We have been notified of the passing on June 11 of the Swiss tenor Eric Tappy. Born in Lausanne, he sang Tito in Mozart’s Clemenza at Covent Garden in 1974 and Don Ottavio at the […]
A year ago, the German violist Tabea Zimmermann ended her appearance with the Israel Philharmonic with a rendition of the Arik Einstein song, Atur Mitzchech. The Hebrew-speaking audience erupted. Last night, we heard, her encore […]
This is a significant release from Naxos: Rachmaninoc’s Piano Sonatas No. 1 & 2, plus an arrangement of the orchestral tone-poem The Isle of the Dead. The First Sonata, D-Minor, Op. 28, dates from 1907/08. […]