Haefliger/Zinman/SSO reviewed


Handel Messiah/Marc Minkowksi/Deutsches Grammophon Virtuoso. Nearly three centuries after Handel’s Messiah was first performed in 1742, and nearly a century after its first recordings in the 1920s, Deutsche Grammophon has re-released a 2001 Archiv recording conducted by Marc Minkowski on its Virtuoso label (Catalogue Number 478 6175). Virtuoso promises quality performances at an affordable price….
The Dying Sun … has very finely crafted moments from an undoubtedly sure compositional pen.
The best Bach Akademie Australia voices that I have heard in their sound and narrative ability. The instrumentalists as ever were exceptional.
Turning twenty-nine next month, pianist Yuja Wang has released her sixth recording with Deutsche Grammophon, Yuja Wang: Ravel. On it she performs Maurice Ravel’s two piano concertos – the G major and the Concerto for the Left Hand in D major. The palate cleanser between these two is Gabriel Fauré’s Ballade in F# minor for…
House of Dreams, Tafelmusik Presented by Musica Viva City Recital Hall Sunday 1 March Canadian Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik last toured Australia in 2012, taking their Galileo project around the country. In 2015 they’re back with their latest multimedia experience, House of Dreams, a concert beautifully styled as a journey to five vital cities of…
It was a resplendent start to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 season, with Chief Conductor Simone Young, at the helm for a dazzling account of Mahler’s Symphony No 3.