Claire Jackson
Recent articles by Claire Jackson
Ludovico Einaudi: why does the musical phenomenon still struggle to find acceptance in the classical music world?
His fans may run into the millions but, the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi tells Claire Jackson, his style of writing will always struggle to find total acceptance within the classical music world
Tan Dun: meet the composer of the 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' score
Chinese-American composer Tan Dun has come from humble origins to achieve global success, yet his concerns remain the same – balance, humanity and the natural world, writes Claire Jackson
In Blue
Philip Glass: Solo
Elena Firsova: Piano Concerto
Classical music's enduring relationship with fashion
Leading musicians and fashion designers are at last starting to realise that their respective art forms can benefit one another, as Claire Jackson discovers
Olli Mustonen: Symphonies Nos 2 ‘Johanes Angelos’ & 3 ‘Heavenly Lights’
Crumb: Celestial Mechanics; Zeitgeist; Otherworldly Resonances
Piccolo Concertos: Works by Baksa, Hidas, Krek, Papandopulo
they/beast
Büşra Kayıkçı: Places
Sounds New
Khachaturian Piano Concerto: a guide to this exotic work and its best recordings
Khachaturian Piano Concerto: bold, brash, bombastic - and famous for a rather unusual instrument. Claire Jackson assesses a unique work
Waves (Bruce Liu)
Beyond Twilight
Jóhannsson: A Prayer to the Dynamo etc
Thomas Adès: Alchymia
Amazônia
Amazônia
Camila Provenzale (soprano); Philharmonia Zurich/Simone Menezes (Alpha Classics)
John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
Anthony Roth Costanzo et al; Odyssey Opera Chorus; Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose (Pentatone)
Samuel Adams: Current etc
Karen Gomyo (violin), Conor Hanick (piano); Spektral Quartet (Other Minds)
Neon (Manchester Collective)
Manchester Collective (Bedroom Community)
Penelope Thwaites – Gardens, Fables, Prisons, Dreams
Benjamin Frith, Penelope Thwaites (piano); Tippett Quartet (SOMM)
Contemporary American Composers (Chicago/Muti)
*Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano); Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (CSO Resound)