The Venice Symphony (Florida) has announced the appointment of American conductor Troy Quinn, 34, as Music Director from the 2018-19 season. Quinn completed his three-year tenure as Music Director of the Juneau Symphony with his final concert on June 3, 2018. Read More →
A manuscript by Maurice Ravel will be auctioned by Ader Nordmann at the end of June at Drouot in Paris. The Association of the Friends of Maurice Ravel launches a campaign of participative patronage to acquire this manuscript, estimated between 25.000 and 30.000 Euros and to hand over it to the French National Library. Read More →
British Conductor Karel Mark Chichon (*1971) will continue to guide the artistic destiny of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria as its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director until the year 2023. His contract has been renewed for a period of three and a half years, the orchestra announced. Read More →
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda: Violakonzerte Nr. 1-3 (F-Dur, Es-Dur, Es-Dur); Jean-Eric Soucy, Bratsche, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Bernard Labadie; 1 CD cpo 555167-2; Aufnahme 07/2016, Veröffentlichung 26/04/2018 (60'11) – Rezension von Remy Franck
Die weitverzweigte Musikerfamilie Benda kann für Konfusionen sorgen, wie diese CD zeigt. Der kanadische Bratschist Jean-Eric Soucy, Mitglied des SWR-Orchesters, hat auf der Suche nach drei Bratschenkonzerten von Georg Anton Benda schließlich herausgefunden, dass es diese wohl nicht gibt, dafür aber drei von Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745-1814). Diese drei sind virtuos, und charakteristisch genug, um einem breiten Publikum zu gefallen. Read More →
When the Cleveland Institute of Music started applications for its inaugural class of the new Minority Artist Fellowship (MAF) program for African-American and Latino Students, a big success story began. CIM has just announced: « When162 of the world’s most talented classical music students arrive at the Cleveland Institute of Music next fall, they will represent the most competitive and accomplished incoming class in CIM’s storied history. They will also be the most racially diverse: African American, Latinx and Native Hawaiian students will be an historic 17 percent of the incoming class. Read More →
The Brevard Philharmonic, Brevard, North Carolina, has chosen James Fellenbaum as its new Artistic Director/Conductor. Fellenbaum is currently Resident Conductor with the Knoxville Symphony, Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra and Director of Orchestras at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Read More →
How would you describe your origins and at what point did you decide that you wanted to get involved in the classical record world a serious way?
There were plenty of cultural interests in my family when I was growing up, and music, consequently, played an important part in my education and upbringing. I studied Law and, then, for a period of fifteen years I worked as a diplomat, until 1995, when I became involved with the family business concerns in brewing, and I joined a number of management boards… Read More →
Johannes Brahms: Sonaten für Viola und Klavier, Rhapsodien für Klavier op. 79; Yuri Bashmet, Viola, Ksenia Bashmet, Klavier; 1 CD Fondamenta FON-1802030; Aufnahmen 01/2017, Veröffentlichung 03/2018 (53'22 bzw. 54'23) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch
Vorab ist ein technischer Hinweis erforderlich. Das Label Fondamenta liefert zum normalen Einzelpreis zwei CDs, die für verschiedene Medien gedacht sind. Die Fidelity-Version ist auf hochwertigen Anlagen, die Mobility-Scheibe am Computer oder einfacheren Geräten wie im Auto abzuspielen. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach: h-Moll Messe BWV 232; Katherine Watson, Sopran, Tim Mead, Countertenor, Reinoud van Mechelen, Tenor, André Morsch, Bass, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie; 2 CDs Harmonia Mundi 8905293.94; Liveaufnahme 09/2016 (105‘03) - Rezension von Alain Steffen (1) und Remy Franck (2)
(1) Erstaunlich: In den großen Werken der Musikliteratur gibt es immer wieder neue Facetten zu entdecken. Hier ist es der unermüdliche William Christie, der Bachs ‘h-Moll Messe’ neues Leben einhaucht. Diese klanglich transparente und hervorragende Live-Aufnahme aus der Pariser Philharmonie ist ein ergreifendes Erlebnis. Read More →
Benjamin Zander has made a new recording of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and The Philharmonia Chorus. The PR is already running on full speed, although the release is only scheduled for July 16 by Brattle Media. Read More →
