Reviews
Review: Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola
Misha Donat praises Giovanni Antonini’s lively and detailed accounts of Haydn and Lessel
Review: Nicolaus Richter de Vroe: Shibuya Movements, etc
Steph Power is wowed by Nicolaus Richter de Vroe’s orchestral experimentalism
Review: Little Wanderer (works by Britten, Imogen Holst et al)
Christopher Cook enjoys the debut album from well-matched musical partners
Review: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, etc (Francesco Piemontesi)
Jessica Duchen is captured by Francesco Piemontesi’s compelling interpretations of Brahms’s piano works
Review: Bach Cantatas (Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastien Daucé)
Sébastien Daucé turns to Bach in accounts of fervour and tenderness, writes Nicholas Anderson
What's new?
Review: Schreker • Korngold • Krenek
This superb album brings together three Austrian composers who would go on to fall foul of the Nazi regime
Review: Debussy • Szymanowski Quartets (Belcea Quartet)
Michael Jameson is entranced by the Belcea Quartet’s brilliant pairing of French and Polish composers
Review: Schubert 4 Hands (Chamayou / Andsnes)
Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou play Schubert with exquisite sensitivity, says Misha Donat
Review: Sun Triptych (Dobrinka Tabakova)
This vibrant second ECM release devoted to Dobrinka Tabakova shines a spotlight on her orchestral imagination at full radiance
Review: Walton: Cello Concerto etc (Jonathan Aasgard, cello)
John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London is virtuosic and eloquent in vital orchestral works, writes Jo Talbot
Chamber
Review: Harry Partch – The Wayward (Partch Ensemble)
Kate Wakeling is captivated by the Partch Ensemble’s compelling realisation of a truly original body of works
Review: Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo
Jan Smaczny is enthralled by Isabelle
Faust’s unique approach to the demanding
material of Bach’s little-known violin works
Review: John Jenkins works (Fretwork)
Ingrid Pearson is captivated by this stunning showcase of John Jenkins works for viol consort and organ
Choral & Song
Review: Mahler: Songs of Fate (Anna Lucia Richter)
Anna Lucia Richter brings striking depth
and expressive insight to the composer’s
song-settings, writes Malcolm Hayes
Review: Les Divas d’Offenbach (Véronique Gens et al)
Amusing songs by Offenbach sparkle in these irresistible performances, writes Christopher Dingle
Review: Golden Age (Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee)
Morley and Brownlee are on sensational form in 19th-century arias and duets, writes George Hall
Concerto
Review: Kalevi Aho – Moonlight Concerto, etc
Claire Jackson is mightily impressed by Sharon Bezaly’s mastery of the rare alto flute
Review: Four Spirits (Abel Selaocoe)
Jo Talbot is impressed – and moved – by Abel Selaocoe’s first Cello Concerto
Review: Liza Lim: A Sutured World, etc
Steph Power is thoroughly engrossed by a trio of cross-cultural concertos
Instrumental
Review: Shades of Mourning (Tamar Sagiv)
Roger Thomas is impressed by the elegant skill and emotional conviction of this accomplished debut
Review : Mussorgsky • Rachmaninov • Scriabin (Jan Schulmeister)
Czech pianist Jan Schulmeister makes an outstanding Supraphon debut with this recital of Russian music
Review: Ravel, Stravinsky (Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy)
David Nice is astonished by a wonderful piano duo’s interpretation of Stravinsky and Ravel ballets
Opera
Review: My Fair Lady (Sinfonia of London / John Wilson)
This new studio recording from the Sinfonia of London and its music director John Wilson gives you the original theatrical score complete
Review: Rameau – Platée
Berta Joncus enjoys a 2024 Versailles take on Rameau’s rarely recorded Platée
Review: Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Gerald Finley and Lise Davidsen plumb the
depths of their shared predicament, and they are supported by a first-class cast
Orchestral
Review: Strauss: 'Ein Heldenleben' (Philharmonia / Rouvali)
Sarah Urwin Jones is captivated by Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s take on Strauss
Review: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 etc (RLPO/Hindoyan)
Sarah Urwin Jones enjoys the RLPO’s fine-tuned approach to the ‘Pathétique’
Review: Handel: Water & Fire (Collegium 1704)
Collegium 1704’s reading is so joyous and brashly nonchalant that it's like hearing this music for the first time
