Classical Reviews

Latest Classical Reviews

• Run Rabbit Run Osso

  
  An unusual, but not unrewarding, statement of intent.

  reviewed by Rob Crossan

• The Complete Waltzes (Ingrid Fliter) Frédéric Chopin

  
  The young Argentinean stamps her authority with a finesse beyond her years.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

  • CD Review Disc of the Week

• Gogo no Eiko Hans Werner Henze

  
  An opera that has been resuscitated and restored to new life.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• Bach Brandenburg Concertos Johann Sebastian Bach

  
  Stands up on its own, quite simply as a smashing performance.

  reviewed by Charlotte Gardner

• The Food of Love (Paul Agnew, Anne-Marie Lasla) Henry Purcell

  
  The performances are outstanding and the sequencing inspired.

  reviewed by Katie Greening

• Piazzolla and Beyond (London Concertante) Various Artists

  
  A riveting, dramatic, and even sexy listen.

  reviewed by Charlotte Gardner

• Die Schöpfung (comp: René Jacobs; orch: Freiburger Barockorchester) Joseph Haydn

  
  Jacobs’s impeccable Creation is fresh and often illuminating.

  reviewed by Graham Rogers

• Gloria (Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini) Antonio Vivaldi

  
  This is Vivaldi as it should be.

  reviewed by Katie Greening

• Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios Lang Lang, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky

  
  Lang Lang can not only do chamber music, but do it phenomenally well.

  reviewed by Charlotte Gardner

• The Official 30th Anniversary Edition Various Artists

  
  This edition tells only a small part of a much larger story.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• The BQE Sufjan Stevens

  
  Unlike other pop artists who've branched out into classical, this feels very natural.

  reviewed by Will Dean

• Beethoven and Korngold Violin Concertos Renaud Capuçon

  
  Altogether, an elegantly feel-good disc.

  reviewed by Charlotte Gardner

• Within a Dream – A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox Various Artists

  
  Serves to highlight Hickox’s wide-ranging musical knowledge and tastes.

  reviewed by Charlotte Gardner

• Book of Leaves Rachel Grimes

  
  Pioneering neo-classicist reveals her solo debut.

  reviewed by Spencer Grady

• Chants D'Est Sonia Wieder-Atherton

  
  Its orientation isn't as folkloric as initial impressions might suggest.

  reviewed by Martin Longley

• Memoryhouse Max Richter

  
  Plays out like an immaculately observed postcard journal.

  reviewed by Chris Lo

• Elgar & Schnittke Viola Concertos David Aaron Carpenter

  
  Prepare to be disarmed by a remarkable debut.

  reviewed by Andrew McGregor

  • CD Review Disc of the Week

• Szymanowski: Violin Concertos 1 & 2; Britten: Violin Concerto Frank Peter Zimmermann

  
  His sweetness of tone and intense, unselfish musicality pay dividends.

  reviewed by Andrew McGregor

  • CD Review Disc of the Week

• Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No.1 & Etudes-Tableaux Op.39 Yuri Paterson-Olenich

  
  There’s something inescapably Russian about how Paterson-Olenich plays.

  reviewed by Andrew McGregor

  • CD Review Disc of the Week

• Bela Bartok Béla Bartók

  
  Valery Gergiev revels in the pusling drama of Bartok's expressionist opera.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn