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2024-05-11 15:40:00
The journey continues: Dresden's historically informed Ring returns with a revelatory Die Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre - Åsa Jäger, Simon Bailey - Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Photo: Oliver Killig)Wagner: Die Walküre; Maximilian Schmitt, Sarah Wegener, Tobias Kehr, Simon Bailey, Åsa Jäger, Claude Eichenberger, Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln, Kent Nagano; Dresdner Musikfestspiele at the Kulturpalast, DresdenReviewed 9 May 2024One of those evenings about which you can say 'I was there'. Revelations and riveting drama as the Dresden Music Festival unfolded the next installment of its historically informed Ring CycleCreating a Ring Cycle is a journey, few can come to the cycle with their thoughts and ideas perfectly formed. For the Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Dresden Music Festival) this is even more so. Not only is their Ring Cycle, which opened last year with Das Rheingold [see my review] and is planned to unfold annually, their biggest project to date, but it is taking an historically informed approach. So, for many of those involved, period instrument specialists whose […]
2024-05-10 00:00:00
Some BBC Broadcast Concert Recordings [Part One]
Darius Milhaud:01 - 03 Érik Satie (arr. D Milhaud): Jack in the Box [6'46]04 - 07 Musique pour l'Indiana, op.418 [24'10]08 - 11 Symphony No.10, op.382 [23'12]12 L'homme et son desir. Ballet music, op.48 * [19'18]Marion Dodd- soprano, Yvonne Newman- mezzo, David Barrett- tenor, Anthony Holt- baritone *; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Darius MilhaudBBC Radio Classics 15656 91512 [recorded September 1969 and September 1970; issued 1996][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London.Recording engineers: not given; Producer: John Douglas Dodd.As mentioned in earlier posts, there are a lot of CD issues from the 1990s and early 2000s that I have ripped but without any artwork. Most of this post is from that collection, now supported by artwork sourced from the internet (archive.org and others).Alan Rawsthorne and Robert Simpson:01 - 04 Alan Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No.2 [28'36]05 - 07 Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Two Pianos […]
2024-04-29 03:30:00
Fauré: Complete Music for Solo Piano (CD Review)
[…] C Sharp minor, Op. 74; Pièces brèves (8), Op. 84; Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor, Op. 90; Impromptu No. 4 in D flat major, Op. 91; Barcarolle No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 96; Nocturne No. 9 in B minor, Op. 97; (CD4) Nocturne No. 10 in E minor, Op. 99; Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101; Impromptu No. 5 in F Sharp minor, Op. 102; Préludes (9), Op. 103; 2 Pieces, Op. 104 – I. Nocturne No. 11 in F-Sharp Minor, II. Barcarolle No. 10 in A Minor; Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor Op. 105; Barcarolle No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 106; Nocturne No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107; Barcarolle No. 13 in C major, Op. 116; Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119. Lucas Debargue, piano. Sony Classical 19658849882 4 The French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) is one of those composers who, although relatively well known to most classical music lovers, nevertheless seems to […]
2024-04-27 12:00:00
American composer Elliott Sharp's new opera, 'Die Grösste Fuge' is to receive its first USA performance in English
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