Gramophone
Hvorostovsky signs to Ondine.
A Russian baritone for the Finnish label.
Slipped Disc: Norman Lebrecht
Arnold Schoenberg is declared UNESCO world heritage.
Arnold Schoenberg’s documentary estate was yesterday brought under the protection of UNESCO.
Thenews.pl
EU backs revamp of composer Szymanowski’s house.
The National Museum in Krakow has announced that the former home of Karol Szymanowski is set for a revamp with EU backing.
Evening Standard
My opera’s strictly for everyone, says Rory Bremner.
Rory Bremner on his adaptation of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.
Boulezian
Belcea Quartet at the Wigmore Hall, 1st December.
‘The Belcea enthralled’
Opera Chic
Thibaudet’s film cred grows.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet goes to Hollywood (again). Listen to his playing here:
(Written on December 2, 2011 )
Intern Tags: Belcea Quartet , Dimitri Hvorostovsky , EU , Krakow , Offenbach , Ondine , Orpheus in the Underworld , Rory Bremner , Schoenberg , Szymanowski , Thibaudet , UNESCO , Wigmore Hall
The Times
Spotify to launch ‘music app’ service .
Spotify is to launch apps with its online music service yesterday, allowing millions to read reviews, sing along to lyrics and buy concerts tickets as they listen to songs.
The Independent
The Nutcracker: It’s all going nuts at the ballet.
Jessica Duchen is overwhelmed by the volume of Nutcrackers around.
New York Times
Andrew Kazdin, Record Producer, Dies at 77 .
Andrew Kazdin, a producer known for his recordings of the New York Philharmonic, died on Monday in Manhattan.
LA Times
Grammys: Gustavo Dudamel in classical’s West-leaning field.
The classical Grammy nominations have been announced.
Slipped Disc: Norman Lebrecht
Chailly’s out. Boston’s options are down to one.
Riccardo Chailly has withdrawn from January’s long-planned concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Breaking: Santa Claus gets an opera house.
Leif Segretsam, also known as Father Christmas:
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/11/breaking-santa-claus-gets-an-opera-house.html
(Written on December 1, 2011 )
Intern Tags: Andrew Kazdin , Boston Symphony Orchestra , Classical Grammys , Dimitri Hvorostovsky , Father Christmas , Gustavo Dudamel , Leif Segretsam , Malmo , philadelphia orchestra , Ricardo Chailly , Spotify , The Nutcracker
Every day the WildKat team scan the newspapers and blogs online to bring you a digested list of the day’s classical music.
The Independent
How Xbox fans could save classical music
Rebecca Armstrong tunes into orchestral renditions of video game soundtracks.
The Times
Hvorostovsky/Ilja at the Barbican
The Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is certainly a hard act to upstage. Yet the Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja all but succeeded in doing just that at their latest Barbican recital.
The Times
LSO/Davis/Noseda at Lincoln Centre, New York
New York’s musical public is famously hard to impress. But three times in five days the audience at Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic, surged to its feet to give a standing ovation to the London Symphony Orchestra
Gramophone Blogs
The Dvorák you don’t know- but should
Time for a focus on the rest of the quartets and symphonies.
The Evening Standard
Castor and Pollux, ENO
No British opera company has done more to establish Handel in the modern repertoire than ENO.
(Written on October 25, 2011 )
