Sep 23, 2025 | CD reviews
BBC Philharmonic OrchestraMichael Seal conductor Chandos CHSA 5370 Well – in a word, this is superb. You only need to listen to the opening of the ballet to hear timpani thwacks which, were you playing the recording on an LP, would have the stylus jumping out of the...
Sep 23, 2025 | CD reviews
The Berkeley Ensemble stringsSimon Callaghan pianoTom Wraith cello EM RECORDS EMR CD091 Marie Dare is a new name to me; if her Phantasy Quintet of 1933-4 starts with a surging Baxian theme, it soon relaxes into something rather more suave and loosely pastoral, with a...
Sep 9, 2025 | Features, Reviews
A field of butterflies on the Pennine Moors, ethereal poetry and fascinating music in your ears as you explore the wild landscape above Haworth in West Yorkshire. What’s this got to do with Opera? This is Earth & Sky, Opera North’s extraordinary immersive...
