On the Record: August 2022
Shostakovich’s jazzy side leads the field, with ear-ravishing Ravel, Carl Vine’s piano sonatas and Matthias Goerne’s collaboration with Daniil Trifonov in hot pursuit.
July 25, 2022
Review: Lieder: Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms (Matthias Goerne, Daniil Trifonov)
No less than all of human existence is mined in this weighty song-recital.
June 29, 2022
Allan Clayton: Winter is coming
English tenor Allan Clayton discusses A Winter’s Journey, a new staging of Schubert’s mournful song cycle Winterreise, and explains why he is drawn to bleak work and outsider roles.
June 20, 2022
Matthias Goerne on Songs by Wagner, Strauss and Pfitzner
The great German baritone talks about Limelight’s 2021 Vocal Recording of the Year.
December 2, 2021
Announcing the 2021 Limelight Recording of the Year
The votes are in, the judges have spoken, and the winner is...
November 29, 2021
Announcing the 2021 Limelight Recordings of the Year
The votes are in, the judges have spoken . . . and here are the winners.
November 29, 2021
On the Record: New recordings in August 2021
Early music wins the laurels this month, from Jordi Savall’s medieval fiddle to David Skinner’s William Byrd and a trifecta of Handelian delights.
July 26, 2021
Review: Im Abendrot (Matthias Goerne, Seong-Jin Cho)
Matthias Goerne beckons you towards the sunset in this glorious recital.
July 12, 2021
On the Record: What’s New on Disc
Rare outings score over same old-same old, new wine in old bottles, and do we really need more Beethoven?
October 19, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Lieder (Matthias Goerne & Jan Lisiecki)
Neglected gems get a polish from a master and his apprentice.
September 7, 2020
Matthias Goerne: In Schumann’s world, everything seems to be upside down
The German baritone tells us about his Schumann album, Limelight's Vocal Recording of the Year 2019, and why in a couple of years he plans to stop singing.
November 20, 2019
Review: Schumann: Liederkreis, Kernerlieder (Matthias Goerne, Leif Ove Andsnes)
Head and heart: Goerne and Andsnes mix drama and poetry.
July 30, 2019
Review: A German Requiem (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
After 150 years, Paavo Järvi brings Brahms' German Requiem back to St Peter’s Cathedral in Bremen.
April 16, 2018