CBSO – LIVE at the Centre – A Toast to the Twenties: English Brass
This afternoon’s programme of English music for brass, second in the City of Birmingham Symphony’s
October 23, 2020
Roderick Williams directs the OAE at Royal Festival Hall – Telemann, Bach, Handel [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast]
This was certainly a programme of two halves, one sacred, the other profane, but both
October 20, 2020
Stephen Kovacevich at Wigmore Hall – Bach and Schubert
Few artists have had such a long association with Wigmore Hall as Stephen Kovacevich. He
October 17, 2020
CBSO – LIVE at the Centre
Few attending the CBSO’s concert on March 10th could have imagined waiting until October 16th
October 16, 2020
Igor Levit at Wigmore Hall – Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Almost four years ago to the day Igor Levit gave the self-same programme in this
September 16, 2020
The CBSO’s 100th Birthday Celebration
It was not the Centenary Concert intended, but the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra undoubtedly
September 5, 2020
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Doric Quartet records Haydn’s Opus 33 [Chandos]
The Doric Quartet takes an individual approach to shaping Haydn’s music. The players’ ability to express a phrase meaningfully and then progress to the next
October 24, 2020
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Heinz Holliger conducts Schubert 4 & 6 [Sony Classical]
It is always a pleasure to encounter Heinz Holliger’s refreshing approach to Schubert’s Symphonies. He performs these works in an unaffected way, respecting the tempo
October 17, 2020
Martyn Brabbins conducts Vaughan Williams’s Fifth Symphony
Much taken with this latest release in Martyn Brabbins’s Hyperion/BBCSO Vaughan Williams Symphony series I was conscious that it speaks with a quiet voice, unsensational
October 14, 2020
Paavo Järvi records Franz Schmidt’s Four Symphonies for Deutsche Grammophon
Paavo Järvi has emerged among the most assiduous recording artists of today, threatening to outdo his father in symphonic cycles (witness his Beethoven, Brahms, Nielsen,
October 12, 2020
The Classical Piano Concerto – Howard Shelley records Johann Baptist Cramer for Hyperion
This is a welcome continuation of Howard Shelley’s exploration of Cramer’s Piano Concertos. Shelley’s excellent recording of Nos.4 & 5 showed the composer at the
October 6, 2020
The Launy Grøndahl Legacy, Volume 1 [Danacord]
Several of these recordings by Launy Grøndahl – chief conductor of the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1925 to 1956 – have appeared on
October 2, 2020
COVID-19 Information & News | Last updated: April 20th, 2020
This article, begun April 2020, presents various updates from the Classical Music world. It contains details from organisations about how they are managing this crisis,
April 9, 2020
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
An appreciation of Mirella Freni (27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020)
Mirella Freni was an open-faced, wide-eyed soprano who exuded enormous charm, dignity and integrity throughout her long career, and who imbued most, if not all,
February 23, 2020
Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2019-20: James Robinson’s staging of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess [Showing on February 1]
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.
January 28, 2020
Feature CD review: Sir John Barbirolli conducts: Hallé in Richard Strauss and Dmitri Shostakovich at Manchester; Philharmonia in Antonín Dvořák, more Strauss, Igor Stravinsky & Jean Sibelius at Buenos Aires
Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung, Op.24 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D-minor, Op.47 Hallé Sir John Barbirolli BBC broadcast, Manchester [January 21, 1963] Click for Amazon
January 23, 2020