Several months ago, I wrote a piece on this blog complaining about the price of CDs these days. So how are things going these days? Well, things just seem to keep getting worse. In fact, […]
This is a scene from a new Richard Strauss production in Berlin. I will confine my criticism to the singer’s ironing technique: that is not how you do men’s collars, darling. I can just about […]
Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn) in 1842 Mozart, Bartok, Maja Ratkje, Fanny Mendelssohn; Engegård Quartet; Conway HallReviewed 21 April 2024 Playing of extraordinary vividness and presence by the Norwegian ensemble in a programme moving from Mozart and […]