Julia Lezhneva talks about singing Vivaldi

In this video, soprano Julia Lezhneva talks about Vivaldi’s sacred motet In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, which she has recorded with Il Giardino Armonica and Giovanni Antonini on her Decca CD Alleluia.

In this video, soprano Julia Lezhneva talks about Vivaldi’s sacred motet In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, which she has recorded with Il Giardino Armonica and Giovanni Antonini on her Decca CD Alleluia.
The National Choral School, hosted by Gondwana Voices is in full swing again and its young choristers are engaged in a fortnight of music making which will culminate in the Festival of Summer Voices, a series of concerts from January 18-21 in Sydney. Check out the enchanting sound of Gondwana Voices in this performance…
Tenor Rolando Villazon is back in full voice with his first recording in three years. Released by Deutsche Grammophon, the collection of Verdi arias celebrates the 2013 bi-centenary of the composer’s birth. Recorded in Turin, Italy with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, it includes classics like Brindisi, La donna e mobile, Lunge da lei, Dal labbro…
J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 must have one of the most thrilling and celebratory openings ever heard. Hope you enjoy this version of the opening chorus Jauchzet frohlocket from the Frauenkirche Dresden in the heart of Saxony. The Staatskapelle Dresden, is conducted by Christian Thielemann, Sophie Koch (Mezzosoprano) und Thomas Hampson (Baritone).
Inaugurated just 1 year ago, in April 2013, Hobart Baroque has already established a reputation as an important fixture on the national calendar of music festivals. It is the only festival in the country solely dedicated to performance of music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 2014, Hobart Baroque will run from March…
When Philip Glass handpicked some pianists to perform all of his Etudes together at the Barbican in London last year, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson was one of them. The Financial Times claimed: “Best of all was Ólafsson in the supersensitive stillness of Etude 5.” To celebrate the 80th birthday of Philip Glass, Deutsche Grammophon have released a…
This excellent mini-documentary talks about the pacifist principles which propelled Britten’s War Requiem. at 5’30” you can see Britten conducting Peter Pears in the tenor solo Futility (‘Move him, move him’). And….. you can read our story about the electrifying 20th century master piece that is Britten’s War Requiem.