Classical Music Reviews
Elgar from the Archives, Volume 3: The Kingdom
The third volume in the series Elgar from the Archives from SOMM Recordings includes two historic recordings conducted by Sir Adrian Boult: the oratorio The Kingdom, Op. 51 and the ever-popular Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma,’ Op. 36. These variations form an […]
Unassuming charm & surprising sophistication: Bampton Classical Opera in the Italian version of Grétry’s take on Beauty & the Beast
Grétry: Zemira e Azor – Gwilym Bowen (Azor), Ffion Edwards (Zemira) – Bampton Classical Opera Grétry, Holzbauer, Jomelli: Zemira e Azor; Ffion Edwards, Gwilym Bowen, Samuel Pantcheff, Andrew Irwin, Sian Dicker, Rachel Roper, director: Jeremy […]
Ming Tsao: Triode Variations
This is not the first recording of music of Ming Tsao (born 1966) for Kairos (it’s actually his third), but it’s the first one for Classical Explorer. Tsao’s instrumental background is playing violin, viola, and […]
Manfred Honeck to become Philharmonia Orchestra’s seventh principal conductor following on from Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Manfred Honeck (Photo: Todd Rosenberg) The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced that Manfred Honeck will be its next principal conductor. Honeck will take up the post from September 2028, following on from Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who has […]
Classical Music News
Last Night of the Proms 2026: Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Ward Thomas join the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers in a tribute to Dolly Parton
Last Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 12 September, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and in two parts on live TV: Part 1 on […]
AVIE maps an American pulse before an autumn of contrasts
NEWS • 7 August 2026 • Source: AVIE Records AVIE Records has opened its late-summer schedule with Rhythm Nation, a new album from New York’s PUBLIQuartet that treats rhythm as a meeting place rather than a boundary. Contemporary commissions […]
LSO Associate Artists reshape the concert format this autumn
NEWS • 4 August 2026 • Source: Baxter PR / London Symphony Orchestra Three autumn projects from London Symphony Orchestra collaborators will bring choral theatre, multidisciplinary performance and orchestral jazz to LSO St Luke’s and the Barbican. Tangram and […]
£200,000 Wolfson grant advances Smith Square restoration
NEWS • 3 August 2026 • Source: Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square has secured a £200,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation for the restoration of its Grade I listed Westminster home. The award supports Doors Open: Transforming Lives […]
