Reviews
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Review: Disco Pigs
Five stars Darkly funny and deeply unsettling, this is a fantastic example of fringe theatre. Pig and Runt wereRead More -
Kurtág: Complete works for ensemble and choir
Asko/Schoenberg, Netherlands Radio Choir, Reinbert de Leeuw ECM New Series 4812883 (3 CD) ***** EDITOR’S CHOICE These works are well-representedRead More -
Brahms: Violin concerto, Piano concerto no 1; Schumann: Piano quartet
Frank Peter Zimmermann (vn), Emanuel Ax (pf); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink RCO RCO17001 (2 hybrid-SACD) ***** In a marketRead More -
Prokofiev: Piano concertos nos 1 & 3; Overture on Hebrew Themes
Simon Trpčeski (pf); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko Onyx ONYX4140 ***** Trpčeski’s approach here is a winning combination ofRead More -
Schumann: Fantasy, Op 17; Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Sándor Falvai (pf) Celestial Harmonies CH133122 ***** Little known in the UK, this veteran Hungarian pianist has made relatively fewRead More -
Adams & Korngold*: Violin concertos
Ilya Gringolts (vn); Copenhagen Phil, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Julien Salemkour* Orchid Classics ORC100066 **** Hot on the heels of Tamsin Waley-Cohen’sRead More -
Carbonelli: Sonate de camera nos 1 to 6
Bojan Cicic (vn); The Illyria Consort Delphian DCD34194 ***** Eighteenth-century London was an extraordinary musical centre, not least for theRead More -
Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music
Jan Swafford Basic Books Hardback, £22 ***** EDITOR’S CHOICE This book’s five main parts are Music from the Beginning (mostlyRead More -
Music Comes from Silence: Conversations with Martin Meyer
(Published in German: Musik kommt aus der Stille) András Schiff Henschel Verlag Hardback, £20.26 ***** András Schiff, who celebrates hisRead More -
Complete RCA Album Collection
John Browning (pf) Sony 88985395032 (12 CD) ***** Browning is lionised in the US but much of his output isRead More -
Telemann: Festive cantatas
Kammerchor der Erloserkirche Bad Homburg; Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble, Susanne Rohn Christophorus CHR77405 **** On this generously filled, well recorded disc,Read More -
The Right Kit
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Psallite Women’s Choir: Sing a Song of Joy
The premiere of a new work by Janet Wheeler was given on 29 June by the female voice choir PsalliteRead More -
Stunning poetry: the new Shergold Masquerader
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Tosca at West Horsley Place
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William Kapell: Broadcasts and Concert Performances 1944-1952
William Kapell (pf) Marston 53021-2 (3CD) **** Kapell was killed in a plane crash aged just 31 and his recordingsRead More -
Honegger: Le Roi David
Soloists; Lausanne Vocal Ensemble; Swiss Romande Orchestra, Daniel Reuss Mirare MIR318 ***** All recordings of this inventive biblical drama restRead More -
Benjamin Britten and Russia
Cameron Pyke Boydell and Brewer Hardback, £55 This engaging, multi-faceted subject was waiting to be addressed, so this major studyRead More -
Cherubino’s Leap: In Search of the Enlightenment Moment
Richard Kramer University of Chicago Press Hardback, £31.50 EDITOR’S CHOICE Not for the casual reader, this admirable sequence of nineRead More -
Saint-Saëns: Proserpine
Véronique Gens (s), Marie-Adeline Henry (s), etc; Flemish Radio Choir; Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer Ediciones Singulares ES1027 (2CD) *****Read More
