CD Review | Carousel — John Wilson, Chandos
Rodgers and Hammerstein — Carousel Tenors: Nathaniel Hackmann and Julian Ovenden; sopranos: Mikaela Bennett, Sierra Boggess and Francesca Chiejina; baritone, David Seadon-Young; Sinfonia of London;…
Browsing: John Wilson
Lebrecht Weekly | Exploring Grazyna Bacewicz’s Musical World
I am starting to think that Grazyna Bacewicz might be the next Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Bacewicz trod water under Polish Communism and saw her music eclipsed by the authorised forces of Lutoslawski and Penderecki.
Lebrecht Weekly | Rachmaninov: 2nd symphony (Chandos/Vox)
Chandos: *** Vox: **** If you think Rachmaninov’s second symphony is easy to play, you should have heard the mush one of London’s top orchestras…
Lebrecht Weekly | Vaughan Williams, Howells, &c. (Chandos)
Take a walk any time of year in England’s green and pleasant and, unless you’re very lucky, you will soon sink up to the shinbone…
Lebrecht Weekly: Metamorphosen (Chandos)
In mid-March 1945 Richard Strauss set about writing a suite for string orchestra that would reflect his feelings at the surrounding devastation. The eighty year-old…
