The first disc of Alpesh Chauhn's Tchaikovsky series on Chandos with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra was well received critically, including here at Classical Explorer.

Here's the promo video for Volume Two:...

Big names can mean big surprises: will they show? Will they play what they say they'll play? I remember when Claudio Arrau played at the Royal Festival Hall back in the 1980s - the big question was, would he show? I called the box office from the University of Surrey, Guildford, at lunchtime - "Has he cancelled?"; "Not yet," came the reply "and there are student stand...

On 27th March 2026, the record label Prima Facie released the premiere recording of Andrew Downes’ A St Luke Passion of 1993 (Op. 50) with the Philharmonia Voices and Orchestra under David Trippett.  

 This is the first album in a trilogy of recordings...

Rigoletto

Music: Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave

Cast:

Rigoletto - Leonardo Lee; Gilda - Mei Gui Zhang; Duke of Mantua - Andrei Danilov; Sparafucile - Alexander Tsymbalyuk; Maddalena - Victoria Karkacheva; Count Monterone - Oleg Volkov; Marullo - Dominic Sedgwick; Matteo Borsa - Yu Shao; ...

Here Hong Kong-born pianist Tiffany Poon reveals her close affinity to Schumann - the only real comparison I can think of is someone whom I consider one of the greatest Schumann pianist of all time, Yves Nat. Yet her way is different, individual, as if she is privy to all of Schumann's inner secrets - and she whispers them to us.

(Nat's complete Schumann recordin...