Beethoven, Debussy Francesco Piemotesi (piano). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 11.05.2024 Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 21 in C, Op. 54, ‘Waldstein’; No. 30 in E, Op. 109 Debussy Préludes, Book II, L 131 The title […]
Jess Gillam, Tom Fetherstonhaugh & Fantasia Orchestra in rehearsal (Photo: Fantasia Orchestra) Tom Fetherstonhaugh and Fantasia Orchestra are having quite a Summer with debuts at the BBC Proms, Northern Aldborough Festival and Ryedale Festival, along […]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 – Klaus Mäkelä, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Dresdner Musikfestspiele at the Kulturpalast (Photo: Stephan Floss) Bruckner: Symphony No. 5; Klaus Mäkelä, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Dresdner Musikfestspiele at the Kulturpalast, DresdenReviewed 10 […]
Elisabetta Brusa Elisabetta Brusa taught composition at the Milan Conservatoire for 39 years. Her latest choral album – Requiem and Stabat Mater – is now available on Naxos. She has established the Brusa Foundation Award […]
This is, in many ways, a fascinating disc. The interest here lies in the couplings: a carefully-judged mix of the super-familiar with the rare. The Concerto, No. 1, has been covered here on Classical Explorer […]
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Wagner: Die Walküre – Åsa Jäger, Simon Bailey – Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Photo: Oliver Killig) Wagner: Die Walküre; Maximilian Schmitt, Sarah Wegener, Tobias Kehr, Simon Bailey, Åsa Jäger, Claude Eichenberger, Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln, Kent […]
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 […]
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 […]
