Bohemia Vitezlav Novak: Klaviertrio Nr. 2 op. 27; Zdenek Fibich: Klaviertrio f-Moll; Bedrich Smetana: Klaviertrio op. 15; Trio Hélios (Camille Fonteneau, Violine, Raphaël Jouan, Violoncello, Alexis Gournel, Klavier); 1 CD Mirare MIR 662; Aufnahme 2022, Veröffentlichung 14.04.2023 (61') Rezension von Remy Franck
Diese Produktion mit drei Trios in der Moll-Tonart enthält viel böhmisches Flair, Drama und melancholische Schwermut. Das Trio Hélios spielt in seinem böhmischen Programm zunächst das Klaviertrio Nr. 2, Quasi una balata, von Vitezlav Novak (1870-1949), das der Komponist als « Frucht des schwärzesten Baudelaire’schen Pessimismus » bezeichnet hat. Read More →
Under the pressure of the musical world and the British politicians, the BBC announced that it will work with union to find alternatives to the announced cuts would have reduced jobs in the BBC in orchestras by 20%. Read More →
Timothy Hopkins dares to do what few dare to do. Born in 1995, the German-American cellist plays iconic violin literature – on the cello. And as if this was not enough, he recorded these demanding works, including Paganini's 24th Caprice and Saint-Saëns' Rondo Capriccioso, for his first album. Tabea Sedlak made the following interview with the young musician.
Timothy Hopkins
Timothy Hopkins’ first instrument was the piano, then he discovered the cello. With a musical home, his curiosity and a little bit of luck in his luggage – as he says himself – he made rapid progress: While he was still going to school, he became a junior student, later completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Leipzig and Berlin. However, the ambitious young artist’s first career steps fell during the lockdown period of the corona pandemic – and put a « good spanner in the works » for Hopkins, as he tells us in an interview. Read More →
NFM Wroclaw
The ICMA Gala Concert taking place at the NFM National Forum of Music Wrocław on 21 April is sold out, an NFM spokesperson said. This means that the artists playing with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero will face an audience of 1800, plus the worldwide audience of the planned video live streaming and radio broadcast. Read More →
Music of Trust; Zuzanna Koziej: Mass of Trust + Stabat Mater + Da Pacem, + Trahe me post te + Deus meus + Quae est ista; Aleksandra Turalska, Sopran, NFM Choir, N-Harmony Chamber Orchestra, Agnieszka Frankow-Zelazny; 1 CD CD Accord ACD312; Aufnahme 01 + 07.2022, Veröffentlichung 03-04.2023 (70’46) - Rezension von Guy Engels
Zuzanna Koziej, Jahrgang 1993, hat bereits ein beachtliches Portfolio an Kompositionen aufzuweisen, wobei Vokalmusik – und hier wiederum die Chorliteratur – den Großteil ausmacht. Read More →
Camille Pépin: Les eaux célestes + Aux confins de l’orage + Avant les clartés de l’aurore + Laniakea + La source d’Yggdrasil; Orchestre national de Lyon, Ben Glassberg; 1 CD NoMadMusic NMM 111; Aufnahme 08.2022, Veröffentlichung 14.04.2023 (64'02) - Rezension von Remy Franck
Gewitter haben schon viele Komponisten inspiriert, Beethoven (6. Symphonie), Strauss (Alpen-Symphonie) und Verdi (Rigoletto) mögen die bekanntesten davon sein. Read More →
Cosi amor mi fa languire; Giacomo Carissimi: Semplicetta belta; Luigi Rossi: Furie d'Averno; Giuseppe Tricarico: Su, di sdengo s'armi il petto; Bellerofonte Castaldi: Tasteggio soave; Alessandro Stradella: Dopo incessante corso; Anonymus: Dalle pene amorose; In solitaria parte; Cadute erano alfine; Anne-Sophie Honoré, Julia Wischniewski, Sopran, Andreas Linos, Viola da gamba, Benjamin Narvey, Chitarrone, Sam Crowther, Cembalo & Ltg; 1 CD Evidence EVCD0905; Aufnahme 09.2022 Veröffentlichung 14.04.2023 (73') - Rezension von Remy Franck
‘Così amor mi fai languir’ (So lässt mich die Liebe schmachten) ist ein Programm mit Kantaten des italienischen Barocks, die für diese CD zum ersten Mal aufgenommen wurden. Read More →
Fresh from her personal success as Antonia in Tales of Hoffmann at La Scala, Eleonora Buratto is experiencing a particularly happy moment in her career: the Mantuan soprano, in fact, in recent years has racked up a series of debuts in a very wide repertoire, ranging from Rossini's Otello to Puccini’s Butterfly, passing through that Verdi which, between Ernani and Don Carlo, increasingly appears to be the cornerstone of her current and future career. Nicola Cattò (from ICMA Jury member Musica) met (via Skype) with Eleonora Buratto the day after the end of performances of Offenbach's opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann and just before she left for New York, where she sung Mimì in a series of performances of Bohème: the occasion was (also) to talk about the recording of Rossini's Messa di gloria, conducted by Tony Pappano, which won the ICMA 2023 award in the Choral Music category.
Eleonora Buratto
Next year you will be celebrating 15 years of your career, yet because of the breadth of your repertoire and the prestige of the theatres in which you sing, it seems that many more have passed: is it already time for a first balance sheet?
Is that so? I had not realized that! Actually yes, a first balance sheet is also useful to remind yourself of the milestones you have reached, how you reached them, if there were any mistakes, to understand if you could have done better so as not to repeat, in the future, errors of judgment. Read More →
Richard Wagner
Die Firma Playmobil gibt – oft mit Kooperationspartnern zu besonderen Jubiläen – Sonderfiguren heraus. Beispiele sind Friedrich der Große, Sebastian Kneipp, Albrecht Dürer, Napoléon Bonaparte oder auch die Musiker Johann Sebastian Bach oder Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read More →
Ames arméniennes; Komitas: Hognutyun mez jamanya + Aysor ton e + Govea Yerusaghem + Arore et Tatrake + Surb Surb + Amen. Hayr Surb + Cristos Pataragyal + Astvatz mer + Ltsaq i barutyan Qo + Gohanamq + Yeghitsi anun tyarn orhnyal; St. Mesrop Mashtots: Ankanim araji qo + Bazum en Qo gtoutyunqd; Tsovinar Hovhannisyan: Improvisation Sayat-Nova + Impromptu; Petros Afrikyan: Sur les rives de Meèe Araqse; Sayat-Nova: Eshkemede + Lalane et Broyi Broyi; Makar Ekmalyan: Amen. Hayr Surb; Anahit Valesyan: Solitude; Impromptu; Anonymus: Thamzara; Nshan Hopyan: Fantaisie; Narek Kazazyan, Qanun, Astrig Siranossian, Cello, Helbert Asatryan, Duduk & Shevi, Yerevan Holy Cross Choir, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak; 1 CD Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS109; Aufnahme 11.2022, Veröffentlichung 11.04.2023 (79'38) - Rezension von Remy Franck
Diese CD, die sowohl im Schloss von Versailles als auch im Kloster Geghard Holy Spear (Kloster vom heiligen Speer) in Armenien aufgenommen wurde, bietet ein Programm mit armenischer Musik. Es ist eine wunderbare Mischung aus instrumentaler Solomusik, Ensemblestücken und Chormusik aus sakralen und volkstümlichen Traditionen Armeniens. Read More →
