If you know Friedrich von Flotow (1812-82) it’s via his opera Martha. But there is another side, on gloriously revealed here: two wonderful Piano Concertos. Despite his obviously Germanic name, von Flotow was educated in […]
This is Marek Janowski’s first purely orchestral Schubert recording. He has already collaborated with the Dresdne Philharmonie on Pentatone in Beethoven’s Fidelio (2021), Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (both 2020). The Eighth, the […]
Beethoven’s Fifth: Rameau, Saint-Saêns, Capperauld, Beethoven Alexandre Kantorow (piano); Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor/drum). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.07.2025 Rameau Les Indes galantes (1735), Suite Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. […]
PROMS: French Night with the Orchestre National de France Randall Goosby (violin); Orchestre National de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.07.2025 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (1895, 1907/08) Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in […]
After a couple of Opera Rara Donizetti song posts (Volume 1; Volume 4), and previous posts on the release of Donizetti’s Three Queens, Il Paria and L’ange de Nisida, plus a live Elixir at ENO […]
The inaugural Cbina-UK Cultural Exchange Programme arrived at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Friday lunchtime, July 18. .The programme brings together musicians from Birmingham (where Artistic Director Di Xiao is a Piano Professor) and its sister cites. […]
The 2024 Hamamatsu Competition took place at ACT CITY Hamamatsu from November 8 to 24; Manami Suzuki, who swept through a sheaf of prizes, made this recording at the same venue in February this year, […]
Following on from our coverage of the Britten Pears 2025/26 season yesterday, here are details of this year’s Edinburgh Festival: The Edinburgh International Festival opens on 1 August and features 1700 artists from 42 countries […]
Highlights include: Britten Weekend marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Auschwitz Aurora Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony from memory and is joined by Chloë Hanslip for Prokofiev’s […]
This is the latest of Classical Explorer‘s Miller’s daughters: Andrè Schun was a single release; Christoph Prégardien’s (part of a set of the great cycles); there is even a “pub edition” on Rubicon!. Ian Bostridge […]
