Mark Padmore and Jonathan Biss review – Schumann’s agony and ecstasy laid bare
The British tenor and the American pianist are true equals in the service of the composer’s humanity and fragility
June 2020
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Mark Padmore/Mitsuko Uchida review – recital series ends on compelling and sombre note
Padmore and Uchida’s punctilious and austere reading of Schubert’s Winterreise gave this final recital depth and clarity
May 2020
'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall
Musicians including Mark Padmore, Mitsuko Uchida, Angela Hewitt and Stephen Hough feature in ‘empty hall’ concert series to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June
November 2019
Death in Venice review – Britten's opera dazzles and glows
Mark Padmore’s impressive central performance powers David McVicar’s luxurious if earthbound revival of Britten’s final opera
June 2017
Jonathan Dove: In Damascus, etc CD review – beauty in its restraint
May 2017
Biss/Padmore review – elegance and intensity in compelling Schubert
Jonathan Biss and Mark Padmore brought coherence and poignancy to Schubert’s late works
April 2017
St John Passion review – Britten Sinfonia deliver no sermons, but plenty of feeling
A Passion for Bach: why the St John belongs on the live stage at Easter
July 2016
Sacconi Quartet/Padmore review – a terrible tragedy, beautifully expressed
The Sacconi Quartet played Jonathan Dove’s new setting of words by the Syrian poet Ali Safar – a profound example of music’s capacity to turn pain into art
January 2016
Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis review – passion and intoxication let rip
This lieder recital of Heine and Goethe set to Schumann and Schubert allowed the tenor and pianist to surge with and cede to the poets’ bliss and longing
June 2015
Padmore/Vignoles review – scrupulous musicianship and genuine insight
An outstanding programme of Schubert and Britten showed tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Roger Vignoles at their best
May 2015
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart: An die ferne Geliebte CD review – clarity and brio from Padmore and Bezuidenhout
Beethoven’s only song cycle is the centrepiece of this engaging recital
January 2015
Padmore/Schiff review – startling in its purity of tone
András Schiff’s instrument, an 1820 Brodmann fortepiano, shaped the whole character of this recital of Beethoven and Schubert song cycles, writes Erica Jeal
November 2014
BBCSO/Gardner review – expressionist whispers and a great Unfinished
Thomas Larcher’s cycle for Mark Padmore was impeccably tailored, while Gardner’s account of the Schubert gave fresh insight, says Tim Ashley
June 2014
Echo and Narcissus review – premiere of Wigglesworth's 'dramatic cantata'
Abrasive urgency makes way for lyrical directness in a work inspired by Ted Hughes' Tales from Ovid, writes Andrew Clements
May 2014
Thomas Larcher: What Becomes; A Padmore Cycle review – beautifully tailored bespoke songs
Thomas Larcher's songs, set to poems by Aschenwald and Hotschnig, are perfect for the clarity and colour of tenor Mark Padmore's voice, writes Andrew Clements
December 2013
Tippett: A Retrospective – review
The first of the Wigmore's Tippett retrospectives brought his early work – some dazzling, some less so – into focus, writes Andrew Clements
November 2013
Britten: The Five Canticles
A superb live recording of the five canticles by Britten features a first-rate performance by tenor Mark Padmore, writes Nicholas Kenyon
August 2013
Billy Budd – review
Reshuffled casting puts new wind in the sails of Michael Grandage's outstanding Britten production, writes George Hall
June 2013
Mark Padmore/Andrew West – review
Padmore and West judged the Dichterliebe to perfection and brought out the best in Britten and Birtwistle, writes Guy Damman
