Reissues Round-Up: Bartók’s American Makeover
Ormandy’s Bluebeard rides again, plus Edo, Martin and Maurane on Eloquence.
November 28, 2018
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: Bantock Rediscovered: Piano Music (Maria Marchant)
A neglected figure receives committed advocacy.
November 26, 2018
Review: Antheil: Music for Violin (Duo Odéon)
American self-styled bad boy’s violin music ain’t bad at all.
November 21, 2018
A taste of the Albury Chamber Music Festival
Our writer spends a weekend by the Murray at the Albury Chamber Music Festival.
November 19, 2018
Review: Prokofiev Five (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
A concert all the more interesting for its elements of surprise.
November 13, 2018
Reissues Round-Up: Salonen’s Stunning Stravinsky
Sony reissues the Finn in full, plus birthday boy Bernstein comes complete on DG.
November 8, 2018
Review: Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux Opp. 33 & 39 (Steven Osborne)
Rachmaninov’s godliness underlined by Osborne’s cleanliness.
October 22, 2018
Review: Thibaudet plays the Egyptian Concerto (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
An enjoyable and thoughtfully diverse program performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
October 18, 2018
Review: Forces of Nature (Australia Ensemble)
A typically thoughtful, superbly performed concert including two Australian compositions.
October 14, 2018
Review: American Symphonies (London SO/Lance Friedel)
20th-century US symphonies in 21st-century Swedish sound.
October 11, 2018
Reissues round-up: La Nilsson lives again
Decca’s Birgit box and another rare opera from Sony’s vault.
October 10, 2018
Reissues Round-up: In praise of reissues old and new
A 1955 Prince Igor joins a 2011 War Requiem in this month’s eclectic batch.
October 3, 2018
Review: Stravinsky: Solo and Orchestral Piano Music (Peter Donohoe, Hong Kong Philharmonic/David Atherton)
Veteran pianist Peter Donohoe, both old and new, does Igor proud.
September 1, 2018