Lebrecht Weekly | Schubert: Impromptus; Brahms: Late piano works (Warner Classics)
Some people love cheese, others turn green at the sniff of it. We are talking here of matters of taste and discrimination. Several people whose…
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Lebrecht Weekly | Franz Schubert: 4-hand piano music (Erato)
Schubert, in the final year of his short life, feared he was dying and hoped he was not. Some doctors thought his symptoms were neurotic…
Lebrecht Weekly | Schubert: Piano sonata D959, Moments Musicaux (Hyperion)
So commanding was Alfred Brendel in Schubert’s piano music that other pianists complain they can’t get him out of their fingers. It’s two decades or…
Australian Mezzo-soprano Fleuranne Brockway Wins CMIM 2025
Montreal, June 6, 2025 — The Australian mezzo-soprano Fleuranne Brockway has won the top honours at the Voice 2025 Edition of the Concours musical international…
CMIM 2025 Announces its Five Finalists
Montreal, June 4, 2025 – Following the Semifinal, the International Jury of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) has selected the five singers who…
CD Review | XIX – The Golden Duets Fedorova & Takser Piano Duo
Pianists Daria Fedorova and Ilya Takser, both graduates of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, form a dynamic duo who concertize across Canada. Partners in…
Colombian Baritone Laureano Quant Wins CMIM 2025 Art Song Prize
Montreal, May 31, 2025 — The Colombian baritone Laureano Quant has been awarded the Art Song Prize of the Voice 2025 edition of the Concours…
CMIM 2025 Announces its 10 Semifinalists
Montréal, May 29, 2025 — Following an extraordinary First Round, which included two stages, Aria and Art Song, the International Jury of the Concours musical…
CMIM Announces First Round Aria & Song Order
Montreal, April 23, 2025 – The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) is preparing to welcome 24 of the finest emerging classical singers to Montreal. Selected from 348…
Lebrecht Weekly | Unknown Pieces for Multiple Pianos and Orchestra by Mendelssohn, Moscheles, Schubert and Liszt (Hyperion)
German composers don’t know how to have fun. Think no further than Mozart’s Musical Joke, or Beethoven’s fat-shaming of the violinist Schuppanzigh. Not funny at…
