.

May 27, 2024

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