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
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
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
Review: Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 (Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä)
Mäkelä’s Oslo forces bring freshness and vitality to early Shostakovich.
November 18, 2024
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
Review: Aigul (Aigul Akhmetshina, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni)
Russian mezzo’s debut heralds a generational talent.
October 18, 2024
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
Review: Chopin Études (Yunchan Lim)
A young talent tackles the Chopin études with flying colours.
May 27, 2024
Review: Reissues: Yvonne Loriod’s revelatory Vega recordings
Rediscovering Mrs Messiaen, an overlooked virtuoso.
March 7, 2024
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
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
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
Review: Reissues: Christian Ferras and Elly Ameling
Eloquence celebrates a French violinist and a Dutch soprano.
May 24, 2023