Review: Weinberg: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 (Yuri Kalnits, Michael Csányi-Wills)
Kalnits and Csányi-Wills deliver a fitting conclusion to an excellent series.
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.
Kalnits and Csányi-Wills deliver a fitting conclusion to an excellent series.
The music of Poul Ruders at its most accessible.
First hearings of two powerful symphonic statements.
Mosolov’s music of "the people" revisited.
A sound world that draws you into its shimmering heart.
Weinberg’s string quartets get the Arcadian treatment.
The great Dane gets a new outing.
Georgian composer Giya Kancheli, Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel, Spanish conductor Ataúlfo Argenta and historical opera highlights (including Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland) are among the treasures.
Malcolm Arnold's frothy operatic trifle rediscovered – and about time.
Kalnits delivers powerful Prokofiev in a new guise.
Rosbaud's Mahler, Boult's LPO recordings and a box of modern rarities from Karl-Heinz Steffens are among this month's highlights.
To hell with masterpieces, says Phillip Scott.
A stunning and overdue set of Franz Schmidt’s symphonies.