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A recorded performance from Bregenz in 2023 starring Saimir Pirgu, Franco Vassallo, Goran Juric, and Guanqun Yu, conducted by Enrique Mazzola
2024-03-07 16:26:45
Flood/Tarandek/Baumgartner/Simon(Bastille Musique, three CDs)Although best known for his completion of Turandot, Alfano is well worth exploring, as this set of songs revealsIn his lifetime, Franco Alfano (born in 1875), was a significant figure in Italian music, highly regarded for his operas, orchestral and chamber music and songs. Nowadays, however, he is remembered mainly for his completion of Turandot; a shortened version of the ending he provided for
2024-02-12 11:00:02
Born on this day in 1923 director and designer Franco Zeffirelli
2023-12-31 09:22:00
2023 in record reviews: 17th century Venice as a gay haven, Dichterliebe Reimagined, Elgar on viola, Ethel Smyth's first operatic success
[…] in London.With Dichterliebe Reimagined, Koen van Stade and Neal Peres Da Costa brought creative freedom and musical rhetoric to bear on an historically informed account of Schumann's song cycle. Viola player Timothy Ridout seduced in his transcription of Elgar's Cello Concerto. Ethel Smyth's first major success, Der Wald, finally received its premiere recording in a terrific account from John Andrews and BBC Symphony Orchestra, making us ask, why the wait? A disc of songs by Franco Alfano from Anna Pirozzi and Emma Abbate revealed a distinctive voice and richly rewarding sound-world.Jocelyn Freeman and friends created a compelling programme of Pushkin-related music Britten, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, whilst Peter Jablonski and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra explored Grażyna Bacewicz's piano concertos.Contemporary music included the stunning sound world of Russian-trained Estonian composer, Galina Grigorjeva's music for male-voice choir, Arne Nordheim's seductive The Tempest, Suite from the Ballet, and Jonathan Dove's intense In Exile. The […]