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The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography
Sophia Lambton
Published in December 2023 to coincide with the centenary of opera singer and diva Maria Callas’ birth, ‘The Callas Imprint’ is a weighty, impressive biography, the result of 12 years of research by British novelist and music critic Sophia Lambton.
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Roger Morelló Ros: The Voice of Casals
A Tribute to Casals by a fellow Catalonian Cellist
Cellist Roger Morelló Ros pays homage to Pau Casals with his new album The Voice of Casals. Pablo (Pau) Casals (1876-1973), arguably the person who propelled the cello to prominence, was one of the most renowned performers of the 20th
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Change for No Good Reason: GNO’s Cav/Pag
An opera setting where the chorus flies on and off the stage onto metal platforms but otherwise stands without movement. An opera where the stagehands are ‘forced’ to move the scenery around by pistol-holding thugs in graffitied clothes. An Easter
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Mendelssohn – Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words)
Igor Levit, Piano
‘I had no other tools than to react as an artist.’ – Igor Levit This new release on CD and streaming from German-Russian pianist Igor Levit is his personal response, in music, to the 7th October 2023 atrocities in Israel
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Quatuor Arod Unveils Debussy, Ravel, and Benjamin Attahir String Quartets
When you hear Debussy or Ravel, what do you imagine—floating, swirling, twirling, and evanescent sonorities? Quatuor Arod takes their audiences to alternate planes through their wonderful playing and through recreating musical experiences with innovation and imagination. This YouTube of the
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Britten Violin Concerto as Explored by Violinist Augustin Hadelich
What music does an avowed pacifist write during the tumultuous year of 1939? Benjamin Britten was exceedingly discouraged by the rise of fascism and the defeat of Spain’s Republicans. As the Spanish Civil War raged, Britten had witnessed the senseless
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ENO PIANO Bruce Brubaker, Piano
“Is it possible to play Music for Airports on the piano?” American pianist, Bruce Brubaker, asked himself this question when thinking about his new album, Eno Piano, a remarkable reinterpretation of Brian Eno’s ambient masterpiece Music for Airports (the album
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Astor Piazzolla and Eduardo Rovira
SONICO’s Five, Six, Seven, Eight… The Edge of Tango Vol. 2
The 1950s saw enormous changes in popular music. In the US, rock and roll displaced an enormous number of popular genres, from yodelling to ballads. Outside the US, rock and roll also shifted local music off the stage. In Argentina,
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