As rumours of Khatia Buniatishvili’s retirement circulate (while she is due to perform in London with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields), Sony has released this recording of Mozart Concertos, Nos. 20 & 23 (plus the […]
Released on September 6, NMC Recordings album of music by Imogen Holst also celebrates 35 years of this wonderful label, The BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers excel throughout under Alice Farnham. Dating from 1929, […]
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Queen Elizbeth HallReviewed 13 November 2024 The Brandenburg Concertos complete, vivid, vibrant and sometimes a little raw, the sheer energy, enthusiasm and technical nous really carrying […]
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Roxanna Panufnik, Gavin Bryars, Errollyn Wallen at the Ivors Classicxal Awards, BFI Southbank, London (Photo: Hogan Media – Shutterstock) On Tuesday 12 November, The Ivors Academy honoured eleven composers with Ivor Novello Awards at the […]
ELEVEN COMPOSERS HONOURED WITH IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS TONIGHT AT THE IVORS CLASSICAL AWARDS, INCLUDING ERROLLYN WALLEN, ROXANNA PANUFNIK AND GAVIN BRYARS #TheIvorsClassicalAwards Roxanna Panufnik, Gavin Bryars and Errollyn Wallen © Hogan Media / Shutterstock In a glittering, […]
Dancing Queen: Rameau meets ABBA; Asya Faeyeva, Lautten Compagney Berlin; Deustsche Harmonia MundiReviewed 12 November 2024 An unlikely marriage of saxophone, period instrument ensemble, Rameau and the songs of supergroup ABBA turns in gold in […]
Korabaroꓘ – Mamadou Dramé, Céline Scheen, Karim Baggili What do you get if you bring together a soprano, a guitarist who also plays the oud and a player of the African harp, a traditional instrument […]
Cozy though the next in our sequence of Christmas discs might all seem, the disc begins in timeless, profound fashion with three and a half minutes of plainchant, beautifully executed and in an appropriate church […]
Rossini: La cenerentola – Barefoot Opera, 2023 (Photo: Chris Parker) Tenor Anthony Flaum has just been announced as the new artistic director of Barefoot Opera, a charity based in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex […]
Katarzyna Kowalik Whilst the harpsichord has been used in contemporary music since the early 20th century, it still gives off the aura of a ‘period instrument’. Harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik wants to change that. Her new […]
