Messiaen: Saint François d’Assise – Philippe Sly – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Messiaen: Saint François d’Assise; Philippe Sly, Lauranne Oliva, Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, director: Romeo Castellucci, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Maxime Pascal; Salzburg […]
Bizet: Carmen – Asmik Grigorian – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Virginia Rota) Bizet: Carmen; Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Davide Luciano, director: Gabriela Carrizo, Utopia Orchestra, conductor: Teodor Currentzis; Salzburg Festival at the Grosses FestspielhausReviewed 8 […]
Respighi – Church Windows. Rossini – Stabat mater. Federica Lombardi – soprano; Chiara Amarù – mezzo; Dave Monaco – tenor; Nicola Ulivieri – bass; Epiphoni Consort; BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra; Nil Venditti – conductor. […]
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Michael Porter (Scaramuccio), Lukas Enoch Lemcke (Truffaldin), Ziyi Dai (Zerbinetta), Leon Košavić (Harlekin), Theodore Browne (Brighella) – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Thomas Aurin) Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Kate Lindsey, […]
Media announcement of interest below. A heads up that Sunday’s post will be a review of tonight’s (Friday’s) Prom. Leeds Song has announced its 2026–27 concert season, bringing together some of Britain’s most distinguished artists […]
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte – Lea Desandre, Victoria Karkacheva, Elsa Dreisig, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Andrè Schuen, Bogdan Volkov – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; Elsa Dreisig, Victoria Karkacheva, Bogdan Volkov, Andrè […]
Music which sits on the edge of sound: Sinuoso Tiempo (2019-21) is a cycle for string quartet by Javier Quislant (born 1964), performed here by members of Klangforum Wien: Annette Bok and Guido Jäch-Micko, violins, […]
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Tara Erraught, Cecilia Bartoli – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims; Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotti, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Dmitry Korchak, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, […]
Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried, Julius Patzak, Alexander Kipnis – what an exalted line-up! As it was for Fritz Busch’s performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in 1934 (oratorio excerpts bookend the release). This is a celebration […]
All four concertos here are World Premiere recordings. Christoph Nichelmann (1717-62) was at the Thomasschule in Leipzig; his life took hm to Berlin via Hamburg (the hub which held Telemann and the theorist Johann Matheson). […]
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