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 CD Romantique released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG 479 0071)
Elina Garanca sings Saint-Saens Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila, one of the tracks on her glorious new CD Romantique released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG 479 0071)
Australian electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian Fields launches it debut album. Check out the music. More information.
Pianist Zubin Kanga plays Interventions by Alex Pozniak. Zubin Kanga will be performing this in his concert Generations this Friday evening. For more details and for Zubin Kanga’s view on the importance of ‘Creative Collaboration’ see: http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/generations-creative-collaboration-narrows-the-gap/5602.html Video by Thijs Rozeboom
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, performed by the Thomanerchor of Leipzig. Composer Franz Xaver Gruber set the lyrics of Joseph Mohr to music in 1818, in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria. UNESCO declared this carol an intangible cultural heritage in March 2011.
Remember As It Is in Heaven and Les Choristes? Two popular movies that told the tales of life as a choral singer. There is a new movie about choral singers to be released nationally on April 23rd. Boychoir is about a troubled eleven-year-old boy at a prestigious American East Coast music school who clashes with the school’s demanding choir master played by Dustin Hoffman….
Pianist and composer Daniel Rojas brings the music of the South American people to the concert hall in a recital this weekend. Read our interview with him at http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/daniel-rojas-plays-the-music-of-the-south-american-people/8185.html
“Baroque Duets” a new CD release, has a lot to say for itself. First and foremost, it is a superb compilation of Baroque vocal music, eminently listenable but away from the beaten track; it is also a historically informed and technically well executed performance by singers and instrumentalists on period instruments; it even contains a…