Review: Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (Dirk Herten)
In Dirk Herten’s complete Beethoven, sadly less is less.
November 8, 2019
Phillip Scott
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.
Articles by Phillip Scott
Review: Nemanja Radulović with Ensemble Liaison (UNSW)
Exciting, ravishing, brilliant, and undoubtedly exotic.
October 28, 2019
Review: Weinberg: Symphonies No 2 and No 21 (Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla)
Two personal statements from a rediscovered symphonist.
October 18, 2019
Review: Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Malmö SO/Darrell Ang)
Two colourful Soviet symphonies strut their stuff.
October 18, 2019
Reissues Round-up: Kubelík’s Mahler
A historic Mahler cycle reassessed, Sir Charles’s punchy Janáček preludes and more.
October 11, 2019
Review: Weinberg: 24 Preludes for Solo Violin (Gidon Kremer)
A single instrument conveys a slice out of a Soviet composer’s world.
October 2, 2019
Reissues Round-Up: A Brünnhilde Beyond Compare
Kirsten Flagstad revisited, Marriner’s pre-HIP Bach and DG’s Ozawa box.
September 24, 2019
Review: Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Symphony No 9 (Royal Liverpool PO/Manze)
A touch of musical fire and ice on a clear day in the Antarctic.
September 12, 2019
Reissues Round-up: Radio Star
A new 22-CD box set of Fürtwangler’s radio broadcasts is one for the collection.
August 30, 2019
Review: Brian: Symphonies No 7 & 16 (New Russian State SO/Walker)
Three compelling orchestral episodes from the life of Brian.
August 13, 2019
Review: David Matthews: Symphony No 9, Double Concerto (English Symphony Orchestra/Woods)
Matthews’ latest proves they do write music like that nowadays.
August 13, 2019
Review: The Orchestral Music of Jonathan Dove (BBC Philharmonic, Timothy Redmond)
Dove gets his due: Maximum colour and excitement from a post-minimalist.
August 8, 2019
Review: Rathaus: Piano Works Volume 1 (Daniel Wnukowski)
Early piano musings from a neglected symphonist.
July 22, 2019