From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:
There are four world premiere recordings on this utterly original disc, so if you have even a smidgeon of curiosity about the legend known as Alkan you will probably be buying this album before reading the next sentence. I’ll pause for a second to allow you to complete the purchase…
More here.
En francais ici.
In The Critic here.
The post It’s five-star Alkan. With added chutzpah appeared first on Slippedisc.
First reports from British tenor Freddie de Tommaso’s Metropolitan Opera debut last night speak of standing Os and whoops of approval. Lise Davidsen, who was singing her first Met Tosca, was applauded before she even […]
The conductor, 82, today confirms a long-suspected diagnosis in a statement from his home in Berlin: I know that many people have been concerned about my health. I have been very touched by the support […]
Edward Thomas by Frederick Henry Evansbromide print, circa 1904NPG P476 © National Portrait Gallery, London On 17 September 2024, St Martin-in-the-Fields opens its 2024/25 season with the London premiere of Alec Roth’s song cycle A […]
