Britten: The Rape of Lucretia – Ellie Donald, Ella Orehek-Coddington, Pasel Basov, Viktoria Melkonian – Royal Academy Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Ella Orehek-Coddington, Oliver Heuzenreuder, Yihui Wang, MAdeleine Perring, Pavel […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 / […]
Here’s another album of new music with an “arty” title which is becoming so commonplace on Classical releases these days. This one is adorned with “Undreamed Shores” – and I wondered, what does that even […]
Neue Bahnen – Schumann’s final article for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1853 Schumann’s magazine, Neue Zeitschrift für;Musik, is best known for the composer’s own, often important, pronouncements about contemporary music. It was where […]
Each year, the vocal group The Sixteen releases a new album on the CORO label to accompany the choir’s nationwide Choral Pilgrimage tour, which sees them visit over 20 locations across the span of 7 […]
Ben Goldscheider Anna Clyne: Sirens, Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor; Ben Goldscheider, Laurence Kilsby, London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham; Church of St Martin in the FieldsReviewed […]
