Online classical concerts & events to enjoy this month (January 2025)
Peter Quantrill explores a range of documentaries and concerts from Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel...
There’s a fine tradition of JS Bach-inspired jazz piano, from Hazel Scott and John Lewis to Jacques Loussier and Dave...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2017
We’ll never know for sure why Bach’s Musical Offering, a collection of short pieces all composed to a theme improvised...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2017
Self-described as a classical guitarist who ‘mostly prefers to play Latin American tunes’, multiple Latin Grammy nominee Berta Rojas puts...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2017
There can never be a doubt that Amy Pfrimmer feels what she is singing. The American soprano brings a deep...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2017
Cellist Mariel Roberts plays four pieces written for her, beginning with an assault on Schubert and ending with a tribute...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2017
What an act of largesse Eugène Ysaÿe bestowed upon music when he composed his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2017
Stephen Hartke (b1952) is well known on both sides of the Atlantic, not least due to his wide discography and...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017
Viola player Brett Deubner has had over 30 concertos written for him, several – as with the pair recorded here...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017
These are consistently deliberate interpretations of Brahms’s two cello sonatas, not only in terms of tempo but in their overall...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017
The race to celebrate the 2018 centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth is on. Performances and symposiums will abound, as will...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2017
Peter Quantrill explores a range of documentaries and concerts from Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel...
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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