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ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (Collon)

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

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis (Rhorer)

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

JS BACH Friede auf Erden: reconstructed cantatas

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: The Complete Denon Recordings, 2003-2007

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

James McVinnie: Dreamcatcher

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

Arc III (Orion Weiss)

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

WOLOSOFF Rising Sun Variations (Bruce Wolosoff)

‘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

SCRIABIN Complete Piano Sonatas (Nuno Cernadas. Yunjie Chen )

Scriabin’s mature music features mystical ecstasy entwined with satanism, violence merged with tenderness and aphrodisiacs laced with poison – all...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 03/2025

Lise de la Salle: Phantasmagoria

Lisa de la Salle is a seasoned Lisztian. Her B minor Sonata is beautifully recorded (lovely-sounding piano), considered, technically assured...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025

FIELD Complete Nocturnes (Alice Sara Ott)

Gone are the days when one heard the name of John Field mentioned only as a precursor of Chopin. Now...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2025

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