Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, John Luther Adams BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, 8.10.2025 Thovaldsdottir ANCORA (2022) Ligeti Atmosphères (1961) John Luther Adams Become Ocean (2013) An extraordinary concert, but perhaps not in the way one might immediately think: to have three woks that rely mainly on texture is certainly out of the (ie, ‘extra’) […]
YO-YO MA & FRIENDS SHARE A COLLECTION OF NEW RECORDINGS INSPIRED BY THE OUR COMMON NATURE’ PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW FROM SONY CLASSICAL It was only recently we explored Yo-Yo Ma’s latest Trio release (with Kavakos […]
For his first recording for the Mirare label, Calabrian pianist Vittorio Forte has chosen a programme of South American music. A student of Argentinian pianist Jose Lepore, the present album is the result of the […]
Abrahamsen, Mahler Jennifer France (soprano); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 03.10.2025 Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you (2013) Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G (1900) What wonderful programming; and an extra bonus to see Danish […]
L’OPÉRA EN STREAMING Paris, 23th September 2025 Discover the shows of the 25/26 season on POP – Paris Opera Play! Operas and ballets, live or recorded: this season, seven performances (including six new productions) and a […]
This is a timely release on the La Scala label, given the release of Michel Béroff‘s compete Erato recordings over 41 discs on Warner; his Visions de l’Amen La Scala disc was made available on […]
This is an excellent disc, but it is somewhat scuppered by lack of texts. That said, these are delightful works. They ae all love cantatas, and the narrating voice can morph between male and female […]
This is interesting, as it fills in an ‘interim” Elgar Violin Concerto, and a fine if technically flawed Cockaigne. In between is Toscanini’s take on some Elgar. So first, the Overure Cockaigne (In London Town). […]
Part of Stravnisky’s Neo-Classicism was his work with the music of older composers, and we see two instances of that thee: chikovsky for L raise de la fée and 18th-Centuy Naples for Pulcinella. It is […]
Historical releases re so valuable, reminding us of golden get, of how performance practice has changed and yet how musical tooth will always out. Myra Hess’ recorded legacy is legendary, and here she is joined […]
