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Orchestra of the Swan: Earthcycle, and Echoes preview

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Orchestra of the Swan: Earthcycle, and Echoes preview

Earthcycle. Orchestra of the Swan / David Le Page (violin) with Jackie Oates (folk singer). Stratford Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon, 07.02.2023 Trad., arr. Le Page The Birds in Spring David Gordon Windigo Vivaldi (arr. Gordon) La Primavera (Spring), RV 269 Trad., arr. Le Page The Lark in the Morning

Celibidache in Sibelius and Stravinsky

Celibidache in Sibelius and Stravinsky

Sergiou Celibidache (1912-96) is the greatest conductor you maybe haven’t heard of

Music for archlute, guitar and harpsichord

Music for archlute, guitar and harpsichord

A lovely disc, beautifully recorded in Palermo, in February 2021. The rewards are many and varied ...

Paavo Järvi conducts John Adams

Paavo Järvi conducts John Adams

It is becoming increasingly evident that everything Paavo Järvi touches turns to sonic gold

The Chiaroscuro Quartet triumphs in Mozart's Prussian Quartets

The Chiaroscuro Quartet triumphs in Mozart's Prussian Quartets

There appears to be absolutely nothing negative to say about this disc from any angle

Monteverdi's “Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria” from Les Epopées triumphs

Monteverdi's “Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria” from Les Epopées triumphs

Taking its name from ancient poetic sagas, the group Les Epopées (literally, “The Epics”) is a group that celebrates the daring in performance be it in the massive variety of delivery in recitative (Fuget writes a whole essay on this subject in the booklet) or the ornamentation of the score.

The Beginning and the End: Mozart from Il Pomo d'Oro

The Beginning and the End: Mozart from Il Pomo d'Oro

The most auspicious beginning ever, surely, for a Mozart symphony cycle

Fuoco Sacro: A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song

Fuoco Sacro: A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song

A magnificent film. It is so much more than a documentary - and it really does repay repeated viewings

A Tale of Two Järvis (2): Paavo Järvi conducts Bruckner's Seventh

A Tale of Two Järvis (2): Paavo Järvi conducts Bruckner's Seventh

Paavo Järvi - clearly now a lean, mean Bruckner machine - offers a Bruckner Seventh to treasure

A Tale of Two Järvis (1): Neeme Järvi in Concert

A Tale of Two Järvis (1): Neeme Järvi in Concert

Revelations galore; and a chance to apprciate some little-known music by Wagner and Reger in superb performances

Schütz' beautiful Dafne

Schütz' beautiful Dafne

A stunning act of creative historial musicology, caught in a committed performance and fine recording

Emile Naoumoff plays Schumann

Emile Naoumoff plays Schumann

An amazing disc , one for pianophiles - and lovers of Schumann - the World over

Ethel Smyth and Delius String Quartets

Ethel Smyth and Delius String Quartets

What a great discovery this disc is - It is the Smyth that lingers most in the memory

Anna Fedorova plays Rachmaninov

Anna Fedorova plays Rachmaninov

This is highly significant, intelligent Rachmaninov playing from Fedorova, a pianist who is clearly a major, major talent

Beethoven for Three (2): Pastoral & Op. 1/3

Beethoven for Three (2): Pastoral & Op. 1/3

The performances are pretty much beyond criticism. Fascinating for the “Pastoral”; but the C-Minor Trio is a corker of a performance!

Repost: A Christmas Concert with Helen Donath

Repost: A Christmas Concert with Helen Donath

This is a lovely, heart-warming Christmas disc

Mozart's Magic Flute at Covent Garden

Mozart Die Zauberflöte. Cast; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maxin Emelyanychev. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.12 2022 Production: Director – David McVicar Revival Director – Angelo Smimmo Designer – John MacFarlane Lighting - Paul Constable Movement Director – Leah Hausman Cast: Tamino – Filipe Manu Pamina – Anna Prohaska First Lady – Alexandra

Christmas Concerts from the SWR Vocal Ensemble

Christmas Concerts from the SWR Vocal Ensemble

This is a truly heart-warming two hours' worth of Christmas music

It's Christmas Eve: what better than Rimsky's opera?

It's Christmas Eve: what better than Rimsky's opera?

What better for Chostmas Eve? Plus an Elvis joke ...

Handel's Amadigi di Gaula with a star-studded cast

Handel's Amadigi di Gaula with a star-studded cast

Faultlessly cast, this release will bring you just that little bit closer to Heaven. Remarkable!

Hans Pfitzner in Christmassy mood: Das Christ-Elflein

Hans Pfitzner in Christmassy mood: Das Christ-Elflein

Pfitzner's writing is as warm as Lebkuchen, and just as satisfyingly delicious ...also, INCLUDES BONUS!

A Maestro Conducts: Rafael Kubelík and the New Philharmonia Orchestra

A Maestro Conducts: Rafael Kubelík and the New Philharmonia Orchestra

A fabulous reminder of a great conductor

Pasture & Storm: the music of Sadie Harrison

Pasture & Storm: the music of Sadie Harrison

A vitally important disc, full of humanity and compassion while remaining uncompromising in its musical delivery

Oliver Mears' Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House

Oliver Mears' Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House

Verdi's Rigoletto was premiered at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on March 11, 1851. Written to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, itself based on Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (wherein Rigoletto was called Triboulet); it is set in Mantua in the 1500s.

News Item: The Anthology of Recorded Music releases Partch: The Bewitched

News Item: The Anthology of Recorded Music releases Partch: The Bewitched

The Anthology of Recorded Musi Releases The Bewitched A Digital Re-Release of Harry Partch’s The Bewitched (1955) with New Artwork and Liner Notes, Paired with a Newly Commissioned Composition, Block (2022), by Taylor Brook On New World Records “an exuberant score on its own abstract terms” – Los Angeles