From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Klaus Tennstedt fled East Germany in his mid-40s in 1971 and hung around for half a decade before anyone noticed he was a truly remarkable conductor – ‘last […]
Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs; The Sixteen; Harry Christophers; COROReviewed 22 July 2024 by Tony Coooper Punctuating Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s centenary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have just issued 17 première recordings of his […]
The exiled Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov paid a call yesterday on his contemporary Arvo Pärt in his Estonian retreat. The Estonia Hall in Talinn is putting on a Silvestrov concert tonight. The post Two composers […]