I don’t know whether or not you’ve heard Dvorak’s works for cello and piano before, but I think that this sonority is almost unmatched by anything else. The spiralling upwards…

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Chinese born, Australian raised cellist Li-Wei Quin is a very popular musician round these parts. Coupled with Albert Tiu they have recorded a sweet collection of works for cello and…

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Kate Rockstrom talks about the pleasures of listening to sacred music, presenting a sample of some wonderful recordings.

Music written for the use in church services can be some of…

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Not being very well versed in classical guitarists of the world I was completely blown away from the very first delicately plucked notes of this album. Pepe Romero, I soon…

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I have to say, I think this is the fastest version of the Rachmaninov Prelude in G Minor Op 23 No 5 I have ever heard. I’m sure it’s not…

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Kate Rockstrom looks at ways to learn more about classical music online - through talks and rare videos of performances.

With the emergence of YouTube as a way to access…

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Macbeth can be one of the darkest operas found on stage. With the blood, witchcraft and more moody lighting than any film director could dream of it can sometimes be…

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Our classical music specialist Kate Rockstrom talks us through books about music, and shares some of her favourites.

Try Whistling This

, I found myself thinking of the different categories…

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Oratorio is a genre of composition sometimes left by the wayside beside the larger spectacle of opera. Alessandro Stradella was composing during theheight of its popularity and La Susanna is…

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I am a devoted and, to behonest, almost obsessive fanof Tchaikovsky’s ballets, soI was horrified when Irealised that I didn’t knowhis Orchestral Suites. Thisreissue from the Brilliant Classics label, fullof…

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