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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
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Schumann & Brahms (Benjamin Grosvenor)

Benjamin Grosvenor: an old head on young fingers.

March 24, 2023
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: The Unreleased Masters (Jessye Norman, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra)

From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults. 

March 17, 2023

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