Sergei Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin (Photo supplied by BFI) Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary 1925 silent film, Battleship Potemkin is widely considered a masterpiece in early cinema. It was inspired by the failed 1905 Russian Revolution and its iconic […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Month It may be a bit early in springtime to be nominating an Album of the Year, but I’ll be very surprised if any release in the next […]
The prolific German composer Wolgang Rihm died today in Ettlingen after an illness, his family announced. He was 72. His output included eight operas, at least two dozen works for orchestra and 13 string quartets. […]