Weckmann Sonatas on cpo
This is fascinating: it reminded me so much of the amazing Les Éléments concert in Périgord last summer; music of openness and exuberance of invention. Matthias Weckmann seemed to be pulled towards Dresden as if […]
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Adila Fachiri, Marie Soldat and … one Donald Francis Tovey
So what’s the big deal hee? Two violinists on one disc, one of them – Adila Fachirri – performing with Donald Francis Tovey, he of the Essays in Musical Analysis. Toccata Classics has released recordings […]
St John’s Cambridge Choir returns: O Holy Night
The choral tradition of excellence at St John’s College, Cambridge carries on under Christopher Gray, continuing the work of Andrew Nethsingha. Adophe Adam’s O holy night will need little introduction, but what a lovey arrangement […]
Elisabeth Leonskaja returns in Beethoven
We met Elisabeth Leonskaja in Grieg and Schumann with another Michael, Michael Sanderling, previously in the time-honoured coupling of Grieg and Schumann Concertos here. On the new disc, it is Michael Schønwandt who conducts the […]
“A Festival with a Mission”: Aix Easter Festival 2026 announced
So the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival 2026! The official release is below, to which I would add a few highlights: It is good to see Yuliana Adveeva on the books, a pianist who hs impressed in […]
The Music of Sergej Maingardt
It is important to listen to consider and absorb the music of our time. For some hat means a post-Modern construct; which can be relatively easy on the ear; for others (I remember, notably in […]
Manchester Camerata at Wigmore Hall
It’s amazing what can change in three quarters of an a hour. This short lunchtime concert at Wigmore Hall preesnted some remarkable music in superb performances: the known, the lesser-known and the (probably) unknown. But […]
Repost: The Piano Music of George Walker
This is the first of two volumes of George Walker’s complete piano works; Alexandre Dossin is the beautifully sensitive pianist. Dossin has previously appeared on ax’s as par of their complete Liszt piano music, in […]
Beethoven & Beamish: Jonathan Biss at his best
At his finest, Jonathan Biss is up there in the very top echelon of pianists. His speciality is Beethoven, a composer on whom he speaks and lectures as well as plays. We met his Orchid […]
Albert Herring at ENO
Brriten Albert Herring Cast; Orchestra of English National Opera / Daniel Cohen (conductor). Coliseum, London, 13.10.2025 Production: Director/Designer: Antony McDonald Lighting: Matthew Richardson Costume Associate: Iloa Karas Cast: Albert Herring Caspar Singh Sid Dan D’Souza […]
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