Ashutosh Khandekar
Recent articles by Ashutosh Khandekar
When opera turns dark: ten eerily unforgettable masterpieces
Ashutosh Khandekar explores how the supernatural in opera has served to express both our deepest fears and darkest desires
Review: Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (The King's Singers)
The King’s Singers mark the end of an era in this impeccable final set with bass Jonathan Howard, says Ashutosh Khandekar in his review
In the Bleak Midwinter - the world's favourite Christmas carol
Ashutosh Khandekar heads back to a particularly bleak midwinter in the early 20th century, as he traces the chilly history of one of today’s most beloved carols
Welcome Joy– A Celebration of Women’s Voices
In his review, Ashutosh Khandekar is captivated by the Corvus Consort and harpist Louise Thomson’s shimmering jewel-box of works for women’s voices...
Songs for Peter Pears
Fear No More
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Philip WJ Stopford: Sacred Choral Music
Bach: Cantatas, BWV 56 & 82
Circus Dinogad
Essence
but I like to sing…
Arvo Pärt: Tractus
John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times
CPE Bach • Mozart
Legros, Haute-contre de Gluck
Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor); A Nocte Temporis (Alpha Classics)
New Millennium (Choir of St John's College, Cambridge)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Signum Classics)
Cavalleria rusticana: a guide to Mascagni's dramatic masterpiece and its best recordings
As the congregation files out of church and towards a scene of bloody murder, Ashutosh Khandekar selects the best recordings of Mascagni’s one-act Sicilian wonder, Cavalleria rusticana