Tchaikovsky’s Fourth & Sixth Symphonies and Violin Concerto – Erich Kleiber, Ruggiero Ricci, Malcolm Sargent [Eloquence]
This Fourth Symphony of Tchaikovsky first appeared on a five-disc 78rpm set in 1949, but
July 12, 2021
The Launy Grøndahl Legacy Volume 3 – live in 1955 & 1957 [Danacord]
Launy Grøndahl is here presented as a notable champion of the music of his compatriots.
July 12, 2021
Prokofiev: The Decca Masters – Nikolai Malko, Eric Tuxen, Adrian Boult, Jean Martinon [Eloquence]
It seems reasonable that Peter and the Wolf should be narrated by a BBC announcer,
July 12, 2021
Anatole Fistoulari conducts Tchaikovsky’s Seranade and Ballet Music [Eloquence]
Half a century and more ago Anatole Fistoulari’s (1907-95) name appered on many a recording
July 12, 2021
Sturm Und Drang Volume 1 – The Mozartists|Ian Page [Signum Classics]
The final scene from Gluck’s Don Juan is an orchestral portrayal of the Don being
July 12, 2021
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam play Nos. 1, 4 & 6 of Haydn’s Opus 20 String Quartets [Resonus]
Here is the conclusion of Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s two-disc presentation of Haydn’s Opus 20 String
July 12, 2021
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Bampton Classical Opera – Gluck’s Paris and Helen
Paris and Helen (Paride ed Elena, 1770) was the third of the ‘Reform’ operas by Gluck and his librettist Raniero da Calzabigi (after Orfeo and
July 23, 2021
Matthew Taylor’s Sixth Symphony
Things may be in the process of changing, but the past months has seen any number of online events – with this concert of British
July 19, 2021
Buxton International Festival – Handel’s Acis and Galatea
It would be too obvious a ploy to locate Handel’s Arcadian masque Acis and Galatea in any significant way in Buxton itself, at the heart
July 12, 2021
Buxton International Festival – Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon
Pauline Viardot’s version of the Cinderella story (1904) is better described as a salon or drawing room opera, since it lasts for only a little
July 12, 2021
Buxton International Festival – Malcolm Arnold’s The Dancing Master
How times change! Malcolm Arnold’s opera, The Dancing Master, was intended for broadcast on BBC television in 1952 but was dropped because its adaptation of
July 9, 2021
Longborough Festival Opera – Mozart’s Così fan tutte
Transliterated as ‘Women are Human’ in this wonderfully witty and idiomatic translation by Amanda Holden, Sam Brown’s brilliant new production of Così fan tutte might
July 1, 2021
Feature LP Review – Tchaikovsky|Fischer|Kreizberg; Nopigom|Hwang; Tchaikovsky|Leningrad|Mravinsky
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D, Op.35; Sérénade mélancolique, Op.26; Valse-Scherzo, Op.34; Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.42* Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
July 5, 2021
Feature LP Review – Beethoven|Cello Sonatas|Mainardi|Zecchi; Milstein Recital|Bussotti; Leonard-Morgan|American Dharma
Beethoven – The Cello Sonatas; Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe’ from Die Zauberflöte, WoO.46 Enrico Mainardi (cello) & Carlo Zecchi (piano) Recorded at
July 5, 2021
Feature LP Review – van der Aa|Time Falling; Massenet|Birmingham|Fremaux; Biber|Rosenkranz-Sonaten
Michel van der Aa – Time Falling Kate-Miller Heidke (singer), Netherlands Chamber Choir, Michel van der Aa & Thijs de Vlieger Recorded at Exalto Studios,
July 5, 2021
Feature LP Review – Oistrakh|Brahms|Klemperer; Brahms|Szell; Strauss|Szell
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 David Oistrakh (violin), Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Français, Otto Klemperer Recorded at the Salle Wagram, Paris, 17-19th
July 5, 2021
Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2019-20: François Girard’s production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series.
March 9, 2020
Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2019-20: David McVicar’s production of George Frideric Handel’s Agrippina [showing on February 29]
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series.
February 24, 2020