Determined Mozart lacks warmth and purpose
One wonders why. Why record more Mozart symphonies? What’s special about these that merits a recording of them? Seriously, BIS – a clarinet player who has decided he wants to be a conductor and you’re […]
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Medea Gosperia: a retelling of Euripides’ Greek tragedy set in the Caribbean and featuring a fusion of musical styles
Euripedes’ classic tragedy Medea has inspired writers and artists across the centuries as well as playwrights directly reinterpreting Euripedes’ original (hands up those who have heard a performance of the original Ancient Greek!). Now Thee Black Swan, […]
Discover the Harp: Welsh company, Cambrian Harps take their discovery days on the road
One of Cambrian Harps’ Discover the Harp sessions Cambrian Harps, a company from the heart of Wales specialising in making harps and encouraging harp playing, is on a mission to show the country and the […]
Time remembered: the 75th edition of the Aldeburgh Festival lovingly recreates the opening night of 1948 Festival
Robin Haigh: LUCK – Matilda Lloyd, Britten Sinfonia, Jessica Cottis – Aldeburgh Festival at Snape Maltings, 2024 (Photo: Angus Cooke) Purcell: Chaconny in G minor, Handel: Organ Concerto in D minor, Op.7, No.4, Robin Haigh: […]
Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Concerto and a World Premiere
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), a favourite student of Liszt, was admired by Wagner: that’s quite a CV. Here we have two works: the large-scale Piano Concerto in G minoring the Sinfonia festiva. Sgambati is probably best […]
Variations: Mishka Rushdie Momen’s ravishing disc
We met Mishka Rushdie Momen at the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival via her recital Romantic Piano. Here on her recording of variation sets on SOMM, she confirms her clear talent. The booklet notes are some […]
The Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall – Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Wagner & Debussy; Elīna Garanča & Christian Van Horn perform Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
For its final concert of the season, the Met Orchestra arrived at Carnegie Hall in full force for music from three masterpieces of the mid-19th and early-20th-centuries operatic repertoire opening with an exhilarating account of […]
A disc that makes you think, but also satisfies as a recital in its own right: Songs for Peter Pears from Robin Tritschler & friends
Songs for Peter Pears: Berkeley, Britten, Arthur Oldham, Richard Rodney Bennett, Geoffrey Bush; Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau, Sean Shibe, Philip Higham; Signum ClassicsReviewed 11 June 2024 Exploring the wide variety of music written for and […]
Chopin Etudes from Yunchan Lim
Billed as “Classical Music’s answer to K-Pop,” Yuncham Lin offers a debut recording of distinction. He won the Cliburn Competition in 2022 (at 18, the youngest ever winner); on July 29 he will make his […]
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Second view: Anna Patalong makes her role debut as Puccini’s Tosca at Opera Holland Park
Puccini: Tosca – Opera Holland Park, 2024 (Photo: Ali Wright) Puccini: Tosca; Anna Patalong, José de Eça, Morgan Pearse, director: Stephen Barlow, conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren, City of London Sinfonia; Opera Holland ParkReviewed 12 June […]
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