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Hebrides Ensemble | Classical review

5368 days ago
Guardian MusicTraverse, EdinburghThe commedia dell'arte figure of Pierrot was the unifying theme to this programme from the Hebrides Ensemble. The figure of the lovelorn clown was present both in the music and on stage as Pierrot emerged to gaze at the luminous mo... more info

LSO/Adams | Classical review

5370 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonAs both composer and conductor, John Adams is "in focus" at the Barbican until the end of the season. His residency began with the London Symphony Orchestra, and there was the European premiere of his latest orchestral piece, City Noi... more info

BSO/Karabits | Classical review

5372 days ago
Guardian MusicColston Hall, BristolIn maturity, Alexander Scriabin became a law unto himself; so hearing his early Piano Concerto in F sharp minor is a valuable reminder of his indebtedness to Chopin. And in the latter's anniversary year, Peter Jablonski's perform... more info

Chopin: The Nocturnes | CD review

5380 days ago
Guardian MusicNelson Freire(Decca, two CDs)Though the multinational labels apparently remain intent on signing up more young pianists who might sell discs as much on their looks as on their talent, it is good to see that the recording career of Nelson Freire is st... more info

The Kreutzer Sonata: Three degrees of separation

5387 days ago
Guardian MusicWhat links Tolstoy, Beethoven, a virtuoso violinist and a young, married Czech woman? The inspiration for the elderly Janacek's string quartetsOpera and leider com­posers have always drawn inspiration from literature. Instrumental music, meanwhile... more info

LPO/Nézet-Séguin | Classical review

5397 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonIn a few years, ­Yannick Nézet-Séguin has ­become a hot-property conductor. But in ­London he has mostly made his name performing Austro-German repertoire – so this was a chance to hear how the young Q... more info

The Gambler | Opera review

5400 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Opera has, of late, ­developed a passion for unearthing substandard works by Russian composers. First there was Tsarevich, Tchaikovsky's ­anodyne fairytale. Now we have The ­Gambler, Prokofiev's 1929 adapta... more info

Debussy and Ravel: Dante Quartet | CD review

5413 days ago
Guardian MusicRavel's insulting exclusion from the final round of the Prix de Rome in 1905 was all the more baffling as it came just months after the acclaimed premiere of his masterly string quartet in F, to some extent a homage to his friend Debussy whose own qu... more info

Debussy: String Quartet. Ravel: Violin Sonata No 2; String Quartet, review

5417 days ago
The TelegraphDante Quartet, Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) more info

A Tribute to Oliver Messiaen | CD review

5422 days ago
Guardian MusicRCO LiveTaken from Amsterdam concerts conducted by George Benjamin and Ingo Metzmacher to mark the centenary of Messiaen's birth in 2008, performances of two of the French composer's works are interleaved with recordings of the premieres of three com... more info

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