Could this be LA Phil’s saviour?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Four months ago, I wrote about one of the least satisfying Shostakovich records I have ever heard, a performance where the conductor, a hyped young Finn, skied across […]
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Italian opera chief, RIP
The death has been announced of Luciano Alberti, former artistic director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and of the Teatro Comunale in Florence. He was 94. He was also Professor of History of Music at […]
The idea of Greece: Robin Tritschler and Jonathan Ware in a wide-ranging recital from Schubert, Loewe & Wolf to Shostakovich, Dvorak, Berkeley & Ravel
Photo: Antonio Beato, 19th centuryBrooklyn Museum Greek Songs: Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Conradin Kreutzer, Ludwig Berger, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Lennox Berkeley, Ravel: Robin Tritschler, Jonathan Ware; Wigmore HallReviewed 8 January 2025 Composers different ideas of Greece from […]
The LSO’s three B’s: Boulez, Benjamin, Brahms
Pierre Boulez – Éclat George Benjamin – Interludes and Aria from ‘Lessons in Love and Violence’ (World Premiere) Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Boulez 100, Rattle 70: both nice and […]
Compare and contrast: Oistrakh, or Milstein?
Two of the most captivating violinists that ever drew bow across strings play the Beethoven concerto with the same conductor, the phlegmatic Sir Adrian Boult. Comparison does not get closer. The post Compare and contrast: […]
Time for three in Brahms
Newly uploaded, a fabulous account of the first piano trio by Janine Jansen and friends. The post Time for three in Brahms appeared first on Slippedisc.
Composer: I coulda been a flamenco dancer
The Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is the latest guest on David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly. David, who is principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, sticks to musicians he knows well. His orchestra is about to play […]
Continuo Foundation opens applications for funding for round 9!
Handel: Messiah – Manchester Baroque at Manchester Cathedral in December 2024 (Photo: Tom Bowles) Continuo Foundation is inviting applications for funding early music concerts, tours and other projects taking place between May and October 2025, […]
precept.concept.percept XII – open call for composers and performers for residency run by Slovenian .abeceda [new music ensemble]
There is an open call for composers and performers for a residency programme for 2025. The precept.concept.percept residency focuses on a collaborative creative process where performers and composers work closely together to prepare for a performance at […]
A maestro flies his orchestra to work
Daniel Harding, a part-time Air France pilot, flew the Santa Cecilia orchstra from Rome to Paris, pausing to take a New York Times crew on board – just for the record. In the cabin, the […]
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