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Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Mozart: Idomeneo (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Sir Simon Rattle)

Refined, energetic performances of Mozart's early performances.

October 13, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: September 2024

Folk-flecked piano trios, Elder’s Elgar, Jurowski’s Stravinsky, and orchestral songs from Magdalena Kožená and Stanford. This month’s releases are strikingly eclectic.

August 19, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Czech Songs (Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle)

Kožená’s latest checks all the boxes and more.

August 6, 2024
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Handel: Alcina (Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski)

A bewitching new take on Handel's tale of enchantment and thwarted passion.

March 27, 2024
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Janáček: Kát’a Kabanová (London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle)

Bristling with passion and pathos, Rattle delivers the finest of Kát’as.

March 8, 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, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Folk Songs (Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle)

Kožená and Rattle return with a compelling program of folk song arrangements.

November 22, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Simon Rattle: Notes on a Life

Sir Simon Rattle chats about Bruckner, Brexit and the London Symphony Orchestra's tour of Australia.

February 20, 2023
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Nostalgia (Magdalena Kožená, Yefim Bronfman)

An outstanding new recital by a mezzo who has rarely sounded better.

November 10, 2021
Opera
Live Review

Review: Innocence (Festival d’Aix-en-Provence)

Part Scandi-noir thriller, part Ancient Greek drama, Kaija Saariaho's Innocence makes for persuasive music theatre.

August 17, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Soirée (Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle)

Starry musical soirée finds Kožená and Rattle at their most relaxed.

January 29, 2020
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Il Giardino dei Sospiri (Magdalena Kožená)

Kožená’s impassioned performances fill a rare garden with sighs.

September 9, 2019
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Kozena, Skelton, Bavarian RSO/Rattle)

Mr and Mrs Rattle invite Skelton to sing of the earth.

March 14, 2019

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