Classical Music Reviews
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Vivid engagement, vigorous articulation & imaginative programming: The English Concert at Wigmore Hall
Vom Himmel hoch – Luther’s hymn in a 1541 songbookUsed by Bach in his Magnificat in E Flat Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Stradella, Purcell, Bach: Magnificat in E Flat; Ciara Skerath, Katie Bray, Jess Dandy, James Way, […]
Three Operas in One: Puccini’s Il Trittico
Recently, we covered two operas extracted from Puccini’s Il trittico: at ENO: Suor Angelica (review here) and, on DVD from Florence, Il tabarro (review here). So it is only right we consider the full deal […]
Opera Up-Close: Unveiling the dramatic process with Paul Curran & young artists of Palm Beach Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto – Bernardo Medeiros (Rigoletto)Palm Beach Opera (Photo: Coastal Click Photography) Opera Up-Close: Unveiling the dramatic process with Paul Curran; Paul Curran, Palm Beach Opera; The Cornelia T. Bailey Opera Center; Palm Beach, Florida14 […]
A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church
This is a beautifully-recorded mix of traditional and contemporary works on teh much-respected Avie label that celebrates the choir’s musical heritage, It begins with a carol by William Walton, Make we joy now in this […]
Classical Music News
Can Gergiev still do Mahler?
Early in his international career, Valery Gergiev professed himself a Mahler enthusiast and conducted the symphonies with great engagement whenever he got the opportunity. For the past three years, as a Putin collaborator, he has […]
Jerrold Northrop Moore: How I got in touch with Elgar
The composer’s great biographer, who died this year, gave a wonderfully colourful interview some years back to the Elgar Society. It’s Jerry at his most discursive, remembering the most minute details of his quest. I […]
Minnesota concertmaster, RIP
The death has been made known of Lea Foli, concertmaster of the Winnipeg Symphony from 1960 and of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1969 to 1988. He was 91. Lea Foli was also a faculty member […]
Ravel expert, RIP
The French musicologist and broadcaster Marcel Marnat has died at the age of 91. He was the author of the impressive 1985 Fayard biography of Maurice Ravel, and he was head of France Musique from […]
