Bachtrack top ten: César Franck

By Mark Pullinger, 10 December 2022

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“a slice of gothic horror: a demonic chase of tremolando strings and ghoulish woodwinds”

Bachtrack, 18th November

The two newly attributed pieces lay overlooked in manuscript form, until researcher Peter Wollny was able to firmly identify them as being by a 20-year-old JS Bach.

Anna Lapwood: top ten organ works

Anna Lapwood, 24th August

Star organist, conductor and broadcaster Anna Lapwood is our guest curator, presenting her top ten – for today – favourites works for her instrument.

New organ in Gothenburg inaugurated with concerto premiere

Morwenna Campbell-Smith, 5th November

Poseidon, the new organ concerto by B. Tommy Andersson, marks the celebrations to welcome the Rieger Orgelbau instrument to the Gothenburg Concert Hall.

Bachtrack top ten: Shakespeare in music

Mark Pullinger, 22nd April

If music be the food of love... the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon has inspired composers for centuries. Enjoy our top ten playlist featuring works from Felix Mendelssohn to Thomas Adès.

Bachtrack top ten: Frédéric Chopin

Mark Pullinger, 1st March

Ten works revealing the paradox of Chopin: a composer outwardly delicate, inwardly steely; rooted in Polish dance rhythms, yet formed in Parisian sophistication.

Bachtrack top ten: Gaetano Donizetti

Mark Pullinger, 29th November

A hugely successful composer of bel canto opera, Gaetano Donizetti had a lasting impact, with many of his operas entering regular rotation in houses around the world for almost 200 years.

Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.