The Bayreuth Festival has closed on 98.1 percent season capacity, exceeding expectations after an initial slow tocket sale. Some 56,000 people attended the 29 performances.
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There is a lot to be said for Hee-Young LIm and Nathalia Milstein’s approach to Rachmaninov. Composed in the aftermath of the disaster of the premiere of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony, the Sonata for Piano and […]
This is Deutsche Grammophon promo for her forthcoming Shostakovich album. It must be shorter than the last one. The post Yuja’s cutting it short appeared first on Slippedisc.
The young German conductor Christian Blex has been awarded the coveted Karajan prize at the Salzburg festival. Blex, a former assistant to Kirill Pdetrenko at the Berlin Philharmonic, is presently assistant conductor of the Gustav […]
,%20Camilla%20Seale%20(Alcina)%20plus%20chorus%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "It was Francesca Caccini's score, & Vache Baroque's performance, that surprised & captivated: La liberazione di Ruggiero at Buxton International Festival")
