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Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Maîtrise de Radio France, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon)

A thoughtful French account of Bach’s universal masterwork.

April 27, 2022
Instrumental
CD and Other Review

Review: Scriabin: Mazurkas (Andrey Gugnin)

Gugnin finesses Scriabin's Mazurkas in a dazzling display of Russian pianism.

April 26, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday (The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park)

The Gesualdo Six on top form in this excellent program of Holy Week music.

April 22, 2022
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Knappertsbusch, Mackerras and Holzmair

Plenty of interest in the latest trawl of the archives from Australian Eloquence.

April 21, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs (Nicky Spence et al.)

From heroic vocals to inner vision, Nicky Spence’s Vaughan Williams has it all.

April 21, 2022
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss Alliance (Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)

Nelsons’ Strauss: distinguished, thoughtful, and superbly played.

April 20, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Sir William Walton: A Centenary Celebration (Orchestra of the Swan, Bruce O’Neil)

From Jazz Age pastiche to wartime propaganda, this is Walton at the top of his game.

April 19, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Bach: St John Passion (English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner)

Gardiner’s thrilling third St John blazes with passion and power.

April 14, 2022
Chamber
CD and Other Review

Review: Pohádka: Tales From Prague To Budapest (Laura van der Heijden, Jâms Coleman)

Intense taletelling of Czech and Hungarian works for cello and piano from cellist Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman.

April 13, 2022
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons)

Nelsons and Gewandthaus enter Bruckner Pantheon with culmination of cycle.

April 12, 2022
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Les Siecles, François-Xavier Roth)

Half-truths are rendered in sonic half-light in this evocative new account from Roth and Les Siecles

April 11, 2022
Chamber
CD and Other Review

Review: Hans Abrahamsen: Schnee (Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds)

A Danish 'White Album', swirling, spacious and haunting.

April 8, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Rachmaninov: Dissonance (Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas)

Grigorian compels in a recital of bleeding, heart-on-sleeve Rachmaninov.

April 7, 2022

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