SCRUTINY | Talisker Players’ Close 20th Season with a Little Help From the Gods

By Robin Roger on May 13, 2015

CD REVIEWS | Two New Enescu Discoveries: Axel Strauss/Ilya Poletaev (Naxos) & Hannu Lintu/Truls Mørk (Ondine)

By Paul E. Robinson on May 11, 2015

Although Enescu never received the adulation he deserved for his music during his lifetime, in recent years his music is being “rediscovered”, as it were, and these two new recordings should help to move along the Enescu revival.

THE VOICE | COC: Lepage Landmark Double Bill Revived (Review)

By Neil Crory on May 9, 2015

Dramatically, the pairing of these two gripping psychological studies is a natural fit. Musically, however, they are light years apart. Neil Crory reviews.

SCRUTINY | Ensemble Made in Canada Make Homecoming at the WMCT

By Robin Elliott on May 8, 2015

Ensemble Made in Canada make homecoming with Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.

SCRUTINY | Augustin Hadelich and TSO Struggle With Heavy Program

By Michael Vincent on May 7, 2015

Light, blithe and airy is a good way to describe the performance by Augustin Hadelich on a warm spring evening yesterday with the TSO.

SCRUTINY | Sofya Gulyak Dismantles and Disarms at Heliconian Hall

By Robin Roger on May 4, 2015

Syrinx Concert Series showcases force, accuracy and at times terrifying power by Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak.

CD REVIEW | Isabelle Faust: Historically Informed Late Schumann

By Paul E. Robinson on May 3, 2015

Schumann: Violin Concerto: Isabelle Faust, violin. Jean-Guihen-Queyras, cello. Alexander Melnikov, piano. Freiburger Barockorchester/Pablo Heras-Casado. Harmonia Mundi

SCRUTINY | Evgeny Kissin, Encore Machine

By Arthur Kaptainis on May 2, 2015

Arthur Kaptainis reviews pianist Evgeny Kissin Toronto performance at Roy Thomson Hall, Friday May 1, 2015.

SCRUTINY | Yannick Nézet-Séguin Brings His Signature Dazzle to Toronto

By Michael Vincent on April 25, 2015

Superstar conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain to Koerner Hall with Stéphane Tétreault with for their Toronto debut.

How Little You Are: Nico Muhly Gets Inspired by The Lone Star (Review)

By Paul E. Robinson on April 25, 2015

Nico Muhly premieres How Little You Are, a new work evoking the vastness of the West for choir and 12 guitars.