Death of movie music pioneer, 72
The death has been recorded in Richmond, California, of Douglass Fake, who produced some 700 albums of movie music on his label, Intrada. Among his exhumations were the uncut score of Leonard Bernstein’s On the […]
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Moscow culture chief is arrested
The former head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Alexander Kibovsky, has been arrested and charged with bribery and fraud. He faces up to ten years jail. As in all such cases in Russia at […]
Belgian ensemble, Ayres Extemporae, winners of the 2024 York International Young Artists Competition at the National Centre for Early Music
Ayres Extemporae, winners of the 2024 York International Young Artists Competition The 2024 York International Young Artists Competition took place on Saturday 13 July 2024 at the National Centre for Early Music in York, as the […]
Ruth Leon recommends… National Theatre’s Live 100th Show
National Theatre’s Live 100th Show Click here to watch More than 11 million people have watched a National Theatre Live performance since April 23 2009. That was the first time audiences in cinemas throughout the world […]
50 years after Kleiber’s Beethoven Fifth: The sound engineer speaks
In October 1974, Carlos Kleiber made his first commercial recording. It was Beethoven’s fifth symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic for Deutsche Grammophon and it was instantly (and lastingly) acclaimed as the most perfect interpretation of […]
Sydney’s new #2 cello
The Sydney Symphony has recruited Simon Cobcroft as Associate Principal Cello. He has been playing until now in the Adelaide Symphony, after a spell in the dreaded Malaysian Philharmonic. The post Sydney’s new #2 cello […]
F-X Roth is still cancelling
The Councertgebouw has announced a replacement for the French conductor who is struggling with disclosures of dick-pics that he sent to female musicians. At issue is an ambitious Schoenberg weekend in October: François-Xavier Roth, who […]
Culture minister to Bayreuth: Play something that’s not Wagner
Germany’s federal minister for culture Claudia Roth has fired a shot across the Green Hill of Bayreuth, urging the Wagner regime to put on operas that are not by Wagner. She suggests Hansel and Gretel […]
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The return of “The Watchman”
In a joint enterprise between writer and musician Hana Gubenko and myself, Samuel Taylor-Coleridge’s short-lived political journal The Watchman returns in a new guise, as an internet magazine designed to stimulate and inform. Here, in […]
Excellent Stravinsky from Galicia. Superb sound from BIS. How does it compare with Andrew Davis on Chandos?
The Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia is one of my favorite concert orchestras to watch on YouTube. They present full length concerts in excellent sound and high-quality videography – with expert, knowledgeable camera operators who zoom […]
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