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Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/24/carla-dal-forno-confession-review
Published: April 24, 2026 08:00
(Kallista)The Australian songwriter’s fourth album exists in the captivating chasm between the coolness of her music and the unrepentant obsession of the crush it explores Continue reading...
Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/24/walter-smith-iii-twio-vol-2-review
Published: April 24, 2026 07:30
(Blue Note)The redoubtable musician and guests including Branford Marsalis and Ron Carter make standard song-shapes sparkle with focus and rugged phrasing Continue reading...
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Lemminkäinen Suite album review – Ava Bahari is an enthralling storyteller
Published: April 24, 2026 06:00
Bahari/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Rouvali(Alpha)In this all-Sibelilus disc, violinist Ava Bahari’s account of the Violin Concerto has heft and exuberance, while Rouvali’s dramatic nous suits the drama of the Four Legends of Lemminkäinen Continue…
Timothy Ridout: Alto Appassionato album review – engaging and smartly curated viola and piano programme
Published: April 23, 2026 14:00
Ridout/Ware(Harmonia Mundi)Accomplished violist Ridout and pianist Jonathan Ware add bristling imagination and rich emotional layers to music by Franck, Fauré and more Continue reading...
Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/23/noah-kahan-the-great-divide-review
Published: April 23, 2026 11:00
(Mercury)All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town life Continue reading...
Sean Shibe: Vesper album review – ever-imaginative guitar virtuoso brings mind-expanding flights of fancy
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/17/sean-shibe-vesper-review-guitar-ades-birtwistle-dillon
Published: April 17, 2026 13:31
(Pentatone)This thoughtfully curated programme of work by three British composers explores the guitar’s expressive potential, and new arrangements of Harrison Birtwistle’s piano originals are a revelation Continue reading...
Lucy Liyou: Mr Cobra review – an arresting trip through the volatile emotions of a predatory relationship
Published: April 17, 2026 08:00
(Orange Milk)The Korean American musician explores the unease and alarm of power imbalance using skittish melodies, nursery rhymes – and an unexpected Taylor Swift sample Continue reading...
Various artists: Asili ya Mama review – Tanzanian field recordings tell women’s stories with an energetic trill
Published: April 17, 2026 07:30
(Hukwe Zawose Foundation)These stories of family bonds capture traditional music that’s equal parts rhythmic, melodic and harmonic, and rarely heard outside Indigenous communities Continue reading...
Samuel Hasselhorn: Schubert Hoffnung review – timbral and emotional flexibility is in ample supply
Published: April 16, 2026 14:00
Hasselhorn/Bushakevitz(Harmonia Mundi)The German baritone’s all-Schubert disc with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz is full of communicative diction and poetic phrasing Continue reading...
Jessie Ware: Superbloom review – Table Manners host dishes up more disco – but where are the bangers?
Published: April 16, 2026 11:24
(EMI)The podcaster’s third sequin-festooned album in a row is her most retro, with its slightly cringe moments balanced by unerring quality control and opulent arrangements Continue reading...
Holly Humberstone: Cruel World review – Taylor Swift fave trades gothic melancholy for pop glow-up
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/10/holly-humberstone-cruel-world-review
Published: April 10, 2026 07:30
(Polydor)The British singer-songwriter replaces introspection with euphoric choruses, 80s synths and even happy hardcore on her vivid second LP Continue reading...
Reich: The Sextets album review – Colin Currie celebrates the minimalist master’s joy of six
Published: April 10, 2026 05:30
Colin Currie Group(Colin Currie Records)The fourth Reich album for Currie’s specialist ensemble celebrates the composer’s precise patterns with an enjoyably chilled feel and plenty of dynamic niceties Continue reading...
Mahler Symphonies 1–9 album review – Bychkov’s set earns a place in a starry pantheon
Published: April 9, 2026 14:09
Czech Philharmonic/Bychkov(Pentatone) Semyon Bychkov’ Mahler symphony cycle with the Czech Philharmonic is meticulous, imaginative and deserves to be placed alongside the very best sets Continue reading...