Wireless listening
Confused by the proliferation of wireless devices and listening formats?
Gramophone Magazine has published a comprehensive guide to wireless listening.
Confused by the proliferation of wireless devices and listening formats?
Gramophone Magazine has published a comprehensive guide to wireless listening.
To mark the tenth death anniversary of the legendary dramatic coloratura soprano, Dame Joan Sutherland, Decca Eloquence has released an album Joan Sutherland My Favourites, comprising Dame Joan’s favourite moments in opera and song accompanied by liner notes she wrote herself, including her recipe for Christmas pudding. The selections range from Mozart, through the great…
Wynton Marsalis’ Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2) is now available exclusively on digital platforms.
Performed by the The Philadelphia Orchestra under the conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, the piece is a celebration of the blues refracted through the prism of American history and folklore.
In an interview on radio some years ago, Adrian Collette, then CEO of Opera Australia (OA) was challenged with the assertion that opera was an art form for the elite. He countered ably, with the observation that the only thing elite about opera was the training undergone by its practitioners. Claims of elitism in the…
Acacia Quartet first violinist Lisa Stewart talks about her double life as a popular illustrator.
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2020 season features a variety guest collaborations with whom they will perform gems from the classical and romantic eras with an acknowledgement to contemporary Australian repertoire. Directed by violinist Rachael Beesley, the year’s curtain raiser The Impresario in March, includes the Overture to Mozart’s opera of the same name,…
Two recent cinema releases focus on the dynamics amongst classical musicians. Click here to read the New York Times feature on Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffmann and starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins; and A Late Quartet, directed by Yaron Silberman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Mark Ivanir and Catherine Keener.