Classical Music Reviews
Feminine Voices at Christmas
This years’ Christmas stack is tuning out to contain some exceptional releases, and this one is surely near or even at the top of the pile. This particular disc was relased on Halloween, so is […]
The other Adams, again!
We have met John Luther Adams previously on Classical Explorer via his extraodinary Become Ocean (2013: the BBC Symphony Orchestra live at the Barbican under Dalia Stasevska). Elsewhere, on the Fanfare Archive, you can find […]
Deidamia: a welcome opportunity to catch Handel’s final Italian opera in Wexford, though George Petrou’s production feels a little self-indulgent
Handel: Deidamia – Nicolò Balducci – Wexford Festival Opera (Photo: Pádraig Grant) Handel: Deidamia; Sophie Junker, Nicolò Balducci, Sarah Gilford, Bruno de Sá, Rory Musgrave, Petros Magoulas, George Petrou, Wexford Festival Opera; National Opera House, […]
A Charpentier Baroque Christmas & A New Era: The Monteverdi Choir & Christophe Rousset
Recorded in the middle of a European tour of December 2024 at All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London, this recording makes the debut of the acclaimed Montevedi Choir and Christophe Rousset. It is good to […]
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 […]
