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Britten Sinfonia da Requiem in a remarkable performance from Birmingham
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Britten Sinfonia da Requiem in a remarkable performance from Birmingham

The Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has already made huge waves in the record industry, what with her Weinberg DG recording receiving the coveted Gramophone "Record of the Year" Award, 2020. She signed an exclusive Deutsche Grammofon contract in 2019 (another coveted honour). Gražinytė-Tyla is at the head of the City

Colin Clarke Oct 29, 2020 • 3 min read
Britten's Violin Concerto
Violin

Britten's Violin Concerto

Britten's operas - rightly - receive a huge amount of attention, and one should perhaps mention that the recent Peter Grimes on Chandos is remarkable as well as acknowledging with sadness the passing of that recording's astonishing Ellen Orford, the wonderful  Erin Wall. Britten's concertos, though, have been sidelined. I

Colin Clarke Oct 11, 2020 • 2 min read
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