Eloquence releases Colin Davis’s Beethoven Odyssey.
Colin Davis’s Beethoven, recorded-in-London for Philips, now branded Decca, is handsomely gathered here, with either the BBC Symphony Orchestra (mostly) or the LSO. Symphonies 1-8 (plus a ‘Choral’ Ninth with Bavarian Radio forces), a selection of Overtures, the Five...
Sad news: Valerie, Lady Solti, née Pitts, widow of Sir Georg, has died at the age of 83.
Other beneficiaries of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund include English Symphony Orchestra, English Touring Opera, and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
Academy of Ancient Music to receive £69,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
• The Academy of Ancient Music is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund • This award will enable the orchestra to return to the concert hall for three...
Chineke! Foundation to receive £150,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Chineke! Foundation among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award will enable Chineke! Foundation to stage performances for live audiences once pandemic restrictions have been...
RELEASED TODAY, April 2: For Robert Simpson’s centenary on March 2, Lyrita has released his Fifth & Sixth Symphonies in their premiere performances.
Originally published on February 24 Notwithstanding Hyperion’s herculean efforts on behalf of Robert Simpson’s music (including recording all Eleven Symphonies, Vernon Handley conducting the first ten, Matthew Taylor the Eleventh), this centenary offering from Lyrita...
Many Happy Returns to impresario Raymond Gubbay, 75 today.
This month on DSO Digital Concerts.
ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS PAIR OF CONCERTS TO KICK OFF EXCITING MONTH OF DSO DIGITAL CONCERTS; PIANIST JONATHAN BISS STEPS IN FOR LOUIS LORTIE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 9 ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED TRUMPETER / COMPOSER TERENCE BLANCHARD PLAYS PARADISE JAZZ SERIES CONCERT ON FRIDAY,...
RELEASED TODAY, April 2: Fenella Humphreys records Sibelius’s Violin Concerto for Resonus … George Vass conducts BBCNOW.
Originally published on March 27 The ethereal opening of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto is well-managed, the balance between Fenella Humphreys and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is equally judicious (woodwinds carry effortlessly) – courtesy of engineer Dave Rowell...