2013 Queen’s Medal for Music announced receiver
Operatic baritone and director Sir Thomas Allen CBE has been announced as the recipient of the 2013 Queen’s Medal for Music. Allen is the ninth overall winner of the award.…
New Year to begin UBS Soundscapes concert series, Yuja Wang’s piano concertos
[asa]B00EBJ624O[/asa] Gramophone Award-winning pianist Yuja Wang is the subject of a UBS Soundscapes: LSO Artist Portrait in 2014. She will perform three concertos – Beethoven’s Third, Prokofiev’s Second and Rachmainov’s Third…
Chat to Bamberg Symphony’s French horn player Christoph Ess
Why did you decide to become a musician? I decided to make music my career relatively late – at the age of 17 I would say. I had always wanted…
Chat to Bamberg Symphony’s French horn player Christoph Ess
Why did you decide to become a musician? I decided to make music my career relatively late – at the age of 17 I would say. I had always wanted…
The interview of Britten to America, James Jolly & Sir Mark Elder talked about Britten’s music
[asa]B00FQJHLX4[/asa] As his centenary year draws to a close, we can look back at some wonderful new recordings of Britten’s music: Philip Higham’s disc of the Cello Suites (Delphian), Oliver…
Rebecca Schmid interviews Soprano Barbara Hannigan
It started out as a birthday present. The soprano Barbara Hannigan, asked to sing at a surprise party for the writer and critic Paul Griffiths, moved toward bigger plans. When…
Pianist Maria João Pires joined Onyx Classics
The Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires has entered into an agreement with Onyx Classics and her first release will be of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 3 and 4 (with the Swedish…
Angela Gheorghiu’s Romanian Christmas Carols, new releases download on iTunes
Now, for this Christmas, Angela Gheorghiu has recorded 16 Romanian carols in new arrangements made especially for her, in which she vividly brings to life the authentic character and flavour of…
Angela Gheorghiu’s Romanian Christmas Carols, new releases download on iTunes
Now, for this Christmas, Angela Gheorghiu has recorded 16 Romanian carols in new arrangements made especially for her, in which she vividly brings to life the authentic character and flavour of…
Angela Gheorghiu’s Romanian Christmas Carols, new releases download on iTunes
Now, for this Christmas, Angela Gheorghiu has recorded 16 Romanian carols in new arrangements made especially for her, in which she vividly brings to life the authentic character and flavour of…