Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 (Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä)
Mäkelä’s Oslo forces bring freshness and vitality to early Shostakovich.
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.
Rediscovering Mrs Messiaen, an overlooked virtuoso.
Aussie prodigy revels in the world of a 19th-century German prodigy.
Danes complete their Prism project, Bychkov delivers a blistering Resurrection, outstanding Beethoven from Ohlsson in the mountains, and Piers Lane goes to town . . . again!
Three exciting discoveries: Florence Price’s concertos and Randall Goosby’s violin.
Eloquence celebrates a French violinist and a Dutch soprano.
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason reveals why she wanted to celebrate the magic of childhood in her new album for Decca.
Benjamin Grosvenor: an old head on young fingers.
From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults.