Paul McCreesh led 300 musicians in a recording of Britten’s War Requiem in January, He and his Gabrieli Consort & Players took to theWatford Colosseum to record in honour of the composer’s centenary…
Igor Stravinsky is a Russian/international composer who began two of the major strains of contemporary music. The Rite of Spring is one of the great works of the 20th century. “Mild protests…
A new biography of Benjamin Britten has suggested that tertiary syphilis may have contributed to his death. The British composer died in 1976 of aortic incompetence – a condition in…
CD 1: Bach: Six Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1, 2 & 6 CD 2: Bach: Six Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 3, 4 & 5 CD 3: Mischa Maisky…
Int. Release 01 Feb. 2013 An Oustanding Schubert Interpreter Brings Together Two Contrasting Masterworks
Recording Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim—- Alisa Weilerstein talks: He has such a deep knowledge of string playing that he was able to go into very detailed things like…
Mozart’s Symphonies 39, 40 and 41, formed the programme for Simon Rattle’s concert with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, wiith this Rattle fever in the air, a Festival Hall concert that on paper…