Perhaps fittingly, there is an establishment by the name of “Satan’s Whiskers” a hop, skip and a jump from York Hall. Richard Strauss’ Salome is a visceral juxtaposition of the good (or is that Good?: […]
This is a lovely album. Programming is carefully consdered. The disc opens with a beautiful performance of Durrliat’s own transcription of the “In Paradisim” from Fauré’s Requiem. The tempo is perfect, and a sense of […]
This is the fourth volume on Chandos of music by Gordon Jacob suddent and Vaughan Williams protegée R4th Gipps (1921-99). Previously at Classical Explorer, we have covered the Chandos release Paper of Dreams, and, on […]
After Martha Argerich d Dong Hyek Lim’s recital at the Festival Hall last week , it seemed only right to remind ourselves of her greatest Chopin recordings via this 5 CD (and one bluray audio) […]
This post was originally intended to run in parallel with a report on Elsa Dreisig’s Wigmore Hall recital on March 25: sadly, she had to cancel (replaced by Marianne Crebassa), but this new disc remains. […]
Big names can mean big surprises: will they show? Will they play what they say they’ll play? I remember when Claudio Arrau played at the Royal Festival Hall back in the 1980s – the big […]
On 27th March 2026, the record label Prima Facie released the premiere recording of Andrew Downes’ A St Luke Passion of 1993 (Op. 50) with the Philharmonia Voices and Orchestra under David Trippett. This is the first album in a trilogy of recordings of the large-scale […]
Rigoletto Music: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Cast: Rigoletto – Leonardo Lee; Gilda – Mei Gui Zhang; Duke of Mantua – Andrei Danilov; Sparafucile – Alexander Tsymbalyuk; Maddalena – Victoria Karkacheva; Count Monterone – […]
Those who attended Irish National Opera’s Bajazet at the Linbury Theatre in 2021 (review here) will be familiar with the story here. Handel accorded titular status to Tamerlano, Different librettos, though: Handel’s principally uses Nicolà […]
[Mechelen, 4 March 2026]— Evil Penguin Classic proudly announces that internationally acclaimed pianist Burkard Schliessmann is joining the label’s distinguished roster of artists. Our collaboration will start off with a Fryderyk Chopin album presenting a […]
