Back in 2022, I reported from a concert in Strasbourg’s Palais de la Musique et des Congrès that included the pieces here, plus on that occasion Shoskakovich’s First Violin Concerto with Simone Lamsma (stepping in […]
Puccini Edgar (1905 version, semi-staged, orchestral reduction Toby Burke). Cast; Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation and Tiffin School; Opera Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo. Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 02.07.2024 […]
Wild Arts does it again … Mozart Die Zauberflöte (sung in English, translated by Jeremy Sams, abridged). Cast; Orchestra / Orlando Jopling (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, 30.06.2024 Production: Director – James Hurley Designer – Sophie […]
John Adams’ City Noir was inspired by the cultural and social history of Los Angeles, with the composer himself calling it ‘an imaginary film score’, while Fearful Symmetries exemplifies his steamroller motor rhythms. The album […]
Mozart Così fan tutte (ed. Ferguson/Rehm). Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Alexander Soddy. 26.06.2024 Cast: Ferrando – Daniel Behle Guglielmo – Andrè Schuen Don Alfonso – Gerald Finley Fiordiligi – Gold Schultz Dorabella […]
Frothy delights from France via Estonia! The esteemed conductor Neeme Järvi leads the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in this wonderfully upbeat disc; bu a disc that has a real purpose. the Works of Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit […]
It’s always intrigued me why, if Schubert was such a fine composer of songs (and he was), why don’t we hear his operas? There are quite a few, after all, so why not start with […]
Opening in a blaze of raw Handelian energy, this is a disc for the ages. Three psalms: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus, all magnificently shaped by Justin Doyle with a simply superb line-up of […]
Thaxted Festival: Liszt, George Hall, Verdi, Puccini Nadine Benjamin (soprano); Jan Karl Rautio (piano). Thaxed Parish Church, 22.06.2024 Liszt Enfant, j’étais roi, S 283. Oh, quand je dors.S 282. Hall Settings of d’Annunzio: L’ora e tarda; O […]
Pianist Frank Dupree’s latest escapades Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020) is gaining in popularity: in the UK, Dupree has performed his music with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Rouvali, and we met his Op. 47 Contemplation, Op. 47 […]
