• Sign Up
  • Log In
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • All Issues
    • Log in support
  • News
  • Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Recorded Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • All Reviews
  • Features
    • Australian Accent
    • World Premiere
    • Cutting Edge
    • Rising Star
    • Guy Noble’s Soapbox
    • Decoding Cultural Leadership
    • All Features
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Guide to Australian Composers
  • Playlists
  • On The Record
  • All Music
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Events
    • View calendar
    • List Your Event
  • About Us
    • AFCM Tour
    • Advertise
    • Support Us
    • Licensing
    • Contributors
  • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • AFCM Tour
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Limelight Arts Travel
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • AFCM Tour
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Limelight Arts Travel
  • Sign Up
  • Log In

  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • All Issues
    • Log in support
  • News
  • Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Recorded Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • All Reviews
  • Features
    • Australian Accent
    • World Premiere
    • Cutting Edge
    • Rising Star
    • Guy Noble’s Soapbox
    • Decoding Cultural Leadership
    • All Features
  • Music
    • Opera
    • Guide to Australian Composers
    • Playlists
    • On The Record
    • All Music
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Events
    • View calendar
    • List Your Event
  • About Us
    • AFCM Tour
    • Advertise
    • Support Us
    • Licensing
    • Contributors
  • Subscribe
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
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Yvonne Loriod’s revelatory Vega recordings

Rediscovering Mrs Messiaen, an overlooked virtuoso.

March 7, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Discovering Mendelssohn (Christian Li, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis)

Aussie prodigy revels in the world of a 19th-century German prodigy.

July 28, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: August 2023

Danes complete their Prism project, Bychkov delivers a blistering Resurrection, outstanding Beethoven from Ohlsson in the mountains, and Piers Lane goes to town . . . again!

July 24, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Price, Bruch: Violin Concertos (Randall Goosby, Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin)

Three exciting discoveries: Florence Price’s concertos and Randall Goosby’s violin.

July 12, 2023
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Christian Ferras and Elly Ameling

Eloquence celebrates a French violinist and a Dutch soprano.

May 24, 2023
Classical Music, Instrumental
features

Childhood Tales

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason reveals why she wanted to celebrate the magic of childhood in her new album for Decca.

May 22, 2023

Posts pagination

Previous 1 2 3 4 … 10 Next

Suite 606, Level 6
84 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Contact Limelight

Quick Links

  • Subscribe
  • Back Issues
  • Advertising
  • Licensing
  • Help Centre
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

Arts news delivered to your inbox

Our free Weekly Newsletter delivers the latest arts news, reviews and features to your inbox each Saturday.

Sign up

© 2026 Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd

Search

Please login to read this article.

[leaky_paywall_login]
No account yet! Click here to subscribe.