Mozart: Cosi fan tutte – Lea Desandre, Victoria Karkacheva, Elsa Dreisig, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Andrè Schuen, Bogdan Volkov – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; Elsa Dreisig, Victoria Karkacheva, Bogdan Volkov, Andrè […]
Music which sits on the edge of sound: Sinuoso Tiempo (2019-21) is a cycle for string quartet by Javier Quislant (born 1964), performed here by members of Klangforum Wien: Annette Bok and Guido Jäch-Micko, violins, […]
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Tara Erraught, Cecilia Bartoli – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims; Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotti, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Dmitry Korchak, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, […]
Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried, Julius Patzak, Alexander Kipnis – what an exalted line-up! As it was for Fritz Busch’s performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in 1934 (oratorio excerpts bookend the release). This is a celebration […]
All four concertos here are World Premiere recordings. Christoph Nichelmann (1717-62) was at the Thomasschule in Leipzig; his life took hm to Berlin via Hamburg (the hub which held Telemann and the theorist Johann Matheson). […]
The World Premiere of Pip Eastop’s suite, Se ven colores en la luz blanca (Colours are seen in white light) took place as part of the Fitzrovia Arts Festival (at Fitzrovia Chapel) on Thursday, June […]
This is the traditional VPO concert at Schönbrunn, conducted in 2026 by Lorenzo Viotti and with bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as guest. It took place on June 19, 2026. As the title of the accompanying booklet […]
Three Choirs Festival, Worcester with Samuel Hudson (Photo: Dale Hodgetts) The Three Choirs Festival has announced the preliminary programme for next year’s festival which takes place from 24 to 31 July 2027 in Worcester under […]
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Alison Langer, Harry Wilson – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Craig Fuller) Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus; Thomas Atkins, Alison Langer, Rebecca Bottone, Clare Presland, Julien Van Mellaerts, Xavier Hetherington, director: Liam […]
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio is a vast work as chamber pieces go, end-weghted to a vast set of variations. Dedicated to the composer’s close friend the pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, the work carries a great weight on […]
