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2023-04-01 04:00:00
Giordani: Six Duos for Two Cellos, Op. 18 (Charlie Rasmussen, Anton TenWolde)
2021-07-24 23:23:43
Sunleif Rasmussen – Territorial Songs
Territorial Songs, a new CD release from the Our Recordings label features 72 minutes of distinctive recorder music by Sunleif Rasmussen. A native of the remote Faroe Islands, Rasmussen is nevertheless widely known for his compositions. He received critical acclaim in 2002 when his Symphony No. 1, Oceanic Days won The Nordic Council Music Prize. […]
2021-04-21 07:25:35
A disc to enjoy: William Towers and Armonico Consort in Handelian Pyrotechnics
Handelian Pyrotechnics; William Towers, Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks; SIGNUM Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 19 April 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The counter-tenor engages and seduces in this selection of Handel arias, all coming from roles that he has performed on stageTo a certain extent titling a disc Handelian Pyrotechnics might seem something of a hostage to fortune, but in his booklet note for his new disc, counter-tenor William Towers explains that the original title for the disc was Handel for Life and all arias on this new disc come from roles that Towers has performed on stage, in some cases many times over. So, on Handelian Pyrotechnics from Signum Classics, counter-tenor William Towers and the Armonico Consort, director Christopher Monks, perform arias from Handel's operas Xerxes, Poro, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Orlando, Rodelinda, Radamisto, Agrippina and Ottone. Unsurprisingly, six of the nine operas feature leading roles […]
2021-04-20 09:09:59
Flight at the museum: Seattle Opera's new film imaginatively re-locates Jonathan Dove's opera
Jonathan Dove: Flight - Damien Geter, Randall Scotting - Seattle Opera (Photo Philip Newton) Jonathan Dove Flight; Randall Scotting, Sharleen Joynt, Joshua Kohl, Karen Vuong, Margaret Gawrysiak, Sarah Larsen, Joseph Lattanzi, Aubrey Allicock, Karin Mushegain, Damien Gieter, Brian Staufenbiel, Viswa Subbaraman; Seattle Opera Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 20 April 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Still contemporary and still engaging, this new film of Dove's opera from Seattle neatly relocates the production to The Museum of Flight Jonathan Dove and April de Angelis' opera Flight might be well on its way to its 25th birthday (it premiered in 1998) but its themes remain those which trouble us today. Most of the stories told in the opera revolve around looking for love and negotiating the complexities of relationships, and for all the dated elements in De Angelis' text, she and Dove brilliantly sketch in the characters, mixing […]
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