The High Arts Review

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

Roma is a semi-autobiographical film where we witness a series of scenes inspired by the director's upbringing in 70s Mexico. Presented in...

Title: A Star is BornDirector: Bradley CooperRelease: 2018 This is exemplary Hollywood. A true love story without any clichés...

Τitle: Bohemian RhapsodyDirector: Bryan SingerReleased: 2018 When you hear that a biopic of the rock music band Queen and...

Title: The Naked WomanAuthor: Armonía Somers Published: 2018, Feminist Press (translated by Kit Maude) Apple Tree I, 1912, by...

Philip Glass, Symphony 11Bruckner Orchester LinzDennis Russell Davies (conductor)Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass, the non-minimalist composer

Music Reviews: Philip Glass, Piano Works (selection) Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist) Deutsche Grammophon Bach, Solo Piano Works (selection) Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist) Deutsche Grammophon   Philip Glass I have listened to a lot of different recordings of the...

Book Review: Title: The Taiga Syndrome Author: Cristina Rivera Garza Published: Dorothy, a publishing project (October 2018) The fairy tale imagery is apparent from the very beginning. But this...

Review: Mahler, Symphony 6 "Tragic" MusicAeterna Teodor Currentzis (conductor) Sony Classical This is not just another Mahler 6th. And this is no easy thing to say considering that the competition...

Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos 2 & 4 Daniil Trifonov (piano) The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon, October 2018 When a piece of music is among your favourite works of...