Former conductor and broadcaster, Paul E. Robinson, is the author of four books on conductors, Digital Editor for Classical Voice America, and a regular contributor to La Scena Musicale.
The Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition “The Cliburn” has now entered its final week. The original 72 competitors accepted for a screening audition were…
At long last many COVID restrictions have been removed almost entirely across Canada, yet opera lovers are apparently not quite ready to flock back to…
Leon Fleisher Live Vol. 1. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Boston Symphony/Pierre Monteux, July 20, 1958). Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Boston Symphony/Pierre Monteux, Aug…
El Nour. Works by Ravel, Falla, Berlioz, Bizet, Obradors and others Fatma Said, soprano. Malcolm Martineau, piano. Rafael Aguirre, guitar and others Warner Classics 190295233464…
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen. Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Kirill Petrenko Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings BSOREC2001 (Blue-ray disc). – ★★★★1/2 Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed…