Classical Music Reviews

British Opera Overtures (Richard Bonynge)

Bonynge digs up some buried treasure.

Britten: Billy Budd (Glyndebourne)

Billy’s overdue Glyndebourne debut well worth the wait.

A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 (Paul McCreesh)

The remaking of a classic for a new generation.

Mozart: Coronation Mass, Exsultate Jubilate (The Sixteen)

Harry Christophers serves up a right royal treat in Boston.

Liszt · Saint-Saëns · Ravel (Yevgeny Sudbin)

Sudbin excels at almost everything.

Australian Voices

Colourful and evocative singing from one of our best choirs.

Gluck · Haydn · Mozart Arias: Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Lemieux shines her light on the musical Enlightenment.

Schubert: Piano Sonata D845, Wandererfantasie, Impromptus D935, Moments Musicaux

Another enthralling program from today’s leading Schubertian.

British Works For Cello and Piano (Paul and Huw Watkins)

Eloquent British cello works receive ardent advocacy.

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 in G, 26 in D (Brautigam)

Double Dutch: two Mozart concertos on Ronald Brautigam’s fortepiano.

Wagner arr Maazel: The Ring Without Words

With Brünnhilde on strike, Wagner reveals true strengths.

Rust and Bone: The Film Soundtrack (Alexandre Desplat)

The prolific French composer is moving into grittier territory with films like Zero Dark Thirty, and although Rust and Bone isn’t a walk in the park his signature sparse, eloquent orchestration remains largely unchanged.

Villazón Sings Verdi

Villazón comeback continues with a tribute to Italy’s birthday boy.

Jordi Savall: Pro Pacem

Savall unites musicians in a multicultural plea for world peace.

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

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

Vivaldi arr Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed

A contemporary composer spring cleans The Four Seasons

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 (Bruggen)

In this outstanding Dutch cycle, Beethoven is the star.

Carl Vine: String Quartets (Goldner Quartet)

A confident portrait of an Australian composer across three decades.

Zelenski · Zarebski: Piano Quintet, Piano Quartet

Polish Romantics get out and about at last.
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