Two accounts of this great symphony – some would argue (not me) Shostakovich’s greatest – neither about to shake up the top recommendations for the piece but one undoubtedly possessed of the will and ...

This release features three outstanding chamber works from different periods of Frank Martin’s career. Although all three have been recorded before, ...

“When all the noise clears, it really comes back down to di works one put in. Most people not willing to put in the work when ...

The historic town of Washington has plenty of culture - and a few fascinating supernatural tales to tell as well.

Founded in Berlin in 2019, the Leonkoro Quartet studied with Heime Müller and Günter Pichler of the Artemis and Alban Berg Quartets, were chosen ...

Your Grammys recap! Complete coverage of Music’s Biggest Night, including the top 2026 winners, best red carpet fashion and performances.

I don’t think anyone would argue with the assertion that this is one of the great theatre scores of the last half-century.

Vol 2 of Cut Circle’s ‘complete’ Josquin series returns to the start of his career. (I put ‘complete’ in quotes because the ...

In the booklet notes accompanying this album, composer Sarah Kirkland Snider observes that the orchestral medium’s expansive palette has enabled ...

Gary Eskow (b1951) was a new name when I chanced upon this album released by Navona late last year. Many composers combine their activities with other ...

Brahms’s music has been lodging in Edward Gardner’s mind and imagination for many a long year – back to the early 1990s, when ...

Bizet’s solo piano music is rarely encountered in the concert hall. Most standard reference books on piano repertoire omit ...