Lebrecht Weekly | Miklos Rozsa’s Violin Concerto with LSO Live
I had tea once with Miklos Rozsa in a friend’s flat, around the corner from Abbey Road. It was my first encounter with a Golden…
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The Lebrecht Weekly: Elgar – Violin concerto/Violin sonata (Warner)
The first soloist I ever heard play Elgar was the French cellist Paul Tortelier at the Royal Festival Hall – elegant, expressive and chastely romantic,…
The Lebrecht Weekly: Shostakovich: Symphonies 9 and 10 (LSO Live)
If Gianandrea Noseda were not already music director in Washington DC and at Zurich Opera, he would probably be top of the London Symphony Orchestra’s…
Shostakovich: 8th Symphony (LSO Live)
There was a year or so when it was touch and go whether Gianandrea Noseda or Simon Rattle was going to be the next music…
Lebrecht Weekly – Verdi: Requiem (LSO Live)
The Barbican’s season opener last September was one of the great Requiems of my life. The London Symphony Orchestra had a spring in their step…
Svend Asmussen, Famous Jazz Player, Died yesterday
CANADA The Amadeus Choral from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean will celebrate its 75th anniversary on February 12 with a special mass. [Plus d’infos] Classical’s nomination for the JUNO Awards. A…
Daily News Roundup: 20 July 2016
Today’s Daily News Roundup is wondering where the great British composers went. Plus a new appointment to the NAC, reviews, and more. + Veteran arts manager…
