Donizetti Songs, #3: Carlo Rizzi returns, this time with Michael Spyres
We discussed Michael Spyres’ Erato disc Contra-tenor previously here, an astonishing delve into what it means to be a tenor (and there’s complement to this disc, Baritenor). Now. Spyres joins Carlo Rizzi for the third […]
Zoë Martlew’s debut Album Z: an update
An expanded post: the bottom of this previous article is a brief report of last night’s album launch a King’s Place, London. Full links are given at the end, too. Last seen (by me, at […]
Vivanco’s ‘lost’ Requiem: Conductor David Allinson on unearthing new treasures from the Spanish Golden Age
David Allinson and The Renaissance Singers at Holy Sepulchre London, The Renaissance Singers is a chamber choir with a difference. One of London’s leading non-professional vocal groups, for over 80 years it has specialised in […]
Arise, my love: Music for the Break of Day from Magdalen College
People have been going up for a very long time. So the music here fittingly spans some 500 years, from Tallis to Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music that celebrates a new day and the hope (and anticipation) […]
A Winner: Ginastera Quartets
This is only the second disc containing music by Alberto Ginastera (1916-83) that has been considered here on Classical Explorer: previously, Camerata Bern on Alpha included his Concerto for Strings on they release Plaiirs illuminées. […]
