Playlist: a history of the countertenor voice on record
- Monday, February 27, 2017
James Jolly traces the development of countertenor singing, from Alfred Deller to the present day
James Jolly traces the development of countertenor singing, from Alfred Deller to the present day
He may be a star cellist, but Steven Isserlis is also a huge Rostropovich fan. So, when he went to San Francisco to play Britten under his hero’s baton in 2007, he kept a journal…
Tully Potter pays tribute to the great cellist, Gramophone, July 2007
The finest recordings from this month's reviews, chosen by Martin Cullingford
Olafsson performs Glass's Etude No 14 from his DG debut album
The story of a composer who always enjoyed a close relationship with the record industry
Classical composers Philip Glass and John Corigliano have both had success scoring for the big screen. They debate that relationship with Jed Distler in New York
Despite his struggle for acceptance in the concert-hall, Herrmann's triumphs on the cinema screen secure him a place in the composer's pantheon, argues Nick Shave
Multi-Oscar-nominated composer of film scores for the likes of Star Wars and ET, John Williams still keeps a foot in the classical camp, as Timothy Mangan finds out (Gramophone, 2005)
Les Six, together with Saint-Saëns and Ravel, laid the musical foundations for French cinema, which remains unique to this day, writes Gary Dalkin
For all the talk of the 'top five' America orchestras, it was a Hollywood studio that gave birth to one of the greatest of them all, writes Adrian Edwards
Richard Eyre, on the trials and tribulations of today's film composers
John Amis, Rumon Gamba and Adrian Edwards discuss the legacy of Hitchcock’s favourite musical collaborator
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