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New CD ‘Where Song Began’
Violinist Simone Slattery and cellist Anthony Albrecht have released a new CD themed around birdsong, Where Song Began. The tracks include classics like Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and JS Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, with traditional items like Ngarra Burra Ferra, a traditional Yorta Yorta hymn and contemporary works like Ross Edwards’ Ecstatic…
Nigel Westlake And Katy Abbott Awarded 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes
Nigel Westlake and Katy Abbott are the winners of the 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Melbourne Recital Centre this week. A video of the ceremony is available for streaming the Australian Music Centre’s website, and includes the 2019 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address by Deborah Cheetham AO. Nigel Westlake…
Trifonov Continues Rachmaninov Recordings For Deutsche Grammophon
After the highly acclaimed album Destination Rachmaninov – Departure Daniil Trifonov concludes his Rachmaninov recording project for Deutsche Grammophon with Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival, a programme that includes Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3, Trifonov’s own transcriptions of Rachmaninov’s lyrical Vocalise and virtuosic The Silver Sleigh Bells. The album is available now. The Grammy…
The Marriage Of Figaro Lookbook
Sumptuous costumes by Jenny Tiramani create a visual feast akin to an oil painting in Sir David McVicar’s 2015 production of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro revived by Opera Australia this month. Scroll down to see all six images.
Tognetti And Helyard Release Violin Sonatas On ABC Classic
Richard Tognetti and Erin Helyard this week release a landmark recording of violin sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, on the ABC Classic label. Pianist Erin Helyard’s intimate knowledge of the soundworld of Classical Vienna is paired with the eloquence of violinist Richard Tognetti creating a double album of chamber music by two of Australia’s most…
Beethoven Symphonies On Deutsche Grammophon With Andris Nelsons Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
Released last week on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Andris Nelsons, the leading conductor of his generation, takes on a full cycle of Beethoven’s eternal symphonies – directing the Vienna Philharmonic in a series of new recordings made at the historic Vienna Musikverein. These will be released in a deluxe boxed set on 5 CDs, featuring…
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Concert Review: Drama/ The Metropolitan Orchestra
The Metropolitan Orchestra Drama Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre Sydney 27 October, 2018 Written by Victoria Watson The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) Sydney is celebrating ten years since its inception under founding artistic director Sarah-Grace Williams. TMO is an outstanding professional level orchestra privately funded and run that attracts excellent players across all sections. Williams galvanises…
Concert Review: Vocalise – Rachmaninoff And Poulenc/ Omega Ensemble/ Lee Abrahmsen
Vocalise – Rachmaninoff and Poulenc, Omega Ensemble with Lee Abrahmsen, soprano Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 21 October, 2018 Soprano Lee Abrahmsen with pianist Maria Raspopova and clarinettist David Rowden, Co-Artistic Directors of Omega Ensemble, presented an engaging afternoon of all too rarely heard choicest Art Song in a vividly contrasting programme of songs by…