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Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Walton: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Scapino (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Wilson and Walton: a meeting of minds.

November 28, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: November 2025

This month features a major rediscovery, Simon Rattle’s take on a concert staple, a probing Well-Tempered Clavier and, remarkably for the first time, the complete My Fair Lady.

October 20, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Lerner and Loewe’s musical masterpiece gets the John Wilson treatment.

October 6, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Shostakovich & Britten (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh Mason, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Siblings shine brilliant light into often dark places.

September 18, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 (Jonathan Aasgaard, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson)

Exuberant, colourful performances, introducing a gorgeous cello concerto.

March 19, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

The completist’s Carousel get the John Wilson treatment.

September 30, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: January and February 2024

Essential holiday listening includes gripping symphonies from a well-known pianist, Rattle’s Siegfried, Wilson’s Daphnis and Osborne’s latest Debussy.

December 22, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Wilson and his Sinfonia produces a top pick in this luscious score.

November 29, 2023
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

John Wilson on why Oklahoma! was so urgently needed

The conductor and Broadway expert explains the thinking behind "historically informed" musicals.

October 11, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ground breaker gets ground-breaking treatment.

September 25, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: October 2023

This month we are in vocal heaven with period instrument Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shakespearean song, an operatic take on Wuthering Heights, and a resurrected Parsifal.

September 25, 2023
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninov 1 (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

From barnstorming to delicately decorative, Stephen Hough's pianism shines across an unhackneyed program.

May 18, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music
features

On The Record: New classical albums in April 2023

Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, Fabio Luisi’s Nielsen cycle impresses, and Matthias Goerne presents Schubert in Technicolor.

March 20, 2023

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