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Anyone who thinks Modernist music can't be beautiful in and of itself should hear this. Hushed, caressing, Ian Wilson's Voces amissae (Lost Voices) is a contemporary masterpiece.
Lost Voices sets poetry by Serbian poet Dragina Adamovič (1925-2000; Wilson actually divides his life between Ireland and Belgrade) alongside quotations from interviews...
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Jennifer Johnston (mezzo); Brighton Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Mandle Cheung (conductor). Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, 21. 08.2026
This was a semi-staged version of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos; Laurent Pelly is the director at Glyndebourne (see my review here: Ariadne auf Lewes), and, while I enjoyed hi...
What a life the Labèques have led: a life saturated in music, and making music together for over half a century. A life celebrated here in this wonderful three-CD set, a recorded journey that began under the auspices of one Olivier Messiaen in a 1969 recording of the Visions de l'Amen.
55 years; 55 pieces, of which 25 are new, neatly split into three hea...
Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts, op. 5 (Requiem, 1837) Julien Henric (tenor); BBC Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.08.2026
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