Simone Kermes – Colori d’Amore Scarlatti: Qui dove… Torbido irato e nero Not to be missed: Simone’s latest album, Colori d’Amore, is a selection of Baroque arias about love, almost all of which are world premiere recordings.

Scarlatti: Qui dove… Torbido irato e nero Simone Kermes, soprano From Simone Kermes: Colori d’Amore (2010) Released by Sony Classical Scarlatti: Qui dove… Torbido irato e nero Not to be missed: Simone’s latest album, Colori d’Amore, is a selection of

Stephane, a friend of ours with an extensive knowledge of classical music, has been a contributor to Interlude since day one, providing invaluable recommendations on composers and artists to cover. A few months ago, he sent me two Youtube clips

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the great German-English composer, was almost completely blind by 1751. As a result, he was unable to finish his final piece of music “Jephtha”. Handel was told by Samuel Sharp, an eye specialist at Guy’s hospital,

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Pergolesi: Quis est homo, qui non fleret Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, performed by Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin with soprano Anna Prohaska and mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink. Poignant rendition of “Quis est homo, qui non fleret”. This

Stabat Mater: Quis est homo, qui non fleret Anna Prohaska, soprano Bernarda Fink, contralto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Early music ensemble From Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (2010) Released by Harmonia Mundi Pergolesi: Quis est homo, qui non fleret Stabat Mater

I am pretty sure you know the famous Alabama Song, with its provocative lyrics. The tune brings back the decadence and perversion of early 20th century Berlin, conjuring the zest of Marlene Dietrich. It has been sung by a number

A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau performs regularly with such celebrated conductors as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, Fabio Biondi, Michel Corboz,