The death has been communicated of Pietro Spada, a highly regarded performer of classical masters who fell off the posterity rankings. His recordings of the…
View More An Italian pianist dies, at 87Месец: декември 2022
What Shostakovich sounds like at half speed
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … The eighth quartet opens at a sepulchral pace, so slow here that it could only be either…
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I had not heard of Reena Esmail before, not being a regular follower of the work of contemporary composers of music other than for the…
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Message from American soprano Rebecca Nelsen: Tonight, there were THREE people jumping in to the performance of La Bohème at the Vienna @volksoper! Mimi, Marcello,…
View More Vienna puts on Bohème with jump-ins in 3 top rolesFew classical names in New Year’s honours list
Today’s list is low on classical big hitters. There are CBEs (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for film composer George Fenton and…
View More Few classical names in New Year’s honours listAnna Netrebko: I’ve had a really good year
From the soprano’s instagram feed: “An end of year finds us reflecting, as always. And I have to tell that despite all the hurricanes which…
View More Anna Netrebko: I’ve had a really good year2022 in Concert reviews: Ethel Smyth, Vaughan Williams, Gavin Higgins, Julian Phillips, Robert Max
Ethel Smyth: Mass – Nardus Williams, Robert Murray, Sakari Oramo, Bethan Langford, Božidar Smiljanić, BBC Symphony Orchestra – BBC Proms (Photo BBC) 2022 was a…
View More 2022 in Concert reviews: Ethel Smyth, Vaughan Williams, Gavin Higgins, Julian Phillips, Robert MaxRuth Leon recommends… Manchester Collective: A Little Requiem – Wigmore Hall
Manchester Collective: A Little Requiem – Wigmore Hall Click here to watch Artists have always been obsessed by endings. Whether it’s nightfall, a broken…
View More Ruth Leon recommends… Manchester Collective: A Little Requiem – Wigmore HallLebrecht Weekly | Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber symphonies (SWR Music)
During gaps between COVID shutdowns, when small performances were possible, musicians turned with much ingenuity to chamber symphonies, a neglected genre midway between a Brahms…
View More Lebrecht Weekly | Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber symphonies (SWR Music)Meet Ashtray Annie, smoking hot pianist
Annie Fischer was the woman pianist that Martha liked best. The post Meet Ashtray Annie, smoking hot pianist appeared first on Slippedisc.
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