CD Review: Godfrey Ridout (various performers)
Godfrey Ridout: The Ascension (Cantiones Mysticae No. 2); Two Etudes; Concerto Grosso; George III His Lament CBC broadcasts by various performers Centrediscs CMCCD 28220 Total…
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been a classical music critic since 1986. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale as well as Musical Toronto. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. From 2019-2021, Arthur was co-editor of La Scena Musicale.
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CD Review: Penderecki (Quatuor Molinari; André Moisan, clarinet)
Penderecki: String Quartets Nos. 1-3; String Trio; Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio; Der unterbrochene Gedanke Quatuor Molinari; André Moisan, clarinet ATMA ACD22736 Total time:…
Payare and the MSO: a successful Act 3
Ah, the soft stuff. The lilting second theme of the first movement of Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, the uneasy calm of the coda. The final two bars of…
Aline Kutan & OCM From Yerevan to Montreal – and Beyond
Wonderful students every year,” Aline Kutan said late on a Friday afternoon after a full day of teaching. “I’m hoping they will have jobs when…
CD Review: Penderecki: String Quartets and Trios (Quatuor Molinari)
Quatuor Molinari; André Moisan, clarinet. ATMA ACD22736. Total time: 63 minutes. It is well known that Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) started creative life as an avant-gardist…
CD Review: Mon ami, mon amour (Matt Haimovitz, Mari Kodama)
Mon ami, mon amour Works by Poulenc, Fauré, Milhaud, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Ravel, Debussy. Matt Haimovitz, cello. Mari Kodama, piano Pentatone Oxingale Series PTC…
Canadian Opera Company Hires a Management Man
Perryn who? This was the consensus in the hours following the announcement by the Canadian Opera Company that Perryn Leech, a British-born resident of Houston,…
Jazz Off the Record
Quinsin Nachoff Pivotal Arc Whirlwind Recordings WR4761 Classical and jazz are seldom found on the same dance floor. The Toronto-born New Yorker Quinsin Nachoff has…
Industry News
Battleground: Brahms For 10 days in March home viewers will be able to compare the old upstart, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with the new kid on the…
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Like many things musical in 2021, Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques, in its 10th edition, will be a little out of the ordinary. The biennial festival organized by…
