In praise of Florian Boesch

Anyone interested in Lieder will not be surprised at this post. But anyone who has not yet bought Hyperion Records' new disc, Der Wander...

Wohin?

When listening to Hyperion Records' new disc of the music of Julius Isserlis, it proves impossible to separate what you hear from the ex...

Helping Complete the Symphonic Picture

I'm guilty of oversights. Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler... it's a symphony trajectory I repeat ad absurdum . Of course I include the fin...

The Eternal Objectivist

Berlin in the 1920s and 30s will never lose its lustre. Marlene Dietrich, Christopher Isherwood, Kurt Weill... all denizens of an endless pa...