We first met Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) via another disc in the Naxos series of his music, again conducted by Jun Märkl: Orchestral Works, Volume 4; there followed a BIS disc of guitar […]
Rhythm Across Time – Bach: Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV1065, Concerto in C major for two harpsichords, BWV1061, Bertali, Geminiani, Handel, Festa, Piazzolla; The Wave Quartet, Academy of Ancient Music; Milton Court Concert Hall, BarbicanReviewed […]
What a treat – a coupling as effective as it is rare. Who would have thought Einojuhani Rautavaara and Bohuslav Martinů make such wonderful disc fellows? And yet, they do! Good to see Rautavaara again […]
Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Making It Festival returns from 8 to 26 June 2026: a three-week celebration of new, original work made by Guildhall School’s vibrant and multi-skilled community. The festival asks what […]
A dialogue between eras, an interior path, a musical reflection on the fragility of our aesthetic benchmarks: so promised Paris Conservatoire-trained pianist Nour Ayadi for this Scala Music release. This is Ayadi’s second album for […]
Leslie Olive rehearsing the Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds (Photo: Bill Hiskett) Mendelssohn’s Old Testament oratorio, Elijah – the culmination of the composer’s life’s work and an ‘epic’ on a […]
Kerensa Briggs & Harry Christophers at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich (Photo: The Sixteen) Lead Kindly Light: Christobal de Morales, Sebastian de Vivanco, James MacMillan, Kerensa Briggs; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; 2026 Choral Pilgrimage at […]
Angel’s Bone by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek English National Opera at Aviva Studios, Manchester Du Yun: Angel’s Bone – English National Opera at Aviva Studios (Photo: Tristram Kenton) English National Opera presented the […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra & Joanna MacGregor (Photo: Frances Marshall) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, pianist Joanna MacGregor are joined by a host of talent for the orchestra’s 2026/27 season. Violinist Nigel Kennedy, who […]
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940) Bernstein Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” (1948/9, rev. 1965) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (1893) Denis Kozhukhin (piano); London Symphony Orchestra / […]
