Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

News & reviews

  1. What would Peggy do? The cultural cringe in Australian classical music

    In 2012, Michael Kieran Harvey gave the 14th Annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address established by the New Music Network. A strong advocate for Australian art music, Michael challenges the status quo where funding tends to favour overseas artists and dead, rather than living composers. The talk raises issues still fully relevant more than ten years later. The video can be viewed here along with a full transcript. ...

  2. Brilliantly conceived and performed

    Julie McErlain reviewed Michael Kieran Harvey War Sonata concert in July 2024 ... Brilliantly conceived and performed, Michael Kieran Harvey’s premier performance of his three War Sonatas was a tense, dramatic, hypnotic and deeply confronting musical experience, adding powerful new works to universal piano repertoire.

  3. Andrián Pertout’s monumental piano work ‘Luz Meridional’ is full of delights

    The following is one of the best reviews we have seen at Move. Alan Holley wrote this rave for "Luz Meridional" in the online site classikON, and it is worth a read:

  4. Wagner reinterpreted, bold as brass

    Barney Zwartz has written an article in The Age and SMH about horn player Mark Papworth's Wagner project. Siegfried’s Story, a CD of 12 scenes from the Ring adapted for the highly unusual combination of horn, tuba and piano, recording under the name Bonza Brass.

  5. New English translation of Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey)

    To present the music of Schubert’s Winterreise to a visual arts audience in particular and to a wider musical audience than is usually attracted to German lieder, pianist Brian Chapman judged that it would be wise to perform the work in English – something that is almost never done these days. This new 2-CD set includes two complete performances of the music performed by Nathan Lay (baritone) and Brian Chapman (pianist).

  6. The Marais Project's 20th birthday "Garden Party"

    The Marais Project release, The Garden Party, celebrates 20 years for the early music ensemble. It has a festive anniversary flavour and includes several world premieres, not the least of which is the Eriksson-penned title track. “Perhaps their best recording yet. Ravishing!” says one reviewer.

  7. Move is 50! Here's a 50-year history

    Move Records was established on 24 December 1968. We have now passed our golden anniversary of 50 years. During 2018 we recorded tracks for a special CD to mark the 50 years. We invited Australian composers to write a short piece for the CD, and now have a disc with new works by 24 Australian composers. Here's a year by year history:

  8. A powerhouse of sound and vision

    Step back in time to an era of unprecedented human innovation with the award-winning Syzygy Ensemble, and percussionist Dan Richardson. Sally Greenaway's The 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age explores the astounding surge in human invention during the 20th century. And its consequences . . .

  9. Life Cycle – songs about impending motherhood

    Life Cycle traces the emotional journey of impending motherhood through the music of highly regarded composer Emily Hall and the words of acclaimed poet Toby Litt. It's presented by Gian Slater (vocals), Sonya Lifschitz (piano), Zoe Knighton (cello).

  10. An appointment with Beethoven – the life of Ronald Farren-Price

    Ronald Farren-Price is the grand old man of the piano in Australia. This book by Ian Burk is about his life, work, career and outlook, based on his own reminiscences.