Lebrecht Weekly | Boult’s Elgar : An extraordinary double-album of unpublished recordings
There are days when only Elgar will do. When the skies are low and the politics grim, a wash of Elgarian orchestral colour relieves existential…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Review | La Nef: From Double-Digit Cold to Sunny Spain
I was at a dinner party on a very cold, very wintry night right after Christmas, and one of the guests (a non-musician) said, “Wouldn’t…
Opera Atelier Announces 2025/2026 Season
Toronto, ON — Opera Atelier celebrates its landmark 40th year with two significant productions: the company’s iconic production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, on stage October 15, 16, 18 and 19,…
CD Review | Israelievitch & Petrowska Quilico: Mozart Sonatas
Mozart: Complete Sonatas & Variations for Piano & Violin Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano Parma Records, 2025 Jacques Israelievitch made this recording…
Review | Louis Lortie Plays Crystal Clear Ravel
It is a rare and special concert when one senses that not only the performer, but the composer, is on stage. On February 4 at…
Vancouver Opera Announces 2025-2026 Season
FEBRUARY 4, 2025, VANCOUVER, B.C. / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – Vancouver Opera announces an exciting and…
CD Review | Noémie Raymond-Friset and Zhenni Li-Cohen, Dialogues
Dialogues Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello; Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano Leaf Music, 2024 This joint album by Noémie Raymond-Friset and Zhenni Li-Cohen, released in September 2024 by Leaf…
CD Review | Quatuor Cobalt, Reflets du temps
Reflets du temps Quatuor Cobalt: Guillaume Villeneuve and Diane Bayard, violin; Clément Bufferne, viola; François Leclerc, cello. GFN Classics, 2025 Already known for their large-scale…
Ensemble Obiora: Redefining the Canadian Orchestral Landscape
In 2021, as the world slowly emerged from a deflating pandemic, Allison Migeon and Brandyn Lewis sprung into action. By founding Canada’s first classical music…
CD Review | Freddie De Tommaso, Puccini, Decca
Puccini Freddie De Tommaso, tenor; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Decca, 2024 At the improbably young age of 31, British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso…
