Anne-Sophie Mutter joins Alpha Classics
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Donizetti Songs, #3: Carlo Rizzi returns, this time with Michael Spyres
We discussed Michael Spyres’ Erato disc Contra-tenor previously here, an astonishing delve into what it means to be a tenor (and there’s complement to this disc, Baritenor). Now. Spyres joins Carlo Rizzi for the third […]
Zoë Martlew’s debut Album Z: an update
An expanded post: the bottom of this previous article is a brief report of last night’s album launch a King’s Place, London. Full links are given at the end, too. Last seen (by me, at […]
Arise, my love: Music for the Break of Day from Magdalen College
People have been going up for a very long time. So the music here fittingly spans some 500 years, from Tallis to Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music that celebrates a new day and the hope (and anticipation) […]
A Winner: Ginastera Quartets
This is only the second disc containing music by Alberto Ginastera (1916-83) that has been considered here on Classical Explorer: previously, Camerata Bern on Alpha included his Concerto for Strings on they release Plaiirs illuminées. […]
More Foerster from Naxos
The Hradec Králové Philharmonic takes on Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s Second Symphony here: quite the challenge, and one taken with aplomb. We explored Foerster’s First Symphony on Naxos here. Wagner and Debussy are two oft-mentiooed composer […]
More Poppe: Körper & Gold
We have enjoyed the Modernist music of Enno Poppe (born 1969, Hemer, Germany) before – The Music of Enno Poppe (Fett, Ich kann mich an nichts errinern), Prozession, and as conductor in Berlin (music by […]
Genesis: sax and piano
For his debut disc, saxophonist Luis González Garrido has chosen a succession of works that are fashioned from a single cell, or gesture. This process is even explicit in the title of the second piece, […]
A terrific pairing of Schubert & Purcell (a la Warlock!)
There is a world primmer of “Schubert” here – the completion by Schubert scholar Brian Newbould of the String Trio, D 472. This is also the recording debut of the excellent Sakuntala Trio (Rebecca Chan, […]
Abbey Simon’s Reissued Chopin on Vox
Abbey Simon’s recording of Chopin’s complete works for piano and orchestra has been respected since its first release in 1973 (then as part of the first quadraphonic Vox Box 3LP release, SXVBX 5126). What we […]
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