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 […]
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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 […]
2025 Gramophone Awards announced
From Premier Classical: The winners of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025 were revealed tonight [15 October 2025] at a glittering ceremony at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in central London.Long regarded as the classical recording […]
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7: Gardner, Bychkov, Sawallisch (plus Schumann 2!)
There’s a lot of Dvořák around in my pile of discs suddenly … The LPO’s live series of disc has furnished us with Dvořák 7 coupled with Schuman Second. The LPO delivers a terrific, driven […]
Can we live by texture alone? The BBCSO at the Barbican
Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, John Luther Adams BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, 8.10.2025 Thovaldsdottir ANCORA (2022) Ligeti Atmosphères (1961) John Luther Adams Become Ocean (2013) An extraordinary concert, but perhaps not in the way one might immediately think: to have three woks that rely mainly on texture is certainly out of the (ie, ‘extra’) […]
Our Common Nature: Yo-Yo Ma returns
YO-YO MA & FRIENDS SHARE A COLLECTION OF NEW RECORDINGS INSPIRED BY THE OUR COMMON NATURE’ PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW FROM SONY CLASSICAL It was only recently we explored Yo-Yo Ma’s latest Trio release (with Kavakos […]
Volver: Vittorio Forte explores South American piano music
For his first recording for the Mirare label, Calabrian pianist Vittorio Forte has chosen a programme of South American music. A student of Argentinian pianist Jose Lepore, the present album is the result of the […]
Unforgettable Abrahamsen & Mahler from the London Philharmonic
Abrahamsen, Mahler Jennifer France (soprano); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 03.10.2025 Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you (2013) Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G (1900) What wonderful programming; and an extra bonus to see Danish […]
Paris Opera Play: the streaming service of the Opéra national de Paris
L’OPÉRA EN STREAMING Paris, 23th September 2025 Discover the shows of the 25/26 season on POP – Paris Opera Play! Operas and ballets, live or recorded: this season, seven performances (including six new productions) and a […]
Messiaen Visions de l’Amen: Michel Béroff & Marie-Josèph Jude
This is a timely release on the La Scala label, given the release of Michel Béroff‘s compete Erato recordings over 41 discs on Warner; his Visions de l’Amen La Scala disc was made available on […]
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