I cannot remember an instance when a major festival ordered its entire chorus to reaudition. The Bayreuth press office, however, insists it is entirely routine. Anyone who would like to continue singing in the choir […]
György Kurtág and Benjamin Appl during the recording of Lines of Life The great Hungarian composer György Kurtág is 99 today. This week Kurtág’s album, Lines of Life, with baritone Benjamin Appl, and pianists James Baillieu […]
I’ve been noticing over the past couple of years the steady increase in the price of CDs – and over just the past year or two, the skyrocketing price of CDs. One notable example is […]