Feminine Voices at Christmas
This years’ Christmas stack is tuning out to contain some exceptional releases, and this one is surely near or even at the top of the pile. This particular disc was relased on Halloween, so is […]
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The other Adams, again!
We have met John Luther Adams previously on Classical Explorer via his extraodinary Become Ocean (2013: the BBC Symphony Orchestra live at the Barbican under Dalia Stasevska). Elsewhere, on the Fanfare Archive, you can find […]
Deidamia: a welcome opportunity to catch Handel’s final Italian opera in Wexford, though George Petrou’s production feels a little self-indulgent
Handel: Deidamia – Nicolò Balducci – Wexford Festival Opera (Photo: Pádraig Grant) Handel: Deidamia; Sophie Junker, Nicolò Balducci, Sarah Gilford, Bruno de Sá, Rory Musgrave, Petros Magoulas, George Petrou, Wexford Festival Opera; National Opera House, […]
A Charpentier Baroque Christmas & A New Era: The Monteverdi Choir & Christophe Rousset
Recorded in the middle of a European tour of December 2024 at All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London, this recording makes the debut of the acclaimed Montevedi Choir and Christophe Rousset. It is good to […]
Different musical accents: Le Trouvère, Verdi’s French revision of Il trovatore receives a rare outing in Wexford
Verdi: Le Trouvère – Wexford Festival Opera (Photo: Pádraig Grant) Verdi: Le Trouvère; Lydia Grindatto, Eduardo Niave, Giorgi Lomiseli, Kseniia Nikolaieva, Luca Gallo, director: Ben Barnes, conductor: Manuel Hartinger, Wexford Festival Opera; National Opera House, […]
Weckmann Sonatas on cpo
This is fascinating: it reminded me so much of the amazing Les Éléments concert in Périgord last summer; music of openness and exuberance of invention. Matthias Weckmann seemed to be pulled towards Dresden as if […]
Adila Fachiri, Marie Soldat and … one Donald Francis Tovey
So what’s the big deal hee? Two violinists on one disc, one of them – Adila Fachirri – performing with Donald Francis Tovey, he of the Essays in Musical Analysis. Toccata Classics has released recordings […]
The City Music Foundation has announced the new cohort of artists joining the CMF Artist Programme as 2025 CMF Artists.
City Music Foundation Artists 2025 (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) The City Music Foundation has announced the new cohort of artists joining the CMF Artist Programme as ‘2025 CMF Artists. Becoming a 2025 CMF Artist will mean […]
‘A forceful and naturally musical work with very defined themes’ – composer Asadbek Turgunov from Uzbekistan wins the 2025 Brusa Foundation Award
Asadbek Turgunov Last year composer and teacher Elisabetta Brusa introduced her Brusa Foundation Award in an article for us [see Elisabetta’s article]. The award is to give opportunities to composers who recreate new, free and […]
St John’s Cambridge Choir returns: O Holy Night
The choral tradition of excellence at St John’s College, Cambridge carries on under Christopher Gray, continuing the work of Andrew Nethsingha. Adophe Adam’s O holy night will need little introduction, but what a lovey arrangement […]
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