The annual Wiener Philharmoniker concert in the idyllic surroundings of Schönbrunn Palace (Schloß Schönbrunn) is a much-anticipated event. It is released annually by Sony, and the last one covered by Classical Explorer was the 2021 […]
Music of the homeland featured at this Czech Philharmonic Prom: Dvořák and Suk, two core Czech composers themselves bound by a familial link: Suk married Dvořák’s daughter Otilie, in 1898. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is […]
The music of English composer Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) has been featured several times on Classical Explorer: Opalescence: Piano and Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps; her Clarinet Concert on a cracker of a disc from Robert […]
There is no doubt this release is cast from strength: one night suggest it is luxury indeed to have Helen Charleston, herself a fine Dido, as First Witch. But it is David Bates’ vision that […]
Following on from my report on the European premiere of Zou Ye’s Symphony Kūkai the other day, this pos presents another aspect of that composer’s art: film music. The Goddess (神女, Shénnǚ) is a film […]
This is something special: a Biddulph twofer celebrating the recordings of Isolde Menges (1893-1976), This is a violinist who was a student of the great Leopold Auer (she also studied with Carl Flesch). She founded […]
This is a stunningly beautiful Creation (it is sung in German, so properly, Schöpfung). The city of Dresden is a jewel in Germany’s crown, so full of rich music and projects (witness the ongoing authentic-instrument […]
Zou Ye Symphony Kūkai (2023). The Choir of Central Conservatory of Music; London Chinese Philharmonic Choir; Scherzo Ensemble; Orpheus Sinfonia / Derrick Morgan (conductor); Charles Mutter (leader/solo violin); Rebecca Hepplewhite (solo cello). Westminster Hall, London, […]
Like the repertoire concertos of Brahms and Beethoven, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is cast in D major (and indeed, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of his great predecessors’ concertos). Busoni’s Violin Concerto, Op. 37a, was premiered […]
Sometimes described as Japan’s leading composer, Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) s a composer whose scores, while Modernist, exude beauty. The Naxos series of his works is significant: it has been over a decade since I […]
