This disc continues Naxos’ sterling Wranitzky series: perhaps the most relevant to this new volume so far was Volume Four, which contained the complete “ballet-pantomime” Das Waldmädchen”; here, the first 52 minutes of this latest […]
Viibra are a collective of Icelandic composers and flute performers chosen by Björk for her forthcoming album “Utopia”. This is a world apart from pop music. See what you think. The post The Icy composers […]
Audra McDonald at the Palladium Audra McDonald has been nominated for Tony Awards eight times, and won six. In addition to her Tony Awards she has two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award. President Barack Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts in […]
Not much is going right for music in the Midlands. This is an advertisement running on the buses. It shows an old man playing music too loud because he is deaf. Just the image the […]
For the 2024/25 season, Sir Antonio Pappano ceded his position at the orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome to Daniel Harding; Pappano remains Conductor Emeritus. This is the finest modern Sheherazade: I remember being umbilically […]
Timed to coincide with a trip to Dresden for Walküre with Nagano, here is yet more evidence of the gold that lies in that beautiful cty. The Dresden Philharmonic under Janowski provide a stunning set […]
Rothko Chapel SANSARA; Manchester Collective. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, 05.05.2024 Pärt Solfeggio (1963) Scelsi Latin Prayers: Ave Maria (1972) Isobel Waller-Bridge No, 9 (2024, World Premiere) Katherine Balch songs and inteludes (2024, World Permiere) […]
The Irish/British composer Robin Haigh is having a busy year with performances of all four of his major orchestral works. Jessica Cottis conducts Luck, his trumpet concerto for Matilda Lloyd and Britten Sinfonia on the […]
The recent Göttedämmung at the Royal Festival Hall was due to feature Brindley Sherratt as Hagen. It was not to be (although there was a luxury stand-in); in compensation, we have this remarkable disc for […]
Stéphane Fuguet & Les Épopées (Photo: Pascal Le Mée) In June 2024, harpsichordist, conductor and director, Stéphane Fuguet and his ensemble, Les Épopées are releasing their recording of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo on the Château de Versailles […]
