Classical Music Reviews
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Engagingly modern: Rossini’s Cinderella at ENO is given a modern updating by Julia Burbach with winning performances from Deepa Johnny & Aaron Godfrey-Mayes
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) – Deepa Johnny, Charles Rice – English National Opera (Photo: Mark Douet) Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella); Deepa Johnny, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Charles Rice, Simon Bailey, David Ireland, Isabelle Peters, Grace Durham, director: […]

Our Common Nature: Yo-Yo Ma returns
YO-YO MA & FRIENDS SHARE A COLLECTION OF NEW RECORDINGS INSPIRED BY THE OUR COMMON NATURE’ PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW FROM SONY CLASSICAL It was only recently we explored Yo-Yo Ma’s latest Trio release (with Kavakos […]
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Catch Odaline de la Martinez in London next month with scenes from Imoinda and Canciones
Odaline de la Martinez There is a chance next month to catch music from Odaline de la Martinez’ powerful opera Imoinda: A Story of Love and Slavery. Vincent Godfrey is conducting the Merlyn Ensemble on 1 […]

Volver: Vittorio Forte explores South American piano music
For his first recording for the Mirare label, Calabrian pianist Vittorio Forte has chosen a programme of South American music. A student of Argentinian pianist Jose Lepore, the present album is the result of the […]
Classical Music News

Just in: Berlin Philharmonic blasts the Belgians
Statement by the board of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation on the withdrawal of the invitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent to Lahav Shani, Lisa Batiashvili and the Munich Philharmonic “It was with great dismay and incomprehension […]

Breaking: Belgian PM slams ban on Israeli conductor as ‘reckless and irresponsible’
Prime Minister Bart De Wever has taken the unusual step of speaking out against an arts festival for making a political decision to ban the Israeli conductor Lahav Shani with the Munich Philharmonic orchestra. The […]

At Covent Garden, opinions split over Anna Netrebko
The Russian soprano’s reapparance last night – in a cautious new production of Tosca – was greeted by a few dozen pro-Ukraine demonstrators outside the house. This being England, they conducted polite conversations with those […]

At BBC Proms, an Israeli conductor calls for action against Israel
After a concert of Gabrieli, Stravinsky and Brahms’ second symphony, the conductor Ilan Volkov read out a short personal message to the audience. Thank you all for sharing this amazing music together. It’s a real […]