Review: Shostakovich & Britten (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh Mason, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)
Siblings shine brilliant light into often dark places.
Siblings shine brilliant light into often dark places.
Exquisite playing laden with a novel but weighty narrative.
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.
Decca boxes up Kaufmann's golden years, operas and all.
Grosvenor displays his chops in a kaleidoscopic Chopin album.
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.
Opposites attract as Davidsen and Finley headline a magnificent new Dutchman.
Thibaudet’s charm-filled Khachaturian is authoritative and decorative in equal parts.
Mäkelä’s Oslo forces bring freshness and vitality to early Shostakovich.
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.
Russian mezzo’s debut heralds a generational talent.
The Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez launches speciality label with European tour to follow.
A young talent tackles the Chopin études with flying colours.