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Classical Music Reviews
Katia & Marielle Labèque 55
What a life the Labèques have led: a life saturated in music, and making music together for over half a century. A life celebrated here in this wonderful three-CD set, a recorded journey that began […]
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Stripped back drama & strong musical values: Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos from Glyndebourne Opera at the BBC Proms
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Samantha Hankey, Alina Wunderlin, Robin Ticciati, LPO Glyndebourne Opera at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Rachel Willis-Sørensen, David Butt Philip, Alina Wunderlin, Samantha Hankey, […]
Berlioz’ Requiem at the Proms
Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts, op. 5 (Requiem, 1837) Julien Henric (tenor); BBC Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.08.2026 In a BBC Radio 3 […]
As music GCSE results roll in, what does the next generation of musicians need? New research from the RPO
Young musicians from Brent Music Academy of which the RPO is a founding partner (Photo: Ben Wright) As teenagers across the country eagerly – or perhaps apprehensively – await their GCSE results, the Royal Philharmonic […]
Classical Music News
AVIE maps an American pulse before an autumn of contrasts
NEWS • 7 August 2026 • Source: AVIE Records AVIE Records has opened its late-summer schedule with Rhythm Nation, a new album from New York’s PUBLIQuartet that treats rhythm as a meeting place rather than a boundary. Contemporary commissions […]
LSO Associate Artists reshape the concert format this autumn
NEWS • 4 August 2026 • Source: Baxter PR / London Symphony Orchestra Three autumn projects from London Symphony Orchestra collaborators will bring choral theatre, multidisciplinary performance and orchestral jazz to LSO St Luke’s and the Barbican. Tangram and […]
£200,000 Wolfson grant advances Smith Square restoration
NEWS • 3 August 2026 • Source: Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square has secured a £200,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation for the restoration of its Grade I listed Westminster home. The award supports Doors Open: Transforming Lives […]
Join Us Wishing Our Managing Director A Very Happy 60th Birthday!!
Chris Caspell, 60 not out. Away from taxing matters, music is an important part of his life – as a viola-player, conductor, and entrepreneur. He also sings, mostly in church choirs, and, like Fred Astaire, […]
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