Foyer of Wigmore Hall in 1901 when it was Bechstein Hall (Photo courtesy of Wigmore Hall) Like many major cities, London’s concert halls are largely recent phenomenon and old halls have had a habit of […]
Standard Issue PRXLUDES is an online contemporary music magazine that sees its work as serving as a public platform where emerging and early-career composers can showcase their work. Now they are going live with prx.live […]
I was thrilled to see this new recording from the Pacifica Quartet on Cedille Records. No extraneous “extras” like on their previous two “America-themed” releases (a clarinet on American Stories and a children’s choir (groan) on American Voices). […]
Elgar The Kingdom, Op. 51 (1906). Francesca Chiejina (soprano); Dame Sarah Connolly (contralto); Benjamin Hulett (tenor); Ashley Riches (bass-baritone); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Hertfordshire Chorus; London Orchestra da Camera / David Temple (conductor). … for […]
r Elgar The Kingdom, Op. 51 (1906). Francesca Chiejina (soprano); Dame Sarah Connolly (contralto); Benjamin Hulett (tenor); Ashley Riches (bass-baritone); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Hertfordshire Chorus; London Orchestra da Camera / David Temple (conductor). … […]
Verdi: Requiem – Asmik Grigorian, Deniz Uzan, Joshua Guerrero, Tareq Nazmi, Cleveland Orchestra, Taichi Fukumura – Adrienne Arsht Center (Photo: Alex Marlow) Verdi: Requiem; Asmik Grigorian, Deniz Uzan, Joshua Guerrero, Tareq Nazmi, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, […]
Elgar: The Kingdom; Francesca Chiejina, Sarah Connolly, Benjamin Hulett, Ashley Riches, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple; Royal Festival HallReviewed 29 January 2026 Having recorded the work last year, […]
Kate Lindsey, The English Concert, Harry Bicket at Wigmore Hall (Photo from Kate Lindsey’s Instagram feed) Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Op.6 No.1, Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor Op.1 No.1 RV63 ‘La follia’; arias from Handel’s Agrippina, Handel: Overture-Suite from Rodrigo, […]
Even in an arena of such ul-Modenist divvy as he Scandinavian and surrounding course, he music of Pelle Gudmundsen0Holmgeen sands-our and alone. In some senses h is teh Ligi of this region: after the elusively […]
For all he attention on Faust and his Bach arrangement, Ave Maria, the music of Gounod remains elaivly unexplored. This is a welcome disc, therefore. Iroically, I begins with just that Ave Maria in its […]
