Sandrine Piau at Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall 125:Schubert, Clara Schumann, Wolf, Poulenc, Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Jeanne Bernard Sandrine Piau (soprano); David Kadouch (piano). Wigmore Ha, 1pm, 09.02.2026 Schubert Schwanengesang, D 957: Liebesbotschaft; Ständchen; Am Meer. Clara Schumann Ich hab’ in deinem Auge, Op. 13/5. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen, Op, 13/

Wranitzky

Wranitzky Symphonies on cpo

Gupta brings out the best of the Hamburg orchestra; the recoding itself is simply superb. One of the best Wranitzky discs available

Schubert

Schubert 4 Hands: music from 1828

I have to confess to warming to the "fillers" more than to the Fantasie performance

Renaissance

Pairings: Sacred Works by Michael Praetorius and Schütz

A remarkable disc: don't hesitate if this repertoire appeals!

20th Century

Out of Vienna: the Leonkoro Quartet on Alpha

A superb debut on Alpha for the Leonkoro Quartet

Ravel

Ravel Fragments: Bertrand Chamayou's anniversary tribute

... effectively a love letter to Ravel ...

Elgar

Elgar's 'The Kingdom' in performance

Definitely a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts

Live Performance

Happy birthday, Mozart: from The Mozartists

Ian Page really does represent a perfect marriage of musicology and performance

Gudmundsen-Holmgreen String Quartets

Even in an arena of such ul-Modenist divvy as he Scandinavian and surrounding course, he music of Pelle Gudmundsen0Holmgeen sands-our and alone. In some senses h is teh Ligi of this region: after the elusively "traditional" (post-Bartók serialist) fist hee quiets (Volume 1), a focus on the constituent

Gounod (& Gounod/Liszt) piano works

A lesser-known side of Gounod

For John Cage: the Zen-like composed silence of late Feldman

The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other

Piano

Hamamatsu winner Manami Suzuki at King's Place

Suzuki clearly has a bright future ahead

Gluck

Gluck: Rare Arie d'opera on Tactus

... a cautious recommendation

Another Wigmore triumph: Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber in Schubert

Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2026 Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514 (?1817). Der Jûngling an der Quelle, D 300 (c. 1817).  Die blinde Knabe, D 833 (1825). Liane, D 298 (1815). Die Unglûchliche, D 713 (1821).  Von Mitleiden Mariä, D 632 (1818)

Liszt

Yoav Levanon's cinematic Liszt: the Transcendental Etudes

Levanon's Liszt is veyr special indeed. We have a cracker here

Staged Brahms in Paris: Director David Bobée's response to Deutsches Requiem

Stagings of Bach Passions are, if not the norm, certainly not unknown; and Insula showed how effective known music with projection can be in Mat Collishaw's Sky Burial, a film response to Fauré's Requiem. Insula's Brahms is pretty much an unknown quantity, except for

Lieder

Cycle de berceuses: Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Pordoy at Wigmore Hall

How much pleasure the evening afforded; and how much there was to learn, too

Choral

Orchestral Anthems (# 2)

Anglican repertoire is the subject of this disc, a sequence of English anthems both rousing and touching

Beethoven's final trilogy of piano sonatas: Cristian Sandrin excels

Exploration isnt' just about repertoire; it's also about new talent. Crisian Sandrin here gives performances of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas for the ages: plus a bonus (Carl Tausig's arrangement for piano of the "Cavatine" from the Op. 130 String Quartet). Here&

Poignant Winterberg: RIP Jonathan Powell

The power Powell has in this music is remarkable, the result of.deep understanding of Winteberg's voice

Anne-Sophie Mutter joins Alpha Classics

From Alpha Classics:

Donizetti

Donizetti Songs, #3: Carlo Rizzi returns, this time with Michael Spyres

One of the finest, if not the finest, volume in this exemplary series from Opera Rara

21st Century

Zoë Martlew's debut Album Z: an update

Album Z Unleashed

Choral

Arise, my love: Music for the Break of Day from Magdalen College

Arise my love presents a beautiful concept, beautifully realised

Ginastera

A Winner: Ginastera Quartets

Simply superb from every angle