Review: JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Andreas Staier)
Staier delivers Rolls Royce performances on a Rolls Royce instrument.
February 3, 2022
Rebecca Franks
Rebecca Franks is a freelance classical music writer, journalist and editor. One of the classical music critics for The Times in the UK, she previously worked for BBC Music Magazine for over a decade, first as Reviews Editor and then Managing Editor.
Articles by Rebecca Franks
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 6 (Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Ádam Fischer)
A bleak end perhaps, but Ádam Fischer’s Mahler cycle is still a case for celebration.
January 24, 2022
Review: Remembering (Jakob Kullberg)
A Dane and Finn make perfect bedfellows in Kullberg’s insightful survey.
December 14, 2021
Review: Balakirev: Complete Works for Solo Piano (Nicholas Walker)
Walker’s Russian odyssey ends with we listeners all the richer for it.
November 26, 2021
Review: The Four Quarters (Solem Quartet)
What’s in a day? From Adès to Kate Bush, quite a lot, says a debut recording.
November 9, 2021
Review: Mozart & Contemporaries (Víkingur Ólafsson)
Ólafsson sprinkles star-studded music throughout a heavenly program.
November 2, 2021