What the magnetic cellist learned from Anne-Sophie Mutter and Msitislav Rostropovich, and how he hopes to pass some of that on. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
June 3, 2013
Welsh Singer parts from her record label amidst claims that she was pushed after unreasonable demands.
May 30, 2013
Marie Bashir gives Peter Bassett’s Ring Cycle lectures on Decca Eloquence the Royal seal of approval.
May 30, 2013
Anyone passionate about Wagner’s Ring Cycle knows that every generation has its own prospective dream team.
May 30, 2013
One feels that it’s very much the pianist’s hand on the throttle of Weber’s ghost train, plunging ahead one moment, the next, pulling back.
May 30, 2013
The mezzo soprano finds herself on top for once as she goes back to basics with an original instrument Norma. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 29, 2013
German Chancellor figures out what to give to the man who has everything (and, of course, nothing). Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 28, 2013
The Rolls Royce of string quartets say farewell to our shores with grace, elegance and more than a hint of nostalgia.
May 28, 2013
Ahead of her Australian dates, the German violinist talks music, Mendelssohn and staying up late with Ivry Gitlis.
May 27, 2013
Romance was in the air as Irish singer proposes to girlfriend onstage at Welsh National Opera. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 24, 2013
Poor choice of words by ABC News links Sydney’s flagship dance company with troubled inner-west studio. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 23, 2013
Forget the Complete Wagner with its paltry 43 CDs – this monolith, weighing in at a gargantuan 75 discs, beats all comers this year – that is if you can manage to struggle home with it from the shop! From 1840 to 1860, Giuseppe Verdi produced a new opera nearly every year. A slowpoke compared with some of his contemporaries (the likes of Donizetti and Pacini could
whack out three or four operas
a year) but considering that
Verdi’s output included works
like Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto,
La Traviata, Il Trovatore and Un
Ballo In Maschera, that’s pretty good
going by anyone’s standards. He slowed down over the following 30 years, with only five more works seeing the light of day – but what masterworks they were! Decca and Deutsche Grammophon have made so many recordings over the years that it comes as no surprise that Universal Music are able to curate a “complete works” of the depth of quality that we have here. The classic sets include Kleiber’s La Traviata with Cotrubas and Domingo, Abbado’s Macbeth, Giulini’s Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, Domingo’s finest Otello and Karajan’s earlier Aida. We also get both versions of La Forza del Destino (St Petersburg and Milan) and both French and Italian…
May 23, 2013
