Books
Enjoyable journey through the byways of how lines on maps have shaped the modern world
Kaltenegger's traverses space in her thoughtful exploration of the search for life among the stars
An artist pens a genre-spanning work of tender inconclusiveness
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The previous solo piano solo album from Fred Hersch, one of the world’s great...
Three years ago, the release of Till Another Time 1988-1996 generated a thumbs up. A compilation of recordings by the Baltimore and/or...
“He do the police in different voices.” If ever one phrase summed up a work of fiction, and the art of its writer, then surely it is this...
classical
Leading French soprano shines beyond diva excess
Close attention, careful balancing, flowing phrasing and clear contrast
Poulenc’s Gloria and Berlioz’s 'Symphonie fantastique' on fire
opera
Verdi’s original version of the opera brought to exciting life
Star singers shine in a Handel rarity
Damiano Michieletto's new production of Bizet’s masterpiece is surprisingly invertebrate