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Introducing Chromatica Orchestra I am told of a new orchestra, and the press release is below. I hope to report on the Batttersea concert (the Barber Violin Concerto is heard far too little os this […]

Bruckner BBC Singers / Owain Park (conductor); Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Peternko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2024 Bruckner Os justi (1879). Locus iste (1869). Chrisus factus est (1884)      Symphony No. 5 in B […]

SOMM Announces Signing of Burkard Schliessmann SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the exclusive signing of the German pianist Burkard Schliessmann. Burkard Schliessmann Burkhard Schliessmann, recipient of the renowned Goethe-Prize of Frankfurt/(2019/20), is one of the most compelling […]

PROM 52 Bizet Carmen from Glyndebourne. Cast; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Anja Bihlmaier (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.08.2024 Production: Director – Diane Paulusi RAH semi-staging – Adam Torrence  Cast: Carmen – Rihan Chaieb Don José […]

71 minutes of Fauré. Heaven. Renaud Capuçon maximises his association with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. begins with something of a miracle: Capuçon dares to begin with the one movement we have of a […]

The annual Wiener Philharmoniker concert in the idyllic surroundings of Schönbrunn Palace (Schloß Schönbrunn) is a much-anticipated event. It is released annually by Sony, and the last one covered by Classical Explorer was the 2021 […]

Music of the homeland featured at this Czech Philharmonic Prom: Dvořák and Suk, two core Czech composers themselves bound by a familial link: Suk married Dvořák’s daughter Otilie, in 1898.  The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is […]

The music of English composer Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) has been featured several times on Classical Explorer: Opalescence: Piano and Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps; her Clarinet Concert on a cracker of a disc from Robert […]

There is no doubt this release is cast from strength: one night suggest it is luxury indeed to have Helen Charleston, herself a fine Dido, as First Witch. But it is David Bates’ vision that […]

Following on from my report on the European premiere of Zou Ye’s Symphony Kūkai the other day, this pos presents another aspect of that composer’s art: film music. The Goddess (神女, Shénnǚ) is a film […]