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German-Austrian actress, singer and opera singer
- coloratura soprano
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- opera singer, film actor, actor, singer
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Recent Releases No. 63 (CD Reviews)
[…] three) players weave their way through their parts, it is easy to conclude, as does Holloway, that this is some truly engrossing counterpoint that casts a spell in the same way that Bach’s music can do. For those who enjoy Baroque counterpoint, especially those who might be curious about the music of Purcell, this gloriously performed and engineered ECM release is certainly well worth seeking out.Sigur Rós: Átta. Glóð; Blóðberg; Skel; Klettur; Mór; Andrá; Gold; Ylur; Fall; 8. Sigur Rós (Jón Dór Birgisson [“Jónsi”], guitar, vocals; Georg Holm, bass; Kjartan Sveinsson, keyboards, synthesizers); Strings performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames; Brass on Klettur and 8 performed by Brassgat í bala; Percussion on Glóð, Klettur, Gold, and 8 performed by Ólafur Björn Ólafsson. Additional violin on Klettur performed by Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttír. BMG 538920412 I was just about ready to write that although I have occasionally reviewed releases by jazz artists previously in Classical Candor, on the grounds that jazz can be reasonably thought of as a form of chamber music, I […]
2022-05-24 07:56:24
Rewarding collaboration, Daniel Pioro and Erland Cooper perform live together for the first time at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival
[…] a concert re-imagining a selection of Cooper’s Orkney repertoire with Studio Collective. His works are known for their nostalgic meanderings and sense of place, stripped back to their essence then re-awakened into something improvised and ancient. Therefore, from Neolithic myth to a natural northerly drift, the evening turned out to be one of musical storytelling, sonic meditation and, above all, friendship. The ‘unnamed’ work (lasting 60 minutes) was phased in four sections: ‘Haar’, ‘Holm Sound’, ‘Maalie over Marwick Head’ and ‘St Magnus of Hamnavoe’. All of them were scored for ensemble apart from ‘Marwick Head’ witnessing Pioro and Cooper immersed in some richly intense playing which painted in my wandering mind an abstract canvas of the bleakness, isolation and spirituality that, I feel, is ingrained in the windswept landscape of the barren (but beautiful) Scottish isles. Basically, the whole concept of the evening came from Pioro who […]
All the conducting master class
2021-06-11 20:17:00
The Portel International Music Festival takes place in the unique atmosphere of the Alentejo region in Portugal, an idyllic scenery surrounded by ample lands of Mounted of Holm-oak that extend to the Alqueva lake, the largest artificial lake in Europe. The festival attracts world-renowned guest artists and top international music students. All participants will be […]
2021-02-26 09:02:58
The Magic Forest
Max Köhler Max Köhler is a young composer and pianist from Nürtingen in Southern Germany, who is currently studying as a sound engineer. He is releasing his piano suite The Magic Forest on 12 March 2021. The work is inspired by a walk through the Bois de Païolive (also known as the Magic Forest) in the Cévennes in Southern France, a place full of Holm oaks and rocks. Köhler describes his influences as being Romantic and Impressionist classical composers as well as film composers like John Williams or Danny Elfman. Max is releasing movements from the suite on YouTube by degrees, the first video is now on YouTube.
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