Maria Callas’s greatest influence on new soprano star
[asa]B005IQXUZI[/asa] In just a few short years, Lucy Crowe has become one of the most in-demand Handelian sopranos of her generation. But long before she made a name for herself…
New record label Peters Sounds being launched
Now Publisher Edition Peters launches own record label. The music publisher Edition Peters, which can trace its history back to 1800, is launching a new record label called Edition Peters Sounds.…
New record label Peters Sounds being launched
Now Publisher Edition Peters launches own record label. The music publisher Edition Peters, which can trace its history back to 1800, is launching a new record label called Edition Peters Sounds.…
‘the world’s fastest pianist’—Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk has been making waves since his Japanese debut at the Tokyo Red Bull Music Academy on 12 November, where he played an ultra-fast three-hour composition from memory. His…
Gramophone’s Top 10 British choral works
From Byrd to Tippett, with recommended recordings of each work No 1 Byrd Masses The Tallis Scholars / Peter Philips (Gimmell) ‘The sort of musical bliss which should never stop’…
Corrado Rovaris Conducts Spontini
[asa]B00MHIK04O[/asa] SPONTINI La Fuga in Maschera was rediscovered only in 2007 and it was first performed again (and filmed) in Iesi’s Teatro GB Pergolesi in 2012, over two centuries after…
Comet 67P sounds an awful lot like harpsichord masterpiece
Comet 67P, currently the home of the European space probe Philae. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, to give it its full name, is a rubber duck-shaped celestial body more than four billion years old.…
Classical music is very stuffy to back on, said Horner
Titanic composer James Horner, who has more than 100 scores to his name and won two Oscars for his best-selling Titanic score – has been telling Classic FM about the moment he turned his…
The English National Opera woes ‘challenging funding situation’
There was much excitement around the proposed staging of Monteverdi ‘s Orfeo , scheduled for next April. The opera would have been ENO’s first production outside of London for 15 years.…
The English National Opera woes ‘challenging funding situation’
There was much excitement around the proposed staging of Monteverdi ‘s Orfeo , scheduled for next April. The opera would have been ENO’s first production outside of London for 15 years.…