Charlotte Gardner

Classical music journo/critic @GramophoneMag @TheStradMag @ClassicalTop5 @qobuz @ClassicalMusic_ @takt1_klassik etc. Knitter. Occasional slackline wobbler.

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Up now on @bachtrack: my reviews from the magnificent @FestivalPaques including an unforgettable Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 from Gautier Capuçon, Pierre Bleuse and the Orchestre du Festival Pablo Casals ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://t.co/uNvLRliKRw

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Swings and roundabouts in Dubai: InClassica 2025. My review for @bachtrack https://t.co/do1TIQRj87 via @bachtrack

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Newly on @bachtrack: my interview with the brilliant @GautierCapucon ahead of his LAC Lugano concert next month with artists from his Fondation Gautier Capucon. A rich chat, talking past and present. Merci Gautier 🙏🏻 https://t.co/dhgIwi1m27

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My review for @bachtrack of Wednesday night at the RFH @southbankcentre from the @LPOrchestra. 5 stars.

https://t.co/9hiR58Prnr

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My review for @bachtrack of the AAM’s Messiah this past Monday…. https://t.co/Lr1LyA6rWv

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Drumroll…. I have joined Team @bachtrack ;)

What a concert with which to begin!

Perfectly weighted conversation: Szeps-Znaider, Capucon and Buchbinder play Schubert https://t.co/Qr3uOk03qN via @bachtrack

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I had been meaning to try my hand at Îles Flottantes for years, but it needed a day midway through a holiday when a cookery disaster and a gazillion dirty pans didn’t matter. Anyway, here they are! The custard didn’t curdle and my caramel worked first time.

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Having a baby shouldn’t mean your touring career grinds to a halt. @chargard2 talks to the performing parents who bring their child along for the ride
https://t.co/uElsC7wkiy

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@PaulgThomas84 @SignumRecords @MaryCBevan @nickythespence @jpianomiddleton @BourletKim My first work experience was on Noel's House Party. Top show! And this is a top album cover. Clearly I have to give it a spin...

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@deeplyclassical @MahanEsfahani @MichalaPetri @hillenet @GramophoneMag Isn't it just?

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Huge congrats to @MahanEsfahani @MichalaPetri @hillenet on being nominated for Best Baroque Album in the 2024 International Classical Music Awards! I absolutely love this album. Here's what I said in @GramophoneMag ... https://t.co/Ax08XtFmuA

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How to brighten up yet another wet day… Just giving this a first spin in preparation for a Gramophone review, and it’s wonderful stuff.

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@delphianrecords @LSHMWAH @deeplyclassical @SolemQuartet Funnily, it was also school, early 1990s, where I first experienced this bubbling orange food nirvana.

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@delphianrecords @LSHMWAH @deeplyclassical @SolemQuartet 😂😂😂 Well if we're going there, then I'd like to add that the same is true for baked bean lasagne.

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The sun has got his hat on today in Geneva (hip-hip-hip-hooray…)

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What lies beneath… Fifteenth century choir stalls in Geneva’s beautiful St Pierre Cathedral. How I love this city! I’m back presenting at the Concours de Genève. This morning was fascinating, interviewing string quartet semifinalists on their personal artistic projects.

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@BEliasson2 As it happens, that’s what I did! His Kreutzer transcription is interesting (the good sort of interesting)

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VERY nice post day. Now which first…?

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My Friday night, after a fascinating afternoon watching @QuatuorEbene rehearse. Und ja, ich bin in Deutschland ;)