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2024-03-12 07:33:00
Upheaval: cellist Janne Fredens & pianist Søren Rastogi in music by four women composers from the years 1911 to 1918
Upheaval: Henriëtte Bosmans, Dora Pejačević, Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger; Janne Fredens, Søren Rastogi; OUR RecordingsReviewed 4 March 2024Four women from three countries with music for cello and piano spanning the years 1911 to 1918 in an imaginative and passionate recital from a Danish husband and wife duoThe four cello works featured on this disc are all major works by women, and written during the period 1911 to 1918. The disc's title Upheaval thus refers both to the women challenging the musical conventions of the day and to the general upheaval happing in Europe at the time. Released on the OUR Recordings label it features the husband and wife duo Janne Fredens (cello) and Søren Rastogi (piano).One of Holland's greatest pianists, Henriëtte Bosmans career was disrupted by the Nazi occupation and never quite got back on track. Her relatively early Sonata for Cello and piano is a large-scale serious work, a sweeping opening […]
2024-03-06 09:14:00
Ian Venables' intense settings of John Clare at the centre of the Dante Quartet's Conway Hall concert alongside Gurney and Elgar
[…] reviewMusic that is vividly alive & vibrant, yet requires concentration & dedication to listen to: Anselm McDonnell's Kraina - record reviewBeauty and meaning: Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo with Louise Alder in the title role - record reviewIntense and disturbing, a story without any redemption: Stephen McNeff's new opera A Star Next to the Moon based on Juan Rulfo's novel Pedro Páramo - opera reviewBeyond coloratura: Strong performances and a serious approach in Chelsea Opera Group's account of Léo Delibes' Lakmé - opera reviewMarking the centenary of Puccini's death: Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria - concert reviewHome
2024-03-05 07:39:00
Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments - London Handel Players
[…] reviewMusic that is vividly alive & vibrant, yet requires concentration & dedication to listen to: Anselm McDonnell's Kraina - record reviewBeauty and meaning: Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo with Louise Alder in the title role - record reviewIntense and disturbing, a story without any redemption: Stephen McNeff's new opera A Star Next to the Moon based on Juan Rulfo's novel Pedro Páramo - opera reviewBeyond coloratura: Strong performances and a serious approach in Chelsea Opera Group's account of Léo Delibes' Lakmé - opera reviewMarking the centenary of Puccini's death: Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria - concert reviewThe Lady of Satis House: composer Jacques Cohen talks about finally bringing his 2012 Charles Dickens-inspired monodrama to disc - interviewHome
2024-03-04 07:33:00
Musical strengths, visual confusion & two Rakes: English Touring Opera's new production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
[…] reviewMusic that is vividly alive & vibrant, yet requires concentration & dedication to listen to: Anselm McDonnell's Kraina - record reviewBeauty and meaning: Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo with Louise Alder in the title role - record reviewIntense and disturbing, a story without any redemption: Stephen McNeff's new opera A Star Next to the Moon based on Juan Rulfo's novel Pedro Páramo - opera reviewBeyond coloratura: Strong performances and a serious approach in Chelsea Opera Group's account of Léo Delibes' Lakmé - opera reviewMarking the centenary of Puccini's death: Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria - concert reviewThe Lady of Satis House: composer Jacques Cohen talks about finally bringing his 2012 Charles Dickens-inspired monodrama to disc - interviewVivid intensity & profound expressivity: Vox Luminis explores the world of the 17th century Italian Stabat Mater at Wigmore Hall - concert reviewHome
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