classical cds

For all he attention on Faust and his Bach arrangement, Ave Maria, the music of Gounod remains elaivly unexplored. This is a welcome disc, therefore. Iroically, I begins with just that Ave Maria in its […]

The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other. It kind of speaks for itself (perhaps that’s why thee are no booklet notes here!): or does it kind of “unspeak”?. Although there ae […]

The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition peasants Manami Suzuki King’s Place, London, 23.01.2026 Haydn Piano Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:6 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891 (WTC Book II) Szymanowski Metopy, Op. […]

Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2026 Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514 (?1817). Der Jûngling an der Quelle, D 300 (c. 1817).  Die blinde Knabe, D 833 (1825). Liane, D 298 (1815). Die Unglûchliche, D 713 (1821).  Von Mitleiden […]

We heard Yoav Lavanon a the Gstaad Festival in 2023: the report is here. He gave a recital in Verbier, too, in 2019: here’s a video he made about that particular experience: Levanon styles himself […]

Stagings of Bach Passions are, if not the norm, certainly not unknown; and Insula showed how effective known music with projection can be in Mat Collishaw’s Sky Burial, a film response to Fauré’s Requiem. Insula’s Brahms […]

Exploration isnt’ just about repertoire; it’s also about new talent. Crisian Sandrin here gives performances of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas for the ages: plus a bonus (Carl Tausig’s arrangement for piano of the […]

We have written previously on Hanuš/Hans Winterberg, including a concert in Berlin, and an article here, In addition, for the USA journal Fanfare, I reviewed a disc of orchestral music including an historic recording. This […]

People have been going up for a very long time. So the music here fittingly spans some 500 years, from Tallis to Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music that celebrates a new day and the hope (and anticipation) […]