Richard Strauss
Laws of Solitude review – Asmik Grigorian’s Strauss is less than compelling
The usually thrilling stage performer is more subdued in this curiously titled album with piano and orchestral versions of Strauss’s Four Last Songs
Andrew Clements
08, Feb, 2024 @4:30 PM
The week in classical: BBC Proms week one; Ariadne auf Naxos – review
Record viewing and listening figures, plus keyboard wizardry from Paul Lewis, Benjamin Grosvenor and Stephen Hough, kicked off another year at the Proms. Elsewhere, Strauss’s Cretan romcom laid bare
Fiona Maddocks
22, Jul, 2023 @11:30 AM
Salome review – lethal desires and emotional extremism
Alexander Soddy made an auspicious Royal Opera debut with his wonderful conducting of this revival of David McVicar’s staging: a tragedy of horrifying power
Tim Ashley
11, Sep, 2022 @12:25 PM
Revenge is sweet: the music, TV and theatre about getting your own back
From Shakespeare’s dithering Dane to Desperate Housewives’ steely-eyed Bree, our critics serve up the coldest revenge dishes
Jason Okundaye, Jessica Kiang, Miriam Gillinson, Hugh Morris and Sam Jordison
16, May, 2022 @9:00 AM
LSO/Roth review – vivid, violent and virtuosic premieres
Three UK premieres by Francisco Coll, Helen Grime and Joel Järventausta sat alongside two of Strauss’s symphonic poems in the latest LSO Futures concert
Andrew Clements
04, Apr, 2022 @10:58 AM
LSO/Barbara Hannigan review – playing havoc with the balance of sympathies
The soprano and conductor takes on jarring dual role as she juxtaposes Strauss’s Metamorphosen with a multimedia version of La Voix Humaine
Tim Ashley
25, Feb, 2022 @11:50 AM
Philharmonia/Rouvali review – new principal conductor proves himself a fine Straussian
In his first concert as the Philharmonia’s Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali brought a glowing string sound and irresistible elan to an all-Strauss programme
Tim Ashley
01, Oct, 2021 @11:01 AM
Der Rosenkavalier review – glittering 50s update cleverly separates love and lust
Bruno Ravella’s production has a glamorous staging that allows Miah Persson’s understated refinement to register
Tim Ashley
03, Jun, 2021 @1:32 PM
Edinburgh international festival returns with music-heavy lineup
With theatre and dance scaled back, music dominates, including concerts from Simon Rattle, Damon Albarn, Nicola Benedetti and Laura Mvula
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Jun, 2021 @11:28 AM
Richard Strauss: where to start with his music
For the last of this series, we turn to one of the greatest of all composers for the human voice, a man who lived through the Third Reich and two world wars, and whose gorgeously expressive music helped create one of cinema’s most famous moments
Tim Ashley
18, Nov, 2020 @11:58 AM
House music: Andrew Clements' watching and listening highlights
This week, Opera Harmony’s new socially distanced mini-operas, streaming from a scaled-down Salzburg, and the Proms revisits BBCSSO’s five-star Vaughan Williams
Andrew Clements
10, Aug, 2020 @4:41 PM
Ignore the relentlessly cheery and take comfort in something from the dark side | Vanessa Thorpe
The times demand indulging in a spot of Pinter or Strauss, not listening to ministers insisting that all is well
Vanessa Thorpe
05, Jul, 2020 @6:15 AM
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