A devoted reader has sent us this clipping from the Honolulu Star Bulletin of Betsy Arakawa at her piano debut in 1971, playing one movement of Haydn’s G major concerto. Betsy became the second wife […]
Handel was in Rome in 1708 when he received a commission for a large sacred oratorio for Easter from Marquis Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, his patron at the time. La resurrezione was performed for the first time […]
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, La voix humaine; Paula Sides, Sergey Rybin; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 3 June 2024 An intimate account of Poulenc’s exploration of the female experience through of a pairing of two of his major works, […]