Category: Reviews

The national youth choir Gondwana Chorale, conducted by Paul Holley and Carl Crossin, has released its debut recording SOAR. Featuring 16 tracks, both…

There is a delicious irony to an orchestral concert that begins with unaccompanied choral items. Indeed the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem:…

I Fagiolini, the British vocal ensemble directed and conducted by Robert Hollingworth, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with a new recording, Amuse-Bouche (Decca Classics…

Four Last Songs Lee Abrahmsen, soprano with Omega Ensemble City Recital Hall,  April 20, 2016 An augmented Omega Ensemble was joined by…

Brazilian pianist Nelson Friere has added to his extensive discography with an album of selected works by JS Bach called Nelson Friere…

Stephen Hough Musica Viva April 16, City Recital Hall, Sydney On his third national solo tour for Musica Viva, pianist Stephen Hough…

  ‘The Russian’ The Metropolitan Orchestra/ Benjamin Kopp, piano /Sarah-Grace Williams, conductor 16 April 2016 Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo The…

Superlative singing, sensitive staging and exquisite styling infused with the themes of Imperial China have made Turandot on Sydney Harbour arguably the…

Carmina Burana Sydney Chamber Choir,  NSW Public Schools Senior Singers Wei Jiang, Megan Cronin, Belinda Montgomery – sopranos/ Miguel Iglesias – tenor/ Alexander Knight…

Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená has added to her discography of early music with Monteverdi, a collection of 9 arias for solo voice…