Is ‘light’ or ‘serious’ music? Can we find a definite answer?
How do we define what is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ within music and where, for example, is the divide between so-called ‘light’ and ‘serious’ music? Debussy and Ravel are two composers who…
English conductor and the president of London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis dies
[asa]B008I1572E[/asa] In a statement, the LSO said, “Sir Colin Davis, president of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), has died at the age of 85.” Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 –…
English conductor and the president of London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis dies
[asa]B008I1572E[/asa] In a statement, the LSO said, “Sir Colin Davis, president of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), has died at the age of 85.” Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 –…
Marc-André Hamelin plays Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11 on Hyperion
Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin has made recordings of a wide variety of composers with the Hyperion label. This release is the fruit of a partnership with the award-winning Canadian chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy and…
Marc-André Hamelin plays Haydn, Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11 on Hyperion
Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin has made recordings of a wide variety of composers with the Hyperion label. This release is the fruit of a partnership with the award-winning Canadian chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy and…
The Presto Classical is offering discounts of up to 25% on all the winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013
The BBC Music Magazine Awards are voted for by readers of the magazine and website, twenty-one recordings in seven categories were selected by an expert jury for public online voting. This year the Awards attracted over…
The Presto Classical is offering discounts of up to 25% on all the winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013
The BBC Music Magazine Awards are voted for by readers of the magazine and website, twenty-one recordings in seven categories were selected by an expert jury for public online voting. This year the Awards attracted over…
Edda Moser and Electrola, Oper & Lied 10 CD box-set
Electrola was a record label founded in Berlin in 1925 by the Gramophone Company. In March 1931 Electrola, along with its parent label and Carl Lindström Company parent Columbia Graphophone Company, merged to form the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI). Edda Moser (born 27…
Edda Moser and Electrola, Oper & Lied 10 CD box-set
Electrola was a record label founded in Berlin in 1925 by the Gramophone Company. In March 1931 Electrola, along with its parent label and Carl Lindström Company parent Columbia Graphophone Company, merged to form the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI). Edda Moser (born 27…
Rudolf Schock on EMI new release 10 CD box-set, Original Opera Highlights
Rudolf Johann Schock (September 4, 1915 – November 13, 1986) was a German tenor. His voice is described as a “lyric tenor” with a warm flexible voice, and a “strong top voice” which suited…