Génération @ Aix: Ravel, Fauré, Saint-Saëns Anneleen Lenaerts (harp / mentor); Thomas Briant (violin); Sara Ferrández (viola); Alberto Navarra (flute). Théâtre du Jeu de Palme, Aix-en-Provence, 19.04.2025 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. […]
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Leçons de Ténèbres Les Arts Florissants ./William Christie (director / organ) with Ilja Aksionov (tenor) and Padraic Rowan (bass-baritone). Wigmoe Hall, 16.04.2025 Missa Assumpta est Maria, H 11 (?1669): Prélude. Troisième leçon de […]
I didn’t have this on my bingo card for a potential disc of the year, but here we are. Here’s a promo video: And, for all Renud Capuçon’s star status, it is Daniel Harding whose […]
After our recent trip to Waterloo for Lyatoshynsky Symphony No, 3, with the London Philarmonic under Vladimir Jurowski, I thought it was time to dig little deeper into the music of this composer, and on […]
Samantha Ege features here in works by Julia Perry and Doreen Carwithen: a stimulating pairing. The name of Julia Perry was new to me. This fascinating composer was born in Kentucky, USA, moved to Ohio, […]
Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev. Pierre-Lurentt Aimard (piano); London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, 10.04.2025 Schubert Die Zauberharfe, D 644, ‘Rosamude’(1820) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (1795, rev. 1801) […]
Héloíse Werner and friends. Héloïse Werner (soprano); Max Baillie (violin/viola); Colin Alexander (cello); Misha Mulov-Abbado (double-bass); Buno Heinen (piano); Angela Wai Nok Hui (percussion). Wigmore Hall, 09.04.2025 Colin Alexander moonrise / Alva’s Riff (2025, […]
This is a decades-long alliance the has resulted in.plethora of marvels. They have played together for some 40 years; and the disc was issued prior to Stott’s retirement from the concert platform. Here’s a seven-minute […]
This is.wonderful disc. Don’t let the “early” bit put you off: there is such joy and sorrow here, such craftsmanship. And the conjoining of Heinichen and Telemann results in the dream team you never knew […]
A quick update o the activities of the Oxford Philharmonic today, an orchestra we have featured several times before! … remember the Vengerov Brahms Gala? 10th April – In this concert that features Humperdinck’s Prelude from […]
