• Sign Up
  • Log In
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • All Issues
    • Log in support
  • News
  • Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Recorded Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • All Reviews
  • Features
    • Australian Accent
    • World Premiere
    • Cutting Edge
    • Rising Star
    • Guy Noble’s Soapbox
    • Decoding Cultural Leadership
    • All Features
  • Music
    • Guide to Australian Composers
    • Playlists
    • On The Record
    • All Music
  • Opera
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Events
    • View calendar
    • List Your Event
  • About Us
    • AFCM Tour
    • Advertise
    • Support Us
    • Licensing
    • Contributors
  • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • AFCM Tour
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Limelight Arts Travel
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • AFCM Tour
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Limelight Arts Travel
  • Sign Up
  • Log In

  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • All Issues
    • Log in support
  • News
  • Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Recorded Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • All Reviews
  • Features
    • Australian Accent
    • World Premiere
    • Cutting Edge
    • Rising Star
    • Guy Noble’s Soapbox
    • Decoding Cultural Leadership
    • All Features
  • Music
    • Guide to Australian Composers
    • Playlists
    • On The Record
    • All Music
  • Opera
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Events
    • View calendar
    • List Your Event
  • About Us
    • AFCM Tour
    • Advertise
    • Support Us
    • Licensing
    • Contributors
  • Subscribe
Classical Music
features

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s new label lifts off, and some

Siobhan Stagg and Jaime Martín discuss the joys of collaborating on Strauss and Debussy.

July 9, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Don Quixote, A Musical Quest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

The inspired pairing of Mozart’s powerful 24th piano concerto with Strauss’s exquisite Don Quixote proves dramatically and musically powerful.

May 14, 2023
Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Strauss, Korngold, Bernstein (Adelaide Summer Orchestra)

Andrew Haveron shines in an illuminating Adelaide Summer Orchestra concert revealing the foundations of contemporary cinematic music.

January 16, 2023
Opera
news

Victorian Opera announces its 2023 season

Two world premieres, Mozart, and Shostakovich's hilarious operetta feature in Richard Mills' swansong season.

November 21, 2022
Classical Music, Instrumental
Live Review

Review: Cinematic (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Conducted by Benjamin Northey, this evocative program of film soundtracks by Westlake, Korngold and Strauss proves beyond a doubt the need for music in one's life.

August 27, 2022
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss Alliance (Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)

Nelsons’ Strauss: distinguished, thoughtful, and superbly played.

April 20, 2022
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Mariss Jansons: The Edition

Lavish, and in high-end audio, a 70-disc set reminds us of the genius that was Jansons.

January 25, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Zubin Mehta to lead the Australian World Orchestra in 2022

The great conductor will visit Melbourne and Sydney for an all-Strauss Fest with the Australian World Orchestra.

November 30, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss: Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst)

Thoughtful take on Sophocles’ bloody tragedy boasts at least two star turns.

September 8, 2021
Classical Music, Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Love Songs (Angela Hewitt)

Love Songs come as balm for a COVID-ravaged world 

August 14, 2021
Opera
features

Did you hear about Sir Thomas Beecham’s operatic double-take?

How a chorusmaster's cock-up caused an unsolicited encore in the middle of Elektra.

September 23, 2020
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Tod und Verklärung & Macbeth (Singapore Symphony Orchestra)

The "other" SSO punches above its weight in Richard Strauss.

July 29, 2020
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Janine Jansen, Jaap van Zweden & Tania León (New York Philharmonic)

Jansen is glorious in Brahms, while León offers a rich new work and a compelling nightcap.

February 18, 2020

Posts pagination

1 2 Next

Suite 606, Level 6
84 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Contact Limelight

Quick Links

  • Subscribe
  • Back Issues
  • Advertising
  • Licensing
  • Help Centre
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

Arts news delivered to your inbox

Our free Weekly Newsletter delivers the latest arts news, reviews and features to your inbox each Saturday.

Sign up

© 2026 Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd

Search

Please login to read this article.

[leaky_paywall_login]
No account yet! Click here to subscribe.