David Daniels on Handel's roles for countertenor
- Monday, March 27, 2017
Insights into the special demands of singing Handel's music for countertenors today
Insights into the special demands of singing Handel's music for countertenors today
Richard Wigmore pays tribute to the pioneering singer who revived the countertenor voice
Iestyn Davies is in demand as a recitalist, opera singer and West End star. But, says Lindsay Kemp, now with a Bach disc to add to his name, this countertenor still has his feet firmly on the ground
Are we experiencing a Golden Age of countertenor singing? The recordings highlighted here would certainly seem to suggest so...
Mike Ashman interviewed the great countertenor in Gramophone's August 1979 issue, just 11 days before Deller's untimely death
The finest recordings from this month's reviews, chosen by Martin Cullingford
Philip Clark celebrates the American poet who was a kindred spirit of the composers she has inspired
Special insights from those who knew the cellist best
This composer’s career may have been spent in teaching but her music is hardly staid and academic, argues Richard Whitehouse
Her music may be melodic and accessible, but probe beneath the surface and you’ll always be surprised, writes Andrew Farach-Colton
Vanishing spirals, time, entrapment and reference: Pwyll ap Siôn explores what characterises this British composer’s works
Kate Molleson looks at the music of an abundantly gifted creative spirit with a passion for folk music
Editor Martin Cullingford invites you to vote for the people that you think should join the Gramophone Hall of Fame this year.
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