Classical Music
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
The original, best and shortest English opera
John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)
Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
Henryk Mikolai Gorecki: Piano pieces (Accord)
A furious, unfiltered revelation of the experimental heart of a familiar composer
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Musical scores
Great passages of play evoke great music
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
Before and after gould
Bach’s Goldberg Variations have a rich history that far transcend its modern association with Glenn Gould
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
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