From a special correspondent: An infant in the upper balcony started to cry softly during the last bars of Ukranian composer Valentyn Silvestrov’s Prayer for the Ukraine, expressing the poignancy of his prayer and the […]
Gilbert & Sulllivan: The Pirates of Penzance – The Pirates: William Morgan, Gaynor Keeble, Henry Neill, & chorus – English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: Craig Fuller) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance; Isabelle Peters, […]
I’ve been on Pentatone’s case lately – for good reason. (Please see my blog for reviews.) However, this latest release is a bit different. And a lot better than what I’ve been hearing from the […]