Album Review: Bach | Beethoven: Fugue/ Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Tognetti

Album Review: Bach | Beethoven: Fugue/ Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Tognetti

The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new album release Bach | Beethoven: Fugue on ABC Classics, couples the contrapuntal writing of Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, highlighting their similarities, whilst contrasting the styles in which they were written. Richard Tognetti leads his ensemble of 20 musicians, augmented with players from the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony…

‘Celebrating 40 Years’- Australian Chamber Orchestra’s New Album Out Today

‘Celebrating 40 Years’- Australian Chamber Orchestra’s New Album Out Today

  The Australian Chamber Orchestra today releases a new album Celebrating 40 Years, on ABC Classics, (ABC 481 4571). The double CD which is also available digitally, marks four decades of excellence in music-making, combined with the ACO’s hallmark spirit of innovation and the thrill of musical adventure. The album opens with Irkana IV by…