Music reviews

Don't get me wrong, Tetzlaff is magnificent here, but the whole release is let down at places by Ticciati's understated orchestral contribution.

Believe the hype and the accolades this release has received so far: this performance of the last three Beethoven sonatas is one for the ages.

Music Review: Alchemy / Jupiter String Quartet / Bernadette Harvey (piano) / Marquis This new release by Marquis features chamber works by three distinguished contemporary composers...

Review – Bruckner Symphony 9 with completed finale (Schaller completion 2018) / Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller (conductor) / Hänssler Classic Gerd Schaller has recorded completions of...

Review: Khatia Buniatishvili, Schubert Sonata D960 & Impromptus D899 / Sony Classical If you like the art of piano interpretation this album is for you. As...

Furtwangler, Jochum and Knappertsbusch knew how to mould these phrases and how to adjust tempo relations, making their performances unique. Jansons follows suit.

Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Concertos Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) Die Kölner Akademie Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)BIS Records These are fleet performances of Mendelssohn’s super-exciting, exuberant piano concertos....

Mahler, Symphony 2 "Resurrection" Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä (conductor)Sasha CookeRuby HughesMinnesota ChoraleBIS Records When you hear the lower strings opening the symphony so fiercely and...

This has been a great year for classical music and I've found it really hard to select only 5 releases. Many of my favourite...

Philip Glass, Symphony 11Bruckner Orchester LinzDennis Russell Davies (conductor)Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass, the non-minimalist composer In my review for the Ólafsson album of the Philip...