Dec 31, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
The London Philharmonic & Vladimir Jurowski’s Mahler Eight is my choice, stirring and moving in equal measure, a tremendous concert performance faithfully captured. London Philharmonic Orchestra releases Vladimir Jurowski conducting Mahler 8, “Symphony of a...
Nov 30, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
Yep, a three-way tie! Roth’s Don Quixote/Till Eulenspiegel are both full of good things,...
Oct 31, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
Two great performances, http://www.colinscolumn.com/profil-releases-bruckners-first-symphony-with-christian-thielemann-staatskapelle-dresden/ and...
Sep 30, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
In fact I have been and remain undecided … horns of a dilemma … so it’s a joint-first: Garrick Ohlsson’s latest impressive Brahms, http://www.colinscolumn.com/garrick-ohlsson-records-brahmss-opuses-1-2-79-for-hyperion/, and this,...
Aug 31, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
http://www.colinscolumn.com/peter-donohoe-records-piano-music-by-busoni-for-chandos/ – magnificent music reclaimed.
Jul 31, 2021 | Record of the Month [category w.e.f. July 2021]
The winner for July is Osmo Vänskä’s BIS recording of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony. Great music if as poignant/harrowing as it is transcendental, this Minnesota performance has been haunting me since reviewing it – soaring, searing, emotionally deep and powerful,...
