ANTONI WIT’s recording of Naxos Classics
Polish conductor Antoni Wit, early studied conducting with Henryk Czyz at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and continued his musical studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. After completing his studies he…
In Opera Awards 2013 Shortlist, Joyce DiDonato’s Drama Queens
Joyce DiDonato is 2012 Grammy® Award winner and the winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Award. The impact achieved by Joyce DiDonato for an electrifying program of royal arias the 17th and 18th centuries,…
Freidrich Gulda’s miracle Mozart Tapes
Gulda’s tone and interpretation is exceptionally unique, his playing is virtuosic which is something that may come as a surprise to anyone familiar or not with these sonatas , Gulda achieved here…
Chandos artist Barry Douglas’ series of solo piano work of Johannes Brahms
As an exclusive Chandos artist., since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, Barry Douglas has established a major international career and built a big…
On telling the story of Anne Frank in music, Annelies, Composed by James Whitbourn
We wanted to point to the fact that Anne Frank’s story and the events of the holocaust are not just the story of an individual or indeed of a race…
Moving beyond subjectivity—John Tavener’s music
Whatever you think about works such as the tragically popular (in the sense of its baleful use at the most famous royal funeral of recent memory) Song for Athene, or his…
Opera Award in 2013 shortlist is coming for finalists announced
The awards are the brainchild of Harry Hyman, and aim to bring opera’s biggest stars to a more wider audience all over the world, as well as supporting aspiring talent…
Marquis Classics: Homage to the Old Master-Sonatas for Keyboard, Anya Alexeyev plays Carlos Seixas.
Carlos Seixas (1704 – 1742) was an eminent Portuguese composer. He succeeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, From then he dazzled listeners with brilliant keyboard skills, and his creative…
BBC Music Magazine Award 2013 in the Orchestral category: EMI Classics’ Bruckner- Symphony No 9 – Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with reconstructed 4th movement in an exciting new record scored at Carnegie Hall on February 24, 2012, featured by Samale/Mazzuca/Phillips/Cohrs (SMPC), has been nominated for…
Charles Gounod and his Faust
French composer Charles Gounod known for his Ave Maria (based on a work by Bach) as well as his operas Faust (derived from Goethe) and Roméo et Juliette (based on the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet). The Faust remains the composition for which he is best…