What a lovely idea, beautifully realised. “An evening at the Schumann’s: is very much Robert and Clara; or is that Clara and Robert? We start with Clara, the Andante molto, the first of the three […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: What’s this record doing on my deck? I have listened to Furtwängler’s own recordings of his overlong second symphony, and have heard it performed live by Daniel Barenboim […]
We hear that two string players in the BBC Philharmonic have been persuaded to take voluntary redundancy after complaining of noise related hearing damage. Both stepped down with reluctance. And neither job is to be […]