The house where Ferruccio Busoni lived from 1902-08, and where he composed his monumental piano concerto, was remembered with a memorial plaque yesterday in Berlin. Next month sees the centenary of the composer’s death.
Igor Levit, an outstanding interpreter of the concerto, shared his experiences of playing it at age 18.
From my monthly essay in The Critic (new issue out today) … Nothing in opera surpasses that single scenic blow to the seat of emotions. The effect is so visceral that I have seen cellists […]
This is Jakub Jósef Orliński’s sixth album for Erato, and his post follows on from Classical Explorer‘s recent musings on Orliński’s Gluck Orfeo, The group is once more Il Pomo d’Oro. So, why “Beyond”? Orliński […]
Responding to Wigmore Hall’s withdrawal from its patronage, Arts Council Enngland’s CEO Darren Henley said this: ‘The idea that we don’t believe in, celebrate, invest in classical music is nonsense. We are here for every […]