French virtuoso violinist René Benedetti was born in Toulon in 1901; the family moved to Paris when René’ father opened a music shop in Montmartre. Benedetti was something of a prodigy: he had lessons at […]
Ravel celebrations continue with this lovely disc from Stanisław Skrowaczewski’s Minnesota years, original 1974 analogue Vox recordings. newly remastered from the original tapes. The best compliment I can give the remastering (Andrew Walton) is that […]
Here’s the Friday review by our resident critic Alastair Macaulay: by Alastair Macaulay On Wednesday 11 at the Festival Hall, the Philharmonia Orchestra presented a quadruple bill that should have been all Rs: its resident […]