Review: Threading the Light (Felicity Wilcox)
An atmospheric collision between voices, strings and electronics exploring ritual.
Michael Quinn is a former theatre director and BBC Radio Drama producer who writes about classical music, opera and theatre. A former Deputy Editor of Gramophone, he is obituaries editor for The Stage, booklet editor for SOMM Recordings, and programming consultant to Northern Ireland’s newest arts centre, The Portico of Ards.
An atmospheric collision between voices, strings and electronics exploring ritual.
A heartfelt, fervently performed Christmas Oratorio for today.
A striking, genre-splicing pot-pourri finds Tognetti and ACO on fine form.
Beautifully arranged, sublimely played piano treatments of traditional Irish airs.
The Swiss produce a superb 75th birthday celebration of an American great.
The bells, the bells. Aimard and Stefanovich ring out loud and clear.
Double vision in Ólafsson’s spellbinding recital mirrored by two pianos.
French string trio rarities persuasively reclaimed from neglect.
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé deliver a characterful, colourful tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Finessed, insightful playing makes a strong claim for attention.
Douglas Knehans’ powerful Fourth Symphony reaches for beauty.
Freddie De Tommaso stakes claim as “The Tenor” of his generation.
Melnikov’s acclaimed Prokofiev Sonata cycle concludes with authoritative élan.