The serene and much-recorded Polish concert and opera singer Jadwiga Rappé died this weekend. She performed in most major venues and appeared on 56 recordings, including Wagner with Bernard Haitink and works of Lutoslawski and Penderecki with the composers.
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A high-class introspective reading of opus 9/3 from Isabelle Faust (Violin), Raphael Sachs (Viola) und Frank-Michael Guthmann (Cello). Doesn’t get much better. The post A Beethoven trio to close the year appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Stonemason’s Yard Think Venice, especially if you have never been there, and chances are that the view that springs to mind will have been painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto. He was […]
There were tears in the aisles as the Frenchman Louis Langrée conducted his last performance on Sunday after 11 years as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. At the close Langrée, 63, was awarded […]
