Contemporary - Classical Explorer

Interview with composer Xiaogang Ye

Ye's voice is brilliant, individual, his works perfectly crafted ...

The Magic of the Manchester Collective

From the first time I heard the Manchester Collective in 2018, I was enraptured. That was at Stoller Hall in Manchester, a concert memorably entitled 1001 Demons containing music by Xenakis, Harvey, Vessel, Reich, Gordon, Finnis and Elms. Here on Classical Explorer, we covered their EP Recreation, an article which

Contemporary

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the music of Francisco Coll

Kudos to Pentatone for daring to release this disc and to Kopatchinskaja and Gimeno for their indefatigable belief in Coll's music

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Pedal Power! Ecologically friendly commissioning from the London Sinfonietta

(Composer Laura Bowler, photo copyright Robin Clewey) Last week the London Sinfoinetta, a resident orchestra at London's Southbank Centre, announced a trailblazing commission from composer Laura Bowler, Houses Slide. The premiere will take place at the Royal Festival Hall on July 9. The production will be powered entirely by bicycles:

20th Century

Folksongs à la Berio; plus Berio meets the Beatles!

If you haven't heard the Berio Folksongs, now is the time ...

Contemporary

For Clarinet and Strings ...

The work of Metier Records and of instrumental groups such as the one here, Gemini, should be universally lauded. They keep the music of today alive ...

Contemporary

The World Was Once All Miracle: The Defiantly Eclectic World of Raymond Yiu

If you like music that is intriguing, entertaining, challenging, sophisticated and sometimes outrageous, you'll like this

Contemporary

The heady, complex and beautiful music of Thomas Adès

No-one is going to pretend the music of Thomas Adès is going to be easy. Like much of the best music, it reveals its secrets over time. I was very, very taken with his opera The Exterminating Angel (after the stunning 1962 surrealist film by Buñuel) while back in 2014