This is a decades-long alliance the has resulted in.plethora of marvels. They have played together for some 40 years; and the disc was issued prior to Stott’s retirement from the concert platform. Here’s a seven-minute […]
This is.wonderful disc. Don’t let the “early” bit put you off: there is such joy and sorrow here, such craftsmanship. And the conjoining of Heinichen and Telemann results in the dream team you never knew […]
A quick update o the activities of the Oxford Philharmonic today, an orchestra we have featured several times before! … remember the Vengerov Brahms Gala? 10th April – In this concert that features Humperdinck’s Prelude from […]
Xiaogang Ye is no strange to Classical Explorer: nice to see a whole disc of his chamber music on the Resonus label. This music here, spans over three decades of Ye’s chamber works from 1989 […]
My goodness, the quality in Telemann’s works is high. Soon, we’ll be looking at a disc of early cantatas (along with a work by Heinichen) on cpo, but t’s time for chamber music: the first […]
Prokofiev, Mussorgsky (arr. Denisov), Lyatoshynsky. Matthew Rose (bass); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.4.2025 Prokofiev Selection from Semyon Kotko, Op. 81bis (1938-9/1943) Mussorgsky (arr. Denisov) Songs and Dances of Death (arr. […]
Lovers of the Austro-German Classical symphony will delight intros dic; as will horn players, doubly blessed (quadruply?) by a double horn concerto and a symphony that features the horns prominently. Franz Anton Hoffmeister was prolific: […]
Lalo Le roi d’Ys (concert performance) Soloists; Chelsea Opera Group Chorus & Orchestra / Paul Wingfield. Cadogan Hall, London, 30.03.2025 Cast: Margared – Maria Schellenberg Rozenn – Hye-Youn Lee Mylio – Luis Gomez Prince Karnac […]
Quotations about – not from – myth festoon both stage (pre-perfromance) and accompanying freesheet. ‘The lover of myth is in.a sense a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonders’ (Aristotle, from Metapphysics: follow this […]
Hildur Guðnadóttir in Concert Hildur Guðnadóttir (trench cello); London Contemporary Orchestra / Robert Ames (conductor). Guðnadóttir Tár. Without Sinking: Opaque. Saman: Liður. Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat. Fólk Faer Andlit. A Haunting in Venice: Confession. Music from Joker […]
