Review: Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin Volume 1 (Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver)
An auspicious beginning to a new complete Beethoven cycle.
Will Yeoman is a former senior arts writer and current travel journalist for The West Australian newspaper. A regular contributor to Limelight and Gramophone, he is also Artistic Director of the York Festival and a keen classical guitarist.
An auspicious beginning to a new complete Beethoven cycle.
Brilliant revival of a lesser known Handel masterpiece.
Back to Bach for Slava and a luminous end to a lauded project.
Christie and Co cavort in a Garden of Earthy Delights.
Milas passes the Ysäye test amid shows of technical heroism.
Poles apart 20th-century greats, fused by Steinbacher.
Purcell’s teacher receives a worthy tribute from Arcangelo.
A delicious serving of guitar favourites minus the cheese.
An intoxicating recreation of a Cromwellian pub session.
Rare 19th-century piano works in performances of rare beauty.
Erin Helyard’s superlative Handel certainly hits the musical sweet spot.
One of the largest collections of Dutch masters to ever leave Amsterdam holds up a mirror to our own lives today.
The cult of courtly love revisited in exquisite performances.