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Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski/Kožená/ Bonitatibus/Morley/DeShong(Pentatone)Keeping the emotion foremost while relishing the shape of the music, Kožená has great support from Erin Morley and Elizabeth DeShongThere are relatively few recordings of Alcina out there, even though
2023-12-01 10:37:00
Monteverdi's first opera, the historically informed Ring Cycle continues, Bruckner's 200th birthday, composer Sven Helbig live - Dresden's 47th music festival
Wagner: Das Rheingold - Derek Welton, Kent Nagano, Mauro Peter, Daniel Schmutzhard, Concerto Köln & Dresdner Festspielorchester - Dresden Music Festival 2023The 47th Dresden Music Festival runs from 9 May to 9 June 2024 under the title Horizons, presenting 60 events in 21 venues in and around Dresden. Things kick off in fine style with a concert performance of Wagner's Die Walküre with Kent Nagano conducting the combined forces of two period instrument ensembles, the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln, a continuation of the festival's exploration of an historically informed Ring Cycle that began last year with Des Rheingold [see my review]. Further historically informed performances include soprano Janine de Bique and Concerto Köln in arias by Handel, Graun, Broschi, Telemann and Vinci, Haydn's The Seasons with Jordi Savall and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations, Mark Minkowski and the Dresdner Festspielorchester in Wagner, Mendelssohn and excerpts from Offenbach's rare grand opera Die Rheinnixen. The ensemble lautten […]
2023-09-22 08:44:00
Drawing us into Handel's magical world: Amadigi di Gaula from the English Concert with Tim Mead, Mary Bevan, Hilary Cronin, Hugh Cutting
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula - title page of the libretto - London 1715Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Tim Mead, Mary Bevan, Hilary Cronin, Hugh Cutting, the English Concert, Kristian Bezuidenhout; St Martin in the FieldsReviewed 21 September 2023Much more than a concert, an evening of remarkable theatre where every single performer seemed to draw us in with their vivid enjoymentWhen Mark Minkowski's world premiere recording of Handel's Amadigi di Gaula came out in the early 1990s it was something of a revelation, so much terrific music. I saw James Conway's production for Opera Theatre Company in 1996 and then, virtually nothing. But in the last few years the opera seems to have come back onto everyone's radar, popping up in concert at the 2018 London Handel Festival, and then more recent productions at Garsington and English Touring Opera, directed by James Conway [see my review] along with catching it on-line from Boston […]
2021-12-11 09:31:24
Being able to see Brahms as he was at the time: I chat to Jérémie Rhorer about recording historically informed Brahms with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Jérémie Rhorer conducting Brahms' Violin Concerto with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Stéphanie-Marie Degand at Le Grand Théâtre de Provence in November 2021 (Photo Le Cercle de l’Harmonie) Since 2005, Jérémie Rhorer and his ensemble Le Cercle de l’Harmonie have explored the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries using period instruments and original tuning from Mozart to Verdi's La Traviata. On their most recent disc, they have turned their attention to Brahms with recordings of his Symphony No. 1 and Violin Concerto on NoMadMusic with Stéphanie-Marie Degand, and in 2022 they will be continuing their exploration of Brahms symphonies as well as performing Bruckner. I recently chatted to Jérémie to find out more. Jérémie studied harpsichord and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris, and his teachers and mentors have included Bulgarian conductor Emil Tchakarov (1948-1991), and period-instrument specialists William Christie and Marc Minkowski. In 2005, Jérémie […]
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