Review: Preludes (Jan Lisiecki)
Lisiecki weaves a fascinating trajectory through one of music's most enduring genres.
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.
Lisiecki weaves a fascinating trajectory through one of music's most enduring genres.
Thibaudet’s charm-filled Khachaturian is authoritative and decorative in equal parts.
Frang and Ticciati create a marriage made in heaven in Elgar’s concerto.
Amid repertoire giants, Levit proves Brahms was also a god of small things.
The Silver Screen continues its allure after almost a century.
Trawling the Bruckner Archives unearths undiscovered treasures.
The Hallé brilliantly negotiate Elgar’s sunny peaks and lengthen shadows.
Jansen and Mäkelä negotiate fire, ice, irony and lyricism.
Cologne forces play beautifully but Roth misses Bruckner's anguish.
Barbarity and sophistication abound in Pappano's Russian adventures.
Zimmermann weaves his magic from Stravinsky to Bartók.
Järvi excels once again in rare French ballet music.
Culmination to a distinguished cycle is more a collection of weaker links.