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2021-08-19 06:39:36
Technicolour dreams: Anita Rachvelishvili's Élégie on Sony Classical
Élégie - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Otar Taktakishvili, Tosti, Duparc, Falla; Anita Rachvelishvili, Vincenzo Scalera; Sony Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 August 2021 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) The Georgian mezzo-soprano brings rich tones and a full-blooded approach to a programme of Russian, Georgian, Italian, French and Spanish song, yet one not without subtlety too.The Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili is known for her dramatic roles in Italian opera (her appearances at Covent Garden have included Azucena in Verdi's Il trovatore, Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana as well as the title role in Bizet's Carmen), but there is another side to her as well which enjoys the possibilities offered by the more intimate song repertoire.For Élégie on Sony Classical, Anita Rachvelishvili is joined by pianist Vincenzo Scalera for a programme of Russian, Georgian, Italian, French and Spanish song with works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Otar Taktakishvili, Tosti, Duparc and Falla. […]
2021-07-20 08:59:40
Young contemporary composers to late Haydn: London Oriana Choir at Opera Holland Park
Interior of Eistenstadt Cathedral where Haydn's Mass in D was premiered(photo Rudolf Strutz) Redford, Daley, Curry, Mack, Disley-Simpson, David, Haydn; Sian Dicker, Hannah Bennett, Guy Withers, Alex Jones, London Oriana Choir, City of London Sinfonia, Dominic Ellis-Peckham; Opera Holland Park Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 19 July 2021 A welcome chance to hear large-scale choral music again in an imaginative programme which mixed works from the choir's five15 commissioning programme with Haydn's great mass in the time of distressThis year, a sort of fringe festival has grown up around the main festival at Opera Holland Park. James Clutton, the company's director, has been taking advantage of the nights when the theatre is dark to offer the space to other performers, providing performance opportunities at a time when badly needed. So, British Youth Opera will be performing its season there, there is a song recital series next week, […]
2021-07-16 11:23:32
Landscapes, Song Cycles and Folk Songs: the songs of Alun Hoddinott
Alun Hoddinott Landscapes, The Silver Hound, Towy Landscape, folk-songs; Claire Booth, Nicky Spence, Jeremy Huw Williams, Andrew Matthews-Owen, Michael Pollock; Naxos Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 16 July 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The complete songs for high voice and piano by the great 20th century Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott, an enterprising and stimulating surveyAlun Hoddinott was a major part of Welsh musical life during the second half of the 20th century, writing 10 symphonies, six operas plus chamber music, large-scale choral works, 20 major concertante works and more. Song-writing does not seem to have played quite such a major role in his compositional career, and a disc from Claire Booth (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano) and Michael Pollock (piano) on Naxos brings together all of Hoddinott's songs for high voice and piano as well as his last vocal work of […]
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