Phillip Scott

Recent articles by Phillip Scott

Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca

Before he was a modest maestro, he was a formidable pianist.

Ravel: Piano Works (Vinnitskaya)

Finely wrought performances from a thoughtful young artist.

Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (Ott)

Pretty as a picture, but the personality isn’t always there.

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring: A critic's marathon

Could listening to The Rite of Spring for 38 days drive a music critic to distraction? As Limelight's sacrificial guinea pig, I found out.

Turina: Danzas Fantásticas, Ritmos, Songs (Mouritz)

Vibrant performances of first-rate Spanish music.

Gál: Serenade, Trio; Krása: Tanec, Passacaglia & Fugue

Powerful 20th-century string trios prove a real discovery.

Live review: Northern Lights (SSO, Adès)

Sydney SO/Thomas Adès, Pieter Wispelwey
SOH Concert Hall, May 1

Mussorgsky · Prokofiev (Steven Osbourne)

Picture-perfect piano – Russian repertoire paints Osborne in his best light.

Denisov: Chamber Symphonies Nos 1–2, Song Cycles

A succinct musical vision of an atmospheric world.

Claudio Arrau: Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms

Old-school pianism that doesn’t quite tell the whole story.

Bernarda Fink: Spanish Songs

Rich, idiomatic and colourful singing of Spanish repertoire.

Ravel: Complete Edition

A genuine bargain bursting with polished Ravel gems.

Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos, Guarnieri, Mignone, Santoro et al (Nelson Freire)

Nelson Freire bares his Brazilian soul in a labour of love.

Lang Lang: Complete Recordings 2000-2009

Long live Lang Lang – Almost a decade of pianistic flair all boxed up.

Stephen Hough: French Album

So frenchy, so chic – A dapper British gentleman proves he has the Gallic touch.

Barenboim: LISZT, WAGNER

Very serious music-making from the two Bs.

Konstantin Shamray in Recital (TCHAIKOVSKY, SCRIABIN, PROKOFIEV)

Shamray sets the pace – Fine debut from the previous SIPCA winner.

Live review: Sydney Symphony with Nicholas Angelich & Jakub Hrusa

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Aug 3
Replacement maestro Hrůša handles the heavy artillery of Brahms and Rachmaninov

SAINT-SAENS, LISZT, PROKOFIEV (Behzod Abduraimov)

If Europe is trying to wrest the piano wunderkind crown back from China, then Abduraimov is definitely the real thing.

Liszt: My Piano Hero (Lang Lang, Vienna Phil/Gergiev)

Liszt not to be missed: Lang Lang more than lives up to the hype.
 
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