In our recent Q and A with mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby, she talked about her upcoming roles as Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi for the Chelsea Opera Group and as the Voice from Above in Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Read the glowing reviews of her performances as Romeo in The Guardian and as the ‘Voice’ in Classical Source.
Six Australian compositions have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes, as announced by the Australian Music Centre today. They are Katy Abbott, Brett Dean, Elliott Gyger, Lachlan Skipworth, Luke Styles and Nigel Westlake. The winners of the Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize (valued at $25,000) and the Song Cycle Prize (valued at $15,000)…
Violinist Nicola Benedetti will release a new album, Baroque, on the Decca Classics label on 16 July. This is the first album that the Grammy Award- winning Benedetti has released on a period set-up, including gut strings. She is joined by a leading group of freelance baroque musicians, forming the inaugural Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
Pianist Yuja Wang, clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer and cellist Gautier Capuçon join forces on this new release from Deutsche Grammophon, their debut on the label playing music by Rachmaninoff and Brahms.
Composer Max Richter announces the release of VOICES, a major new recording project inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The first single from this important new work, All Human Beings is already available on Decca Records, accompanied by a new music video. VOICES was released on 31 July, 2020. ‘VOICES’, described as a…
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In case you missed the results from earlier this week, here are the winners of the Classical Grammy Awards for 2015 Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams – City Noir, David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony/Label: Nonesuch Best Opera Recording: Charpentier – La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Boston Early…