michael.beek@ourmedia.co.uk
Recent articles by michael.beek@ourmedia.co.uk
Review: Moonlight Variations (Pablo Ferrández)
Cellist Pablo Ferrández serves up an appetising menu of works, perfectly played and curated, says Jo Talbot in her review
Review: Lament & Liberation (St John's, Cambridge)
In his review, Ashutosh Khandekar is impressed by new music director Christopher Gray’s ambitious, intense and no holds barred album debut with St John’s
Review: Bartók – Duke Bluebeard's Castle
In his review, Christopher Cook is chilled to the bone by a concert take on the Bartók’s nightmarishly blood-curdling masterpiece, Bluebeard
Review: Thomas Adès – Suites
In her review, Steph Power is left exhilarated by the LPO’s visceral survey of imaginative operatic suites by the British composer Thomas Adès
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 5 (Tonhalle/Järvi)
In his review, David Nice thinks there’s no better Mahler 5 than this full-throttle recording by Paavo Järvi and his Zurich orchestra who set a fine new benchmark
Review: Debussy – String Quartet in G minor etc (Nash)
The Nash Ensemble are immaculate in this new vintage recording of sparkling quartets and sonatas by Debussy, says Suzanne Rolt in her review
Review: Mozart Piano Sonatas (Ran Jia)
In his review, Michael Jameson believes Ran Jia’s insightful take on this set of Mozart sonatas are an undeniable triumph and set a modern benchmark
Review: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis (Le Cercle de l’Harmonie)
In his review, Michael Jameson is thrilled by Jérémie Rhorer’s visionary interpretation of Beethoven’s great mass, the Missa Solemnis
Souvenirs (Johan Dalene and Peter Friis Johansson)
In his review, Michael Jameson gives a big thumbs up to this dazzling recital from the exceptional young Scandinavian violinist Johan Dalene
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Tonhalle/Järvi)
Michael Jameson is blown away by this towering performance of Bruckner’s Ninth from Paavo Järvi’s peerless Tonhalle orchestra, captured in a glorious recording