We have met John Luther Adams previously on Classical Explorer via his extraodinary Become Ocean (2013: the BBC Symphony Orchestra live at the Barbican under Dalia Stasevska). Elsewhere, on the Fanfare Archive, you can find […]
Recorded in the middle of a European tour of December 2024 at All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London, this recording makes the debut of the acclaimed Montevedi Choir and Christophe Rousset. It is good to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
