Spotify launches in Australia

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards are done and dusted. If you’re looking to expand your playlist with some of these winning recordings – There were eight awards in the classical categories which included Best Classical Contemporary Composition and Best Classical Compendium alongside the more long-standing categories for the best in vocal and instrumental music. Andris Nelsons…

  This week we learnt with sadness of the death of soprano Elizabeth Connell. She thrilled audiences in Sydney and round the world with her voice and her interpretations of the great dramatic roles like Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Elektra. She sang on the most famous stages around the world – Prague, Hamburg, the Royal Opera…

    Click on the link below for your free download of the final movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 from Decca’s Beethoven for All collection, performed by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim, with soprano Anna Samul, mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier, tenor Peter Sieffert and bass Wolfgang Koch and the Vokalensemble Kolber Dom. http://www.universalmusic.net.au/freedownloads/beethovenforall…

  As part of the Benjamin Britten centenary this year, the British Library has made available online, digital images of a comprehensive range of Britten’s original scores, along with annotations. Choral, instrumental, opera, incidental music – it’s all there. Click here for the link to The British Library’s Digitised Images page.