20th Century

A collection of 97 posts

Henze

Das verratene Meer: Henze's sea opera

If Tristan and Being Beauteous are good introductions to Henze generally, Das verratene Meer is a perfect way in to his operas.

Elgar

Elgar - Adès - Walton on violin

A fascinating programme: the Adés and Walton in particular shine

Feldman

Unsettled Memory: Feldman at LSO St Luke's

As we celebrate Feldman, we celebrate, too, these performances

British

Quiet Summer Evening: English Music on Somm

The music is the very definition of the disc's subtitle, "British Light Classics"

Opera

Salome #2: from Bethnal Green to Bergen

A remarkable recording - a new modern standard. for Salome

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John Wilson & Sinfonia of London: Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds

Adam Pounds' music is quite the discovery for me

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Russian Cello Sonatas

There is a lot to be said for Hee-Young LIm and Nathalia Milstein's approach to Rachmaninov

Ligeti

Ligeti at the Cambridge Music Festival: Danny Driver impresses

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

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The under-appreciated genius of Bruno Maderna

A salutary reminder of the genius of Bruno Maderna

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Out of Vienna: the Leonkoro Quartet on Alpha

A superb debut on Alpha for the Leonkoro Quartet

Elgar

Elgar's 'The Kingdom' in performance

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

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

Ginastera

A Winner: Ginastera Quartets

Simply superb from every angle

Romantic

More Foerster from Naxos

Fascinating repertoire

Chamber

Genesis: sax and piano

A fascinating concept; a fascinating disc

Piano

Nuit blanche: pianist Jodyline Gallavardin's exceptional disc

There is clearly a deep, deep sensibility at work here

Elgar

Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius - on original instruments!

This is utterly remarkable

Puccini

Omer Meir Wellber's miraculous Butterfly

One of the finest “butterflies” available

Piano

MAESTRA: Piano Concertos by Julia Perry and Doreen Carwithen

Samantha Ege features here in works by Julia Perry and Doreen Carwithen: a stimulating pairing. The name of Julia Perry was new to me. This fascinating composer was born in Kentucky, USA, moved to Ohio, and trained at Westminster Choir College in New Jersey, as well as Tanglewood, Juilliard, and

Ravel

Ravel from Minnesota: Stan strikes again!

A fine reminder of the stature of Skrowaczewski in his pre-Manchester years

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Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Symphonic Poems

All credit to the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra for decoding these massive scores so well

Scandinavian

For the Skerries: Alfvén, Symphony No. 4

A stunning symphony

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Three Operas in One: Puccini's Il Trittico

This is a fascinating Trittico; Grigorian and Welser-Möst triumph

Puccini

Puccini's “Il Tabarro” from Florence

Denis Krief maximises the static staging in a triumph of imagination