Pablo Casals conducts a gloriously old-fashioned 1971 performance of J. S. Bach’s concerto for three keyboards and orchestra, staged at the United Nations building in New York. The soloists are Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Eugene Istomin and […]
Cymbeline Click here to rent or subscribe Cymbeline’s plot is too complicated to tell in a few words which doesn’t really matter because it makes a sort of sense when you watch it. Shakespeare has […]
We’ve been given to understand that tonight’s Lebrecht Interview with the great violinist is the first programme-length conversation he has ever agreed to. We talk about many things – his boyhood bout of polio, the […]
Message received: January 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the bestselling solo piano album of all time: The Köln Concert, the iconic 1975 performance by Keith Jarrett at Köln Opera House. Famously, this late night […]
The soprano Lesley Garrett, 70 in April, has been contemplating retirement on the How To Be 60 podcast: ‘My husband says I’m only at my happiest when I’m singing. He says he worries about my […]
From the last Lebrecht Album of the Week for 2024: What’s the point in having a centenary if it doesn’t restore a reputation? A hundred years have passed since the German-Italian Busoni died in Berlin […]
Jiří Pánek, who died on December 19 aged 77, was an outstanding Czech violinist, happy to be leading great orchestras. But when the opera house in Pilsen ran into difficulties, someone had to grab hold […]
Good to see more Respighi to add to Classical Explorer‘s collection: we already have La Bella dormente, we recently covered the first video incarnaion of the opera (or is it an oratorio?) Maria Egiziaca, and […]
From the Times newspaper today: The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is teaming up with the city’s grime and hip-hop artists for workshops and a concert next year as it attempts to create a […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, This happens every year. Beginning of December, the principal bassoon asks where I’m gonna be for Christmas. At home, I say. Alone? he checks. When I nod he says, […]
