En Famille: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason discuss the joy of growing up in a large, musical family.
June 20, 2022
Rebecca Franks
Rebecca Franks is a freelance classical music writer, journalist and editor. One of the classical music critics for The Times in the UK, she previously worked for BBC Music Magazine for over a decade, first as Reviews Editor and then Managing Editor.
Articles by Rebecca Franks
Review: Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartets Nos 1, 7 & 11 (Arcadia Quartet)
Pitch perfect interpretations of works spanning a composer’s chequered lifetime.
June 20, 2022
Review: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes (Simone Lamsma , Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino)
A pair of world premieres headline a diverse and well-played Rautavaara survey.
June 17, 2022
Review: Le Manuscrit de Madame Théobon (Christophe Rousset)
Rousset shops on eBay and turns up more than just trinkets.
May 10, 2022
Review: Nicolaus Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol 1 (Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Masaaki Suzuki)
Suzuki’s latest survey aims to reclaim a minor German Meister.
May 9, 2022
Ruth Slenczynska: Notes From A Long Life
At 97, Ruth Slenczynska talks about her relationships with Rachmaninov and Barber, and her brand new album.
April 26, 2022
Review: Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works (Sinfonia of London, John Wilson)
Wilson conjures the spirit of the dance for his ravishing Ravelian delights.
March 31, 2022
Review: Thomas Larcher: Symphony No 2 ‘kenotaph’, Die Nacht der Verlorenen (Andrè Schuen, Frankurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu)
Drowned refugees receive fitting and angry musical memorial.
March 11, 2022
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 8 “Symphony of a Thousand” (London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Vladimir Jurowski)
Jurowski’s live “Symphony of a Thousand” truly justifies the nickname.
March 4, 2022
Review: JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Andreas Staier)
Staier delivers Rolls Royce performances on a Rolls Royce instrument.
February 3, 2022
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 6 (Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Ádam Fischer)
A bleak end perhaps, but Ádam Fischer’s Mahler cycle is still a case for celebration.
January 24, 2022
Review: Remembering (Jakob Kullberg)
A Dane and Finn make perfect bedfellows in Kullberg’s insightful survey.
December 14, 2021
Review: Balakirev: Complete Works for Solo Piano (Nicholas Walker)
Walker’s Russian odyssey ends with we listeners all the richer for it.
November 26, 2021