(Carrier)
US composer Keir GoGwilt’s collaborative album uses poetry and atonal music to trace the roots of Spain’s sarabande dance: a fascinating listen, though not easy
Classical music aficionados wi…
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La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina review – 17th-century rarity is fun when it forgets to be earnest ⊕⊕
Buxton festival
Francesca Caccini’s 1625 work – the earliest surviving opera by a woman – is wildly imaginative, even without the original horse ballet
There is magic in the air at this year’s Buxton f…
33 days ago
Giulio Cesare review – nightmarish take on Handel has snakes, sadism and a mummy ⊕
The Grange festival, Northington, Hampshire
David Alden’s blackly comic Kafkaesque production has a strong cast whose lively performances were not always matched by the Early Opera Company in the pit
T…
53 days ago
Scharmützelsee statt Davos – Merz’ Ost-Test und neue Unruhe im Libanon ⊖
In Bad Saarow wird der Kanzler beim Ostdeutschen Wirtschaftsforum erwartet. Während die Stimmung verhalten ist wie im Rest der Republik, hat Merz als CDU-Chef dazu die Herausforderung der anstehenden…
86 days ago
Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen review – MOR tribute to a fashion maverick ⊕⊕
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Royal Festival Hall, London
Featuring music that inspired the designer, this show brings together Le Gateau Chocolat, dancers in body stockings and a formal orchestra to mild effect
The small print tel…
3 months ago
Messiah album review – Whelan takes Handel’s oratorio back to its beginnings ⊕
Irish Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Whelan
(Linn)
Conductor Peter Whelan leads a finely judged and agile period-instrument performance with only 13 singers.
Every year, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and …
4 months ago
Vier Wirtschaftsbosse gegen Merz: Krisentreffen in München ⊖
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Wirtschaftswende auf dem Prüfstand: Kanzler Friedrich Merz trifft heute auf der Internationalen Handwerksmesse in München eine Art „Verbandsquartett“. Er ist zum Gespräch mit den Spitzen der Verbände…
5 months ago
Handel: Sosarme album review – Marco Angioloni makes the case for this little-known work ⊕
Opéra Royal de Versailles/Angioloni
(Château de Versailles Spectacles)
Doubling as vocalist and conductor, Angiolini is joined by fine singers in this rarely recorded late work. Giacomo Nanni’s sonor…
6 months ago
Trump droht mit Zöllen gegen Iran – mit Folgen für China und Europa ⊖
Donald Trump kündigt Strafzölle gegen alle Staaten an, die weiterhin Handel mit dem Iran treiben. Für Deutschland und Europa stellt sich damit erneut die Frage, wie politisch motivierte Zölle die Wi…
9 months ago
Hugh Cutting: Refound album review – an idiosyncratic and profoundly satisfying collection ⊕⊕
(Linn)
The Kathleen Ferrier award-winning countertenor’s debut recital album showcases his warm tone and effortless musical line – and his originality
In 2021 Hugh Cutting was the first countertenor to…