PROM 16: Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich. Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.07.2024 Cassandra Miller I cannot love without trembling (Viola Concerto, 2023) Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C […]
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
Hans von Bronsart’s Concerto in F sharp minor did not enjoy the same public acclaim, although it is rousing, intimate and electrifying in turns. The richness of its orchestration is matched by an uncommonly brilliant […]
The grandeur of Bach’s organ wiring coms across viscerally in this recording, but so dos its brilliant. Masaaki Suzuki, famous for Bach Collegium Japan and his Bach Cantata recordings (plus stupendous St Matthew and St […]
We met the Rautio Piano Trio prev9ously with a post entitled What was Beethoven’s Op. 1? The answer is three piano trios, and the ensemble played the first two of the on that Resonus Classics […]
If you haven’t yet come across Michael Haydn (1727-1805), then now is the chance to meet his most civilised of composers. Think J. C. Bach, the “London” Bach. Michael Haydn was trained musically at St […]
What a great coupling! Two Mozart Concertos for multiple keyboards, plus the Poulenc. A match made in heaven. The same could be said fo the performers, a true family team (Kent Nagano, his wife, and […]
Acis and Galatea (Bärenreiter Edition) Composed by George Frederick Handel Libretto by John Gay after Ovid’s Metamorphoses Cast and Production staff: Acis: Anthony Gregory; Galatea: Elizabeth Karani; Polyphemus: Chuma Sijeqa; Ruairi Bowen; Director: Louise Bakker; […]
Bavarian Radio’s series Musica Viva always seems to exude a sense of discovery, of freshness, of hope that contemporary music that matters is alive and well: we can look back, for example, to the music […]
Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo: Soloists; Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation; Chorus of Opera Holland Park; City of London Sinfonia / John Andrews (conductor, Wolf-Ferrari), Francesco Ciliuffo (conductor, Leoncavallo) Wolf-Ferrari – Il segreto di Susanna Production: Director – […]
