Good'ol Gustav's Birthday.
150 years after his birth (7 July 1860), and 100 years after his death (1911), it’s become a bit boring to quote the man himself when he said that his time would come, or,...
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Argerich plays the music of Prometheus. Various/Berlin PO/Abbado (Sony) – INKPOT
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN ((1770-1827) The Creatures of Prometheus (Excerpts), Op. 43 Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Prometheus: Symphonic Poem No. 5 Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Prometheus – The Poem of Fire Luigi NONO (1924-1990) Prometo – Suite...
INKPOT#83/I CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Requiem Issue – CORIGLIANO Symphony No.1. Of Rage and Remembrance. Various/Slatkin (RCA)
CORIGLIANO Symphony No.1. Of Rage and Remembrance. Various/Slatkin (RCA) Requiem Ueli Wiget pianoHkan Hardenberger TrumpetEnsemble Modern conducted by Ingo Metzmacher SONY Classical SK58972 [63:02] full-price by Chua Guan Ee To begin with, I shall...
INKPOT#68 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande (Naxos/EMI)
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Pelléas et Mélisande Opera in 5 Acts and 12 Scenes. Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck A Work Worth Fighting For: Pélleas et Mélisande on Naxos/Casadesus and EMI/Karajan by Anthony Guneratne It was not...
INKPOT#52 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Bernstein – Recommended Listening
Onwards from the Debut More CD Recommendations from Various Labels by Adrian Tan (Signature image from the Leonard Bernstein Tribute Page) New York Philharmonic Debut – Leonard Bernstein. Strauss Don Quixote, Schumann Manfred Overture...