Wagner

Siegfried at RBO - a (vocal) triumph

Barrie Kosky’s most recent staging of the Ring continues at Covent Garden with Siegfried

The Wonders of Telemann: Florilegium at Wigmore Hall

An evening with Telmann is always an evening well spent

Baroque

Dixit Dominus, Sacred Concertos: The Music of Johann Rosenmüller

More superb Rosenmüller from cpo

Gambarini: English Impresaria. The AAM at Milton Court

Gambarini: English Impesaria Mhairi Lawson (soprano); Academy of Ancient Music . Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 12.03.2026 Handel Judas Maccabeus,HWV 63 (1746): Overture; Pious Orgies; Come, ever-smiling liberty; March Gambarini Music from Six Sets of Lessons, Op. 1 (c. 1747, arr. Rachel Stroud) Geminiani

French Baroque

Les Pleurs d'Orphée: The Music of Louis Coupein

The genius of Louis Couperin

Ligeti

Ligeti at the Cambridge Music Festival: Danny Driver impresses

What an evening. Driver’s resonance with this music is deep indeed

Bertrand Chamayou excels in Saint-Saëns at the Barbican

R. Strauss, Saint-Saens, Brahms Bertrand Chamayou (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 6.03.2026 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888/89) Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 105, ‘Egyptian’ (1896) Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 (1877) It is fascinating

Chamber

Primrose Quartet in Beethoven & Mozart

Invaluable live broadcast recordings from 1939

Vocal

When hyperbole meets reality: the incomparable Lise Davidsen at the Met

A great momento of what was clearly a fabulous occasion

1851: Schumann & Moscheles Sonatas from Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih

Released on 30 January 2026, Hyperion's beautiful new recording is inspired by a single year, 1851, concentrating on two major chamber works: 1851 is the year he piano make Érard won an award at the Great Exhibition in London. Residing in Birmingham, the piano is vital to this

The Britten/Piper outlier: Owen Wingrave at Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Owen Wingrave Music: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Myfanwy Piper, adapted from a story by Henry James Cast and Production Staff: Owen Wingave - Redmond Sanders; General Sir Philip - Adrian Thompson; Miss Wingrave - Avery Lafrentz; Mrs Coyle - Seohyun Go; Mr Coyle - Olver Williams; Mrs Julian - Manon Ogwen

English Music

George Jeffreys & the Birth of the English Baroque

Solomon’s Knot is a group at the top of its game

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

Contemporary

The Music of Dieter Ammann

It is good to have.whole disc of Ammann's music, especially in such committed performances and ins such fine sound.

Un'alma innamorata: Handel cantatas, and a World Premiere!

I'm late to the party this year (the London Handel Festival), so it's looking a bit like I might have to have a private party at home: this glorious, glorious disc of Handel Cantaras, early woks (most of them were written 1706-23) fits the bill nicely.

Jazz

Symbiosis - Tribute to Bill Evans

A disc that I would love to see become a classic here from Pentatone

Vocal

Héloïse Werner: close-ups

Another phenomenal release from Héloīse Werner

20th Century

The under-appreciated genius of Bruno Maderna

A salutary reminder of the genius of Bruno Maderna

Mozart

Mozart Symphonies 34-36

Collins and the Philharmonia stylishly capture all the freshness of Mozart;s symphonies while perfuming on modern instruments. An ideal compromise

Clara Schumann

An Invitation at the Schumanns'

A phenomenal disc; an idea, beautifully realised

Chamber

Trio de la cour de Belgique

This is what it's all about: discoveries like this one

Così fan tutte/i: ENO's fairground foray

Relocation, relocation, relocation: Coney Island, Booklyn, is a long way from the Bay of Naples. But such is the setting for Phelim McDermott’s Cosi fan tutte; or is that Cosi fan tutti? The latter appears late in the opera on one of the many boards: the change from feminine

Alfven

To Gothenburg: Alfvén and Rautavaara

A wonderful idea to pair Alfvén and Rautavaara. This SACD is bathed in glorious sound

A Valentine's (barbed) bouquet: Songs of Love & War, Monteverdi's Eighth of Madrigals

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book VIII (excerpts). Altri canti d’Amor; Ho che’l ciel e la terra; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Ballo, Movete al mio bel suon la piante snll. Altri canti de Mare; Vago augelletto che cantando vai; Ninfa che, scalza il piede; Dolcissimo uscignolo; Lamento dell Ninfa

Violin

Branching out: Iris Scialom & Antonin Bonnet's "Aborescence"

Arboescence is a fine debut disc