“I have a tone on my phone that announces the arrival of a new indie supergroup, and it’s bleeping a lot at the moment. Appearing to peak a couple of years ago, the event of members of blog-standard alternative groups…
Music: Classical
“The 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking fusion album Bitches Brew offers an opportunity to expand upon the context of its original unveiling. The impact of this recognition can’t even be mitigated by a collision of commerce and creativity that echoes…
Rupert Christiansen (The Guardian) writes as follows: “A second volume spread over two CDs completes Malcolm Martineau’s magnificent project to record all Britten’s original songs for voice and piano, recorded in the Hoffmann Building at the Snape Maltings using the…
“Every few years English National Opera catches a nasty bout of the jitters. Rumours start to circulate about plans to scrap it to save money. Does London really need two opera houses?, sceptics start to ask. Couldn’t its £17m subsidy…
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