Here’s the company intro to this disc: Sibelius studied the violin in his youth, and actively entertained the prospect of a career as a professional violinist for much of his student life. After graduating from […]
Such is the dramatic vitality of Verdi’s Rigoletto that there is already a sense that it presents a metatheatre of a corrupt, cruel world, embodied in microcosm in the Duke of Mantua’s court. In her […]
The music of Amy Beach rarely if ever fails to impress, and to delight. Her expression seems so natural, so unforced, her vernacular so charmingly American, imbued with the warmth of both heart and hearth, […]
Queen Mary’s Photograph Album Members of the royal family have been compiling photo albums of their memories for generations. The Royal Photograph Collection houses Queen Mary’s 33 albums, which contain photographs documenting her official visits, family life, and […]
This is another somewhat unusual (and likely hard-to-find) release, appearing on a label I’ve never heard of, la dolce volta. Similar to the Paris Polonais disc I recently reviewed, this one seems to be available […]
Quarterly figures released today show that Radio 3 listenership has topped 2 million once more and a record number of individual hours was spent listening to the station. They must be doing something right. Classic […]
Matthew Raimondi died in Bar Harbor, Maine, at the age of 96 on Saturday, October 19. He is survived by his wife, Natalie, and daughter, Diana, and scores of friends and fellow musicians with whom […]
The death has been announced of John Titta, chief creative officer and of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. He had struggled with cancer for the past two years. The post Cancer claims […]
The Bishop of Winchester’s review of his crisis-ridden cathedral is proving unexpectedly thorough. Originally intended to report within three months it has now been extended beyond the end of this year. The Review Team has […]
Five months since including Sofia Gubaidulina’s 1996 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, the Philharmonic gave its first-ever performance of her Fairytale Poem. Composed for a 1971 children’s radio program, the alluring piece is based on […]
