Sydney Symphony Orchestra have a hit with premiere of Australian work for Chinese audiences. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
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Warmth, suppleness and even playfulness abound as Ax and Robertson continues their exemplary cycle. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Ax’s first of three thrills Sydney, combining power and attack with exquisite delicacy and pinpoint articulation. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
American pianist will perform the five Beethoven piano concertos with David Robertson live online.
Piano selected for the Sydney Opera House and autographed by Vladimir Ashkenazy to go on sale. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The pianist talks about growing up in transit, maestros he’s loved, and what he’d like to do to certain audiences. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra doubles as a charismatic musical evangelist. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
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Sydney's massed choral forces help McCreesh drive out the Prophets of Baal, and then some.
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This remarkable ballet could be seen as the beginning of contemporary dance, so unusual and challenging was the work not only in its music, but in choreography and design.Stravinsky was arguably the most influential composer of the 20th Century. He burst upon the world around the same time as the serialists were preaching their new religion in Vienna. At this distance, we can see that Stravinsky and his descendants have won that culture war handsomely and Firebird has been performed and recorded countless time since. This new recording was made from live performances in the Sydney Opera House and the SSO has its work cut out to find a place among the dozens of other excellent recordings currently available. The shadow of the remarkable recording made 50 years ago by Antal Doráti and the LSO, and Bernstein’s brilliant reading from 1985, hangs over all later recordings. The SSO’s recorded sound is good, although there is some background noise in the quieter passages. Leader, Michael Dauth’s solos are beautiful and fit the ravishing music well. I was generally happy with the performance until we got to the demanding Infernal Dance of Kaschei, one of the show pieces in the work. Here the…
