Europa Konzert 2010

Alisa Weilerstein | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim

I wonder if any students who leapt off Magdalen Bridge on May 1 last year made their bedraggled way to...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2011

Grunwald 1410-2010

The battle of Grunwald (also known as the Battle of Zalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg to distinguish it from...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2011

Beethoven; Sibelius; Tchaikovsky Nobel Prize 2010

The Nobel Prize Concert is now a traditional element of the modern Award celebrations, given on December 8 each year,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2011

Martha Argerich and Friends at Lugano 2010

Alexandre Gurning | Gautier Capuçon | Giorgia Tomassi | Jacek Kaspszyk | Lilya Zilberstein | Martha Argerich | Nicholas Angelich | Renaud Capuçon | Svizzera Italiana Orchestra

Tired of the strains and stresses of her former and extraordinary career, Martha Argerich now takes up annual residence in...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2011

Songs and Lullabies - New Works for Solo Cello

Robert Irvine

Like all the best ideas, this one is simple. To draw attention to the world’s mistreated children, Robert Irvine asked...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016

Sea Eagle - Works for horn

Huw Watkins | Laura Samuel | Mark Padmore | Nash Ensemble | Paul Watkins | Richard Watkins

During a prestigious career stretching back to 1981, the horn player Richard Watkins has held posts with the Fires of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2015

TURNAGE Orchestral Works Vol 3

Christian Tetzlaff | Lawrence Power | Marin Alsop | Markus Stenz | Michael Collins | Wladimir Jurowski

The LPO label’s third disc of Mark-Anthony Turnage (the orchestra’s Composer in Residence from 2005 to 2010) may have arrived...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 02/2013

MACMILLAN Tenebrae Responsories

London Brass | Martin Baker | Peter Stevens | Westminster Cathedral Choir

The combination of Westminster Cathedral Choir and MacMillan is irresistible. We are drawn immediately into their complicity by the jaw-dropping...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 08/2013

MAHLER Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances Op 45

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Simon Rattle

The games composers play: inviting us to join the fun and think about them is a strong suit for Sir...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2013

MACMILLAN Who are these Angels?

Alan Tavener | Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir | Cappella Nova | Paul Spicer

James MacMillan would seem to be delving further and further into his Catholic roots; not so much a regression as...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2012