After yesterday’s post (Klassik unterim Hakenkreutz), this classic performance of Korngold seems relevant. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) left Europe in the volatile mid-1930s and found fame in the US, specifically Hollywood (a fascinating upcoming disc […]
The 2025 prize for music goes to Sky Islands, by Susie Ibarra. Sky Islands is a celebration of biodiversity and sonic innovation Ibarra, 54, is California born, the child of two physicians who migrated to […]
We’re hearing of mass sackings at the declining label. People we’ve tried to contact are no longer there. Among them is the boxed-set reissue specialist Robert Russ at the company’s headquarters in Berlin. Our mole […]