The baritone has refined his playlist to include Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle and Gerald Finzi, lending this enthralling cycle deeper melancholy than the original ...

Roderick Williams is counted (in the world of ‘classical’ music, at any rate) as a national treasure, and these days we’re used to his platform appearances in large works. But he first rose to fame ...

Having listened to most of the Wigmore's BBC special broadcasts on the radio, I wasn’t quite prepared for the eerie power of watching two musicians performing to an empty hall. Woman’s Hour – a ...

The Ravel songs were focused on those with more exotic and folk-ish inspiration. They included some rarities, such as his setting of “Ye Banks and Braes”, the “Chanson Écossaise” of 1910, which starts ...