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BBCSSO/Canellakis review – electrifying trio of women unleash the horror in Strauss’s Elektra
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghMaking the most of a huge orchestra, conductor Karina Canellakis treated the dissonant score with relish, but the evening belonged to the singers, with even the tiniest role superbly realised
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Culture #Classicalmusic #Music #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness
By Flora Willson
Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trick
#Proms2026 #Proms #Classicalmusic #Music #AcademyofStMartinintheFields #Culture #Festivals #TheGuardian #FloraWillson
Hi music fans !
This is your periodic reminder that I have a little storefront on Discogs with ~300 CDs, cassettes, and records. If you're a person who's still into that kind of thing (or maybe need a gift for someone who is), I hope you'll take a look. There's a little something for everyone, see genre tags below.
Boosts are greatly appreciated.
Happy listening !
https://www.discogs.com/seller/scoobydoobiedoowhereareyou22/profile
#Rock #Punk #ElectronicMusic #HipHop #CountryMusic #Funk #Soul #Folk #BlueGrass #Blues #RnB #PopMusic #ClassicalMusic #Discogs #CD #CDs #Vinyl #VinylRecords #Cassettes #CassetteTapes #PhysicalMedia
Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
By Erica Jeal
Royal Albert Hall, London A suite of reconstructed dance pieces from 1918 by Edmund Thornton Jenkins made a moving start to Chineke!’s Prom, where soprano Angel Blue sang Barber’s nostalgic Knoxville and Dvořák’s Symphony No 8 made a breathless finale
#Proms2026 #Classicalmusic #ChinekeOrchestra #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #EricaJeal
Best of Gustavo Dudemel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIPlc5j38Cw
A stream raising money for earthquake relief in Venezuela.
今日はアルベール・ルーセルの命日。1937年、ロワイヤンに滞在中に没。享年68。死因は心臓発作。
最後に住んでいたパリのガブリエル・フォーレ・スクワールのアパートには、そのことを伝えるプレートが設置されている。https://maps.app.goo.gl/hZ55kcxJmQbSRtQo9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaque_Lieu_Habitation_Albert_Roussel_2_Square_Gabriel_Fauré_-_Paris_XVII_(FR75)_-_2026-07-13_-_2.jpg#/media/File:Plaque_Lieu_Habitation_Albert_Roussel_2_Square_Gabriel_Fauré_-_Paris_XVII_(FR75)_-_2026-07-13_-_2.jpg
手がけていた三重奏曲は未完に終わった。この年にはラジオ放送のための詩劇「エルペノール」を手掛けている。
Claude Debussy *22. August 1862. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qvyoqid6fzhnqfmz5kql5qlg/post/3mtobxxgxqs23
#classicalMusic
今日はクロード・ドビュッシーの誕生日。1862年、イヴリーヌ県サン=ジェルマン=アン=レーの生まれ。
生家は現在ドビュッシー博物館として整備されている。https://maps.app.goo.gl/kGs143WfWW4rA9B26 最近ファサードがリニューアルされた模様。後にジャポニスムに傾倒する作曲家を意識して、浮世絵や法被が展示されている様だが、勿論それは後年のこと。2歳の頃には父親の事業がうまく行かなくなってこの地を離れている。
Lili Boulanger * 21. August 1893 † 15. März 1918. Hymne au Soleil (1912).
youtu.be/SCSu97iazX4
#classicalMusic
Anthony Hopkins: Life Is a Dream album review – easy on the ear melodies written from the heart
By Clive Paget
Philharmonia Orchestra/Dudamel(Decca)There’s a cinematic flourish to many of Hopkins’ compositions, together with fine arrangements of Welsh tunes and pieces dedicated to family
#Classicalmusic #AnthonyHopkins #Music #ThePhilharmoniaOrchestra #GustavoDudamel #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
Anthony Hopkins on mortality, music's dark side and its healing power
By Ria Andriani
Sir Anthony Hopkins opens up about music’s transcendental power, overcoming impostor syndrome, playing Hannibal Lecter and why “life is one long, long goodbye”.
Ileana Cotrubaș * 9. Juni 1939 † 20. August 2026. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vmnv23hjfzfo5zi6uozfrdb4/post/3mtjl4xaf3225
The First time i heard her Voice was:
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit · New Philharmonia Orchestra
#classicalMusic
youtu.be/IuEpovN5JKg
The Song of Hiawatha review – Rafael Payare reveals the riches of Coleridge-Taylor’s hit cantata
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghFestival director Nicola Benedetti’s bold programming of these once-popular Victorian cantatas paid off with a crisp chorus and strong soloists tautly conducted
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Opera #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Aigul Akhmetshina: Mujer Fatal album review – classy and sensual in music from Bizet to Britten and Bernstein
By Clive Paget
Akhmetshina/Pappano(Decca)The mezzo-soprano lends supple and elegant voice to opera arias and musical party pieces that explore womanhood
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/aigul-akhmetshina-mujer-fatal-album-review
#Classicalmusic #Opera #Music #AntonioPappano #Culture #TheGuardian #ClivePaget