Riccardo Minasi Plays….
Check out this entertaining video of Riccardo Minasi’s virtuosic violin playing. Riccardo performs Neapolitan baroque gems in Sydney in October with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall.
Check out this entertaining video of Riccardo Minasi’s virtuosic violin playing. Riccardo performs Neapolitan baroque gems in Sydney in October with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall.
When a performer releases a “Best of” collection CD, it usually means that they have a large enough discography from which to make the compilation. In this latest release from ABC Classics, tenor David Hobson delivers his first compilation CD with “popular” tracks chosen from recordings of the last few years. Not that opera and Lieder aren’t…
Maria Schneider’s composition Winter Morning Walks has won four Grammies this year for the composer, the soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw and production team. The recording features one of Australia’s finest ensembles, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who will perform this song cycle in its upcoming Sydney season. Schneider has recently moved from working in jazz…
The Marais Project’s Jennifer Eriksson talks about the ensemble’s new album Spinning Forth, named after Paul Cutlan’s composition of the same name which features on the album. written for harpsichord and viola da gamba it the world premiere recording of this adventurous piece inspired by the writing of J S Bach. If you’re having difficulty…
The late maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts his ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien, led by concertmaster Alice Harnoncourt.
Grammy award winning new music ensemble Eighth Blackbird performs in Sydney for Musica Viva on its fourth tour, playing music from their two recent albums Filament and Hand Eye with a world premiere by Sydney composer Holly Harrison. Click here for more on their tour. Check out this excerpt from one of their tour items, By-by…