Reissues round-up: La Nilsson lives again
Decca’s Birgit box and another rare opera from Sony’s vault.
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.
Decca’s Birgit box and another rare opera from Sony’s vault.
A 1955 Prince Igor joins a 2011 War Requiem in this month’s eclectic batch.
Veteran pianist Peter Donohoe, both old and new, does Igor proud.
For Paul Lewis, Papa Haydn turns ought to be no laughing matter.
Croatian composer proves a truly exciting discovery.
Pettersson’s dark journeys again illuminated by Lindberg.
A panoramic view of Mussorgsky and a star turn from Benjamin Beilman in Higdon's Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto.
A new 80-disc box set commemorates the Chilean pianist’s Philips years.
In Brahms, the best is the enemy of the good.
Leonard Bernstein alive and well 100 years on in Marin county.
From pagodas to cakewalks, Hough taps into Debussy.
Brexit may be looming, but reissues from the Motherland can still make hay.
Debussy under a spotlight perhaps could use a few more shadows.