Review: Reissues: Bright and colourful discoveries from the Amazon to Paris
Phillip Scott explores Heitor Villa-Lobos’s string quartets and Diaghilev’s musical legacy.
Phillip Scott is a long-time reviewer for Limelight and US music journal Fanfare. He has written four novels and the scores of several children’s shows for Monkey Baa Theatre Company. He is best known for his work as performer, writer and Musical Director for The Wharf Revue.
Phillip Scott explores Heitor Villa-Lobos’s string quartets and Diaghilev’s musical legacy.
If ever there was a program to show off the vastly improved acoustic at the SOH Concert Hall, it was this superb concert, featuring French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Phillip Scott rejoices at restored rarities by Paul Paray and Gina Bachauer.
Colourful music from a forgotten colourful character.
John Wilson finesses a minor composer with a major voice.
An exciting program of Estonian premieres from the horse’s mouth.
Spicy Latin-flavoured concertos, warmly played.
Denève delivers a masterly and sympathetic survey of unruffled Ravel.
Another interesting voice emerges from the melee of the mid-20th century.
A labour of love from a colourful composer.
Plenty of interest in the latest trawl of the archives from Australian Eloquence.
Nelsons’ Strauss: distinguished, thoughtful, and superbly played.
Brilliant playing of music that belongs firmly in the concert repertoire.