Praetorius Christmette . Christmas Mass, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, conductor. Deutsches Grammophon Archiv 449 1757 **** If the credits on this CD sounds familiar it could because Deutsches Grammophon Archiv have this Christmas, re-released this disc which was made in 1994. Nearly 20 years after its first hearing, this recording of Michael…
Read Peter MacCallum’s review of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s first Sydney concert on November 29th. Maestro Mariss Jansons was taken ill during the final Sydney concert and had to retire from the stage, whilst his assistant Rory Macdonald took over. Apparently the conductor is resting in his hotel and there is no cause for concern….
Opera Australia:Der Ring des Nibelungen: Götterdämmerung Arts Centre Melbourne/25 November 2013 ***** The Third Day of Wagner’s music colossus concluded what has been the kind of festival he had planned: all four operas being performed in close succession by outstanding singers and a Wagner sized orchestra of excellent musicians in a production that illuminates…