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In a concert titled 'Musica Non Grata: Silent Voices in a Noisy World', the operettas of composers Amélie Nikisch and Racel Danziger van Embden were contextualised with a musicological presentation

Classic Violin Olympus Preselection Phase Nears Halfway Mark; Four Contestants Through to Grand Finale

Features

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| Gramophone

With two of the six preliminary contests already behind us, the inaugural Classic Violin Olympus International Competition continues to gather steam

Wagner: Die Walküre at Dresden Music Festival | Live Review

Review

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| Opera Now

The second installment of Wagner's Ring Cycle, 'The Wagner Cycles', on period instruments with Kent Nagano and the Dresden Festival Orchestra

'Within the wider international opera community togetherness is lacking and that puts the art form even more at risk' - Harry Hyman | opinion

Opinion

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| Opera Now

The International Opera Awards founder and entrepreneur argues the need for togetherness when campaigning for funding in the arts

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton recital at Milton Court Concert Hall | Live Review

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| Opera Now

Some thoughtful and intimate programming from the Egyptian soprano lacked a desperately-needed underlying thread in her recent Milton Court recital

Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’

Features

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this music and why she plays it on a modern piano

Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch

Features

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening

Review - Mozart: ‘Complete Sonatas, Vols 5 & 6’ (Orli Shaham)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Shaham’s concluding Rondeau defines lightness and crispness, replete with humorously timed grace notes’

Review - Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces (Andrey Gugnin)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Andrey Gugnin is a true poet of the keyboard and his commitment shines through in every bar’

Review - Mischa Levitzki: ‘The Complete HMV Recordings’

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘His repertoire centres on the Romantics and in one flamboyant example after another he grabs you by the ears’

Review - ‘Passage secret’ (Ludmila Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘The pianists manage to fuse finesse and heartiness in ways that make their performances sound fresh’

Review - Bartók: ‘Piano Music, Volume 9’ (Goran Filipec)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Intended as exercises to nurture piano technique in every aspect, these create a rather disjointed impression heard collectively’

Review - ‘Russian Variations’ (Piers Lane)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘His playing throughout this album is of the highest order, his pianism unfussy, subtle and effortlessly efficient’

Review - Schubert: Four Impromptus, D935; Schumann: Piano Sonata No 1, Op 11 (Annie Fischer)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘In Schumann, Fischer’s fierce integrity was balanced by an inimitable sense of the tender and wistful’

Video of the Day – Rachel Podger plays ‘Auld Bob Morrice’

Classical Music News

Friday, May 24, 2024

| Gramophone

The Gramophone cover star is joined by Brecon Baroque on a brand new album of English music from the 17th and early 18th centuries

Review - Mozart ‘The Sonata Project: Salzburg’ (Yundi)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘His approach is a convincing challenge to a more conventional restraint, a restless Sturm und Drang precursor of Romanticism’

Review - Ravel: ‘The Complete Works For Solo Piano, Vol 1’ (Vincent Larderet)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘The most satisfying interpretations are of the Valses nobles et sentimentales and the Pavane, which reveal fine attention to detail, pacing and balances’

Review - Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, etc (Nelson Goerner)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘All in all, a distinguished release, supported by first‑class engineering’

Can Çakmur on Schubert and Krenek

Podcasts

Friday, May 24, 2024

| Gramophone

The pianist on his latest album pairing Schubert with composers inspired by him

Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli: a guide to the greatest recordings

Features

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Ateş Orga introduces one of Liszt’s most picturesque works, the three-part appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage that documents the composer’s travels through Italy, and surveys its glittering history on record

Review - Chopin: Études, Opp 10 & 25 (Yunchan Lim)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘These works hold no difficulties for Lim, whose supple and effortless technique shines through each and every étude’

Review - ‘Debussy and Ravel for Two’ (Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung)

Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Cohesive sweep, delicacy of execution and, when required, sheer power place this among the finest readings of Debussy’s 1915 masterpiece’

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Soprano, Sonya Yoncheva launches charity initiative for young musicians

Video of the Day: The Choir of Holy Sepulchre sing Samuel Wesley 'O God, whose Nature and Property'

English Touring Opera to move from London to Sheffield

Operettas by women composers at Dresden Music Festival's 'Wagner Plus' series | Live Review

Classic Violin Olympus Preselection Phase Nears Halfway Mark; Four Contestants Through to Grand Finale

Wagner: Die Walküre at Dresden Music Festival | Live Review

'Within the wider international opera community togetherness is lacking and that puts the art form even more at risk' - Harry Hyman | opinion

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton recital at Milton Court Concert Hall | Live Review

Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’

Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch

Review - Mozart: ‘Complete Sonatas, Vols 5 & 6’ (Orli Shaham)

Review - Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces (Andrey Gugnin)

Review - Mischa Levitzki: ‘The Complete HMV Recordings’

Review - ‘Passage secret’ (Ludmila Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle)

Review - Bartók: ‘Piano Music, Volume 9’ (Goran Filipec)

Review - ‘Russian Variations’ (Piers Lane)

Review - Schubert: Four Impromptus, D935; Schumann: Piano Sonata No 1, Op 11 (Annie Fischer)

Video of the Day – Rachel Podger plays ‘Auld Bob Morrice’

Review - Mozart ‘The Sonata Project: Salzburg’ (Yundi)

Review - Ravel: ‘The Complete Works For Solo Piano, Vol 1’ (Vincent Larderet)

Review - Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, etc (Nelson Goerner)

Can Çakmur on Schubert and Krenek

Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli: a guide to the greatest recordings

Review - Chopin: Études, Opp 10 & 25 (Yunchan Lim)

Review - ‘Debussy and Ravel for Two’ (Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung)

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