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Grisey: Vortex Temporum album review – bold, assertive interpretation of a masterly score
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/09/grisey-vortex-temporum-album-review-ukho-ensemble-kyiv
Published: May 9, 2025 12:12
Ukho Ensemble Kyiv/Gaggero(Kyiv Dispatch)Gérard Grisey’s extraordinary expressive work, performed here by Ukraine’s leading new-music group, is one of the finest compositions of the late 20th century Continue reading...
Billy Woods: Golliwog review – one of the most engrossing, unnerving records you’ll hear this year
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/09/billy-woods-golliwog-review-one-of-the-most-engrossing-unnerving-records-youll-hear-this-year
Published: May 9, 2025 07:30
(Backwoodz Studioz)The New York rapper confronts trauma and state-sanctioned terror with his latest release, pulling out innumerable images of inhumanity Continue reading...
Lido Pimienta: La Belleza review – Gregorian chant meets dembow rhythm in a work of remarkable depth
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/09/lido-pimienta-la-belleza-review
Published: May 9, 2025 06:30
(Anti-)Inspired by the music of Luboš Fiser and Catholic requiem mass, the instrumentals are deft and surprising, but Pimienta’s captivating, flawless vocals steal the show Continue reading...
Brahms: Complete Symphonies album review – period-instrument plushness with modern-instrument refinement
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/08/brahms-complete-symphonies-album-review-royal-concertgebouw-orchestra-gardiner
Published: May 8, 2025 14:37
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Gardiner(Deutsche Grammophon)In recordings taken from live performances, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the RCO in taut and purposeful readings Continue reading...
PinkPantheress: Fancy That review – sharp-minded bops hop across pop’s past and present
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/08/pinkpantheress-fancy-that-mixtape-review
Published: May 8, 2025 11:15
(Warner)Denigrated by some as the epitome of attention-deficit youth, the English pop musician became huge nonetheless – and her latest has an inspiringly free-associative feel Continue reading...
Jenny Hval: Iris Silver Mist review – intoxicating tribute to the emotive pull of memory
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/02/jenny-hval-iris-silver-mist-album-review-4ad
Published: May 2, 2025 08:01
(4AD)The Norwegian experimentalist’s ninth album is a personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments Continue reading...
Sun-Mi Hong: Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/02/sun-mi-hong-fourth-page-meaning-of-a-nest-review-edition
Published: May 2, 2025 07:31
(Edition)Ideas of migration and self-discovery inspire the latest album from Hong and her imaginative band, entwined with harmonies and delicate effects Continue reading...
Elgar: The Kingdom review – respectful and admirable, but this is still a work hard to love
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/01/elgar-the-kingdom-review-crouch-end-festival-chorus-temple
Published: May 1, 2025 14:30
Chiejina/Connolly/Hulett/Riches/Crouch End Fest Chorus/London Mozart Players/Temple(Signum, two CDs)An excellent choir and impressive soloists do justice to Elgar’s rather inert oratorio but don’t quite match existing recordings Continue reading...
Kurtág: Játékok review – Aimard is perfect guide to major set of piano miniatures
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/01/kurtag-jatekok-review-pierre-laurent-aimard-pentatone
Published: May 1, 2025 14:00
Pierre-Laurent Aimard(Pentatone, two CDs)Kurtág himself approved Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s selection of 81 pieces from the composer’s 10 volumes of miniature pieces, now among the past half century’s great achievements Continue reading...
Model/Actriz: Pirouette review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/01/model-actriz-pirouette-album-review
Published: May 1, 2025 11:30
(True Panther Sounds/Dirty Hit)Inspired by Mariah and Kylie but full of jackhammer rhythms and noise, the quartet’s second album could attract a big following Continue reading...