Review: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky (Nobuyuki Tsujii, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Domingo Hindoyan)
Tsujii reaches an important milestone en route to the stars.
March 25, 2026
Greg Keane
Greg Keane has been a Limelight contributor since 2008. He is a copywriter and has also lectured in music appreciation in the adult education sector. He has a prodigious collection of LPs and was previously a producer (aka the Dark Lord of Vinyl) of ABC Classic FM.
Articles by Greg Keane
Review: Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Anzû Quartet)
Messiaen's mystical masterpiece gains formidable new advocates.
March 13, 2026
Review: Haydn 2032, Vol. 18 (Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonioni)
Antonioni emphasises brilliance in fast and furious accounts.
February 20, 2026
Review: Elgar, Adès: Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds)
From Edwardian splendour to 21st-century edginess, Tetzlaff conquers it all.
December 5, 2025
Review: Dvořák: Symphonies 2 & 8 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín)
Martín and his Melbourne forces revel in the familiar and unfamiliar.
December 2, 2025
Review: Elena Kats-Chernin: Ancient Letters (Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch)
Kats-Chernin’s ancient stories chime with contemporary resonance.
November 3, 2025
Review: Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle)
Sir Simon wrings authenticity from his Czech forces.
October 2, 2025
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
Review: Holst, Cheetham Fraillon: The Planets, Earth (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín)
Martín and his Melbourne forces deliver a truly cosmic experience.
August 8, 2025
Review: Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 (Cuarteto Casals)
The Casals quartet leads us through a journey of endless night.
July 17, 2025
Review: Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 (Benjamin Grosvenor)
Grosvenor displays his chops in a kaleidoscopic Chopin album.
May 29, 2025
Review: Mahler, Barton: Symphony No. 2, Of the Earth (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney Children’s Choir, Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young)
Mahler's Resurrection celebrates new concert hall, new conductor and new era.
April 24, 2025
Review: Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 (Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamato)
Zimerman and colleagues deliver mellow but powerful Brahms.
April 18, 2025