Reviews
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Lessons in Love and Violence at Covent Garden
The libretto is full of meaty conflicts. The performances are excellent. The orchestral sound-world is full of ear-tingling surprises. SoRead More -
Review: Grigory Sokolov, Malta International Music Festival
Haydn Sonatas Nos 32, 47, 49; Schubert Impromptus D935 Op 142, Nos 1-4 (27 April) Grigory Sokolov shuffles on toRead More -
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gives first performance of work to commemorate Gallipoli
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has given the first performance of Turkish composer Can Atilla’s ‘Gallipoli’ Symphony, The 57th Regiment, inRead More -
Lenny Henry to narrate Peter and the Wolf with Birmingham Conservatoire Pops Orchestra
Lenny Henry will narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf on Friday 4 May at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Henry, whoRead More -
BBC Music magazine announces winners of its 2018 awards
Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have won BBC Music magazine’s Recording of the Year for their performanceRead More -
Review: Pianographique at Abu Dhabi Festival
Pianographique Works by Steve Reich, Maurice Ravel and Philip Glass with live visualisation Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies (pianos); CoriRead More -
Cello reviews
Cello Recital Albums: Volumes 1 and 2 Christoph Sassmannshaus, Bärenreiter, £13.00 I strongly believe that children should have a high-qualityRead More -
Donizetti: Requiem
Natalia Runiš (sop), Agniezka Rehlis (mez), Jaroslav Březina (ten), Jirí Brückler, Jan Martiník (bas); Collegium Vocale 1704; Collegium 1704/Václav LuksRead More -
Mozart: Complete Violin Sonatas
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), Luc Devos (fortepiano) ACCENT ACC 24334 298 mins – 5CDs **** Mozart’s 15 violin sonatas conveniently splitRead More -
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Renée Fleming, Erin Morley (sop), Elīna Garanča (mez), Günther Groissböck (bas); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Sebastian Weigle Decca 0743944 –Read More -
Scriabin: Piano Concerto & Symphony No 2
Kirill Gerstein (pf), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Vassily Petrenko Lawo Classics LWC1139 77 mins ***** Scriabin’s piano concerto is an early workRead More -
Debussy: Prélude de l’après-midi d’une faune; La mer. Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Danielle Gatti RCO 17111 79 mins **** While Gatti and the Concertgebouw disappointed at last year’s Proms inRead More -
Wirén: Sinfonietta Op 71; Serenade for Strings Op 11; Divertimento Op 29; Symphony No 3 Op 20
Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba CHANDOS SACD CHSA 5194 70 mins ***** While Swedish composer Dag Wirén (1905-1986) is best known forRead More -
Copland: Orchestral Works Volume 3: An Outdoor Overture. Symphony No 1. Statements. Dance Symphony
BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson CHANDOS SACD CHSA 5195 68 mins ***** The value of this disc is enhanced by a rareRead More -
Verdi: Rigoletto
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bar), Nadine Sierra (sop), Francesco Demuro (ten); Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Choir/Constantine Orbelian Delos DE3522 126 minsRead More -
First impressions
Young music lover Rosie Mortimer visits Covent Garden for her first experience of opera, where she is bowled over byRead More -
Royal Albert Hall announces technology partnership
The Royal Albert Hall has announced a three-year partnership with Devialet. The French audio technology company will bring live performancesRead More -
Reicha Rediscovered Volume 1
Ivan Ilić (pf) Chandos CHAN 10950 **** Antonín Reicha was born in the same year as his friend and fellowRead More -
Leonard Bernstein
Humphrey Burton Faber & Faber, 624 pages, £14.99 *** This paperback reprint of the British tv producer, director, and broadcaster’sRead More -
Walton Viola Concerto. Sinding (arr Røsth) Suite im alten Stil, Op 10
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (vla); Oslo PO/Joshua Weilerstein (Walton), Arvis Engegård (Sinding) LAWO LWC 1133 42 mins **** This is shortRead More
