LSO/Simon Rattle – Stravinsky
The abundance of works for smaller forces makes Stravinsky’s output ideal for concerts that need
December 15, 2020
Steven Osborne and the Aurora play Mozart and Shostakovich
There was an odd sense of reversal of fortune at work in this chamber music
December 12, 2020
The Royal Ballet – Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker conducted by Koen Kessels – Laura Morera, Federico Bonelli, Anna Rose O’Sullivan & Claire Calvert
It has been a long time coming, but three cheers for The Royal Ballet for
December 12, 2020
CBSO, Alpesh Chauhan & Stephen Hough
The last of the City of Birmingham Symphony’s online concerts in 2020 saw former associate
December 10, 2020
CBSO Brass & Strings
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s online concerts continued with this unlikely yet, in the
December 3, 2020
CBSO Beethoven Septet
Although only now being relayed, this was actually the first event undertaken by the City
November 27, 2020
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Launy Grøndahl conducts Nielsen’s Maskarade [Danacord]
The clearly recorded broadcast of Maskarade wears its years very well indeed. Light in bass perhaps but there is the essential vocal clarity – necessary
December 9, 2020
Michael Finnissy Choral Music [Signum]
Given his reputation as a fearless radical, uncompromising in his pursuit of rethinking the language and structure of music, one does not readily associate Michael Finnissy (born
December 6, 2020
Sergei Babayan plays Rachmaninov [Deutsche Grammophon]
“What is music? How can one define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, a rustling of summer foliage. Music is the distant peal of
December 2, 2020
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Barry Douglas – Schubert Works for Solo Piano, Volume 5 – Sonatas D784 & D850 [Chandos]
Barry Douglas’s Chandos Schubert cycle is one of the unmitigated triumphs of recent years. I remember welcoming Volume III with a review that could have
November 30, 2020
Paavo Järvi conducts Tchaikovsky with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich [Alpha]
Back in 2012, towards the end of his Frankfurt RSO tenure, Paavo Järvi showed his broader Tchaikovsky hand with a particularly appealing account of the
November 29, 2020
Launy Grøndahl Legacy Volume 2 [Danacord]
It is an interesting coincidence that other well-known conductors who were also composers were so closely contemporary with Launy Grøndahl (1886-1960). Furtwängler was also born
November 29, 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