Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
‘Lines of Life’ would serve well as the title for a programme consisting entirely of Hölderlin settings. But the actual...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 03/2025
This fascinating album features music (and two composers) unknown to the majority of listeners, beautifully sung by the Danish National...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2025
The opening fanfare of The Three-Cornered Hat makes a stirring sound in Belfast’s Ulster Hall: bold, heraldic, with just the...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2025
This live recording of The Dream of Gerontius is a vibrant new interpretation by the young British conductor Nicholas Collon....
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2025
I found this live Missa solemnis both moving and uplifting. With an average age of around 20, the 70-strong Audi...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2025
Only the last four pages of Bach’s Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Christmas Day 1728) survive. Fortunately, Picander’s libretto...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2025
Etsuko Hirose has appeared a few times in these pages over the past five years, most recently her ‘Sheherazade’ disc...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
Has the king of instruments ever been so well served as by James McVinnie on this recital of piano solos...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2025
What fresh and intelligent programming! More importantly, what mindful pianism and stimulating musicianship Orion Weiss brings to the third release...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2025
‘What do we do to keep sane?’ was the Covid lockdown’s big musical question. Bruce Wolosoff used this time to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2025
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
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The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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