Music & Videos
Elina Garanca sings Saint-Saens
Elina Garanca sings Saint-Saens Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila, one of the tracks on her glorious new…
Month: December 2012
Reviews
Elina Granca ‘Romantique’ CD review – simply glorious
Listening to Elīna Garanča’s latest CD is a supremely gratifying experience. Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG 479 0071), Romantique is a collection of 9…
Reviews
CD review: ‘Sappho’ the opera by Peggy Glanville-Hicks
The eagerly anticipated world premiere recording of Peggy Glanville-Hick’s opera Sappho, with libretto by Lawrence Durrell, is at last on the shelves,…
News
Vale Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, the man who introduced Indian classical music and its instruments to the western world, died earlier this week in the…
News
David Paul Landa piano scholarship winner announced
Pianist Young Kwon Choi has been awarded the 2012 biennial Albert Paul Landa Scholarship. In a small ceremony at the Conservatorium of…
Shows
Understanding Wagner’s ‘Ring’
Immerse yourself in Wagner with a weekend workshop conducted by Dr Antony Ernst. The Wagner Society of NSW continues its commemorations of…
News
Vale Galina Vishnevskaya – a link to history
The death was announced yesterday of Russian soprano Galina Vishnenskaya. She was 86. It is the end of an era. Married to…
News
Birth centenary brings renaissance for Glanville-Hicks’ legacy
The approaching birth centenary of Peggy Glanville-Hicks has raised little interest or pride in the mainstream music community. However, one person keeping her legacy…
Reviews
Vienna Boys Choir ‘Jubilate Deo’ – classics amidst innovation and the traditional
The Vienna Boys Choir CD Jubilate Deo was released by ABC Classics (476 5094) earlier this year to coincide with the choir’s tour…
News
The colours of the string quartet – Elena Kats-Chernin talks about ‘Blue Silence’
Elena Kats-Chernin says she has been told she can write no more works for String Quartet. She displays a mischievous pleasure at my…