Mar 7, 2023 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
Symphonies and Sonatas. High-bred music that communicates vividly, certainly in the following choices, such as Shostakovich’s Twelfth & Fifteenth Symphonies as recorded by the BBC Phil & John Storgårds for Chandos,...
Jan 31, 2023 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
“Paris – La Nuit” by Henri Royet, c.1885 My January choices come as a trio, beginning with Paavo Järvi’s impressive conducting of Bruckner Seven, a very recommendable version in what is a crowded market,...
Dec 31, 2022 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
This farewell to Recording Highlights for 2022 includes music by John Adams from Zürich and Paavo Järvi, first-class in every respect, http://www.colinscolumn.com/paavo-jarvi-tonhalle-orchester-zurich-record-music-by-john-adams-for-alpha-classics/. Equally...
Nov 30, 2022 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
This is “Record of the Month” as was (if tagged as that). Having taken on board some wise counsel as to how best this bit of the Column should be presented, going forward I will now be mentioning those releases reviewed in any one month that have inspired me, all as...
Oct 31, 2022 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
Ancient and Modern. Of those recordings I tagged as Outstanding, two are in the historical category (although post-dating by decades Edison’s phonograph) and germane to us today, keeping in touch with great musicians: Boult’s Boston VW Job,...
Sep 30, 2022 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
August was a barren month for recordings, for me anyway, http://www.colinscolumn.com/augusts-record-of-the-month/ (if not the Proms, http://www.colinscolumn.com/category/bbc-proms-2022/), save for the wondrous Bach/Schoenberg I included, which I shall keep by me for...
