Uri Caine - Diabelli Variations
'Don't waste your time reading this review: beg, borrow or buy a copy of this...
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By the time you reach the encores, Price can do anything she wants; we're all in the...
View ArticleJames MacMillan - Raising Sparks
Jean Rigby's voice displays an impressive expressive range to portray the contrasting...
View ArticleMozart - Violin Concertos
The OAE is on top form, with a superstar soloist meeting them on their own terms - the...
View ArticleLalande - Music for the Sun King
In terms of his reputation today Lalande suffers alongside Lully or Charpentier, yet...
View ArticleRalph Vaughan Williams - Early Chamber Music
'This music tells us about Vaughan Williams' development, and that while he hadn't yet...
View ArticleRalph Vaughan Williams - Film Music Volume 1
The recording has tremendous weight as well as detail...
View ArticleGluck - Alceste
With this recording of Alceste, Sir John Eliot Gardiner redresses the balance and...
View ArticleMessiaen - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Even with music as finely detailed as Messiaen's, there is still room for individual...
View ArticleMessiaen - Complete Organ Works
...a seven-and-a-half hour journey through the life, works and Catholic faith of the...
View ArticleVarious Artists - Missa Mexicana
...refreshing, illuminating and downright beautiful...
View ArticleChopin - Études
Murray Perahia reveals the emotional side of these showpieces and demonstrates that...
View ArticleGeorge Benson - Irreplaceable
...slick and pretty but shockingly devoid of genuine expression.
View ArticleAndreas Scholl - Arcadia
Scholl's polished counter-tenor is seductive, his interpretative instincts...
View ArticleSpiritualized - Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace seems so familiar, so effortless; who else consistently produces such...
View ArticleStravinsky - The Rite of Spring
...anyone who thinks The Rite has lost its power through over-familiarity should buy it...
View ArticleChristian Lindberg - Mandrake in the Corner
Christian Lindberg...the best thing that's ever happened to the trombone.
View ArticleJohn Adams - El Niño
For some people this will be the perfect Christmas present, a gift with real meaning.
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