It’s interesting to see a resurgence in Tchaikovsky’s relatively neglected Orchestral Suites in a smattering of recent new recordings. Newcomer Stanislav Kochanovsky recorded the Third with the NDR Radio Philharmonic for his debut on harmonia mundi, […]
Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 (1): Opening Concert, Pirame et Thisbé A Nocte Temporis; Reinoud van Mechelen (high tenor / director). Église Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité, Périgord, France, 31.07.2025 Clérambault Cantatas: Apollon; La Jaloux; Pirame et Tisbé Jacquet de […]
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Carl Heinrich Arnold (1793-1874) – String quartet in the Spohr house, c. 1840 CC BY-NC-SA © Internationale Louis Spohr Gesellschaft e.V., Spohr Museum Kassel Two years older than Weber, as a violin virtuoso hailed as a […]
.jpeg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "BBC Proms - Classics, bon-bons and an engagingly fresh account of an enduring masterpiece, Nil Venditti conducts BBC National Orchestra of Wales")
Great British Classics – BBC Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Nil Venditti – BBC Proms 2025 (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou) Great British Classics: Walton, Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor, Britten, William Mathias, John Rutter, Avril […]
This year’s Lammermuir Festival runs from 4 to 15 September 2025, your chance to hear some of the world’s finest musicians in the historic venues and stunning landscape of East Lothian The festival’s artist in residence this […]
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 1) – Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Andreas Schager (Tristan), Jordan Shanahan (Kurwenal), Camilla Nylund (Isolde), Günther Groissböck (Marke) – Bayreuth Festival, 2025 (Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Andreas […]
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Ermonela Jaho & Carlo Rizzi recording Donizetti for Opera Rara (Photo: Russell Duncan) By and large, Puccini’s operas do not have complex musicological issues surrounding them. He made substantial revisions to Madama Butterfly, but the […]
Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – Kateřina Kněžíková – Glyndeburne (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Janáček: Káťa Kabanová; Kateřina Kněžíková, Nicky Spence, Rachael Wilson, Sam Furness, Susan Bickley, John Tomlinson, director: Damiano Michieletto/Eleanora Gravagnola, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: […]
Unveiled during weather inclement enough to recall Ostrovsky’s storm over the Volga, Damiano Michieletto’s COVID-era production garnered mixed reviews on its initial outing. This first revival will fare similarly. I gather there have been some […]
The following press release has been received from the Montevedi Choir & Orchestra: Following two landmark performances at the Edinburgh International Festival – including John Tavener’s monumental The Veil of the Temple and a programme of Bach, […]
