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Christa Ludwig in 1978 Credit:  Avalon Christa Ludwig, the mezzo-soprano, who has died aged 93, started out singing for cigarettes in post-war Berlin and ended up one of the world’s leading exponents of opera and leider. During one of the longest and most distinguished careers on the operatic stage, Christa Ludwig made her debut in Frankfurt in 1946 as Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus and gave her farewell performance in Vienna in 1994, as Klytemnestra in Strauss’s Elektra. Her repertoir...

Thursday, April 22, 2021 Fifty years after the composer’s death, Riccardo Chailly and Teodor Currentzis talk to Peter Quantrill about what can – and can’t – be learnt from Stravinsky’s own recordings Stravinsky on the podium [photo: Fondation Horst Tappe / Bridgeman Images] Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. Why not regis...

‘The Who Sell Out’ and ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band boxed sets top this week’s new releases Updated 9:40 AM; Today 9:40 AM “The Who Sell Out” boxed set, left, and the "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection)" top this week’s new music releases. (Photos courtesy of Geffen/UMe and Capitol UMe respectively) Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Big box sets from John Lennon and the Who set the pace for this week’s batch of new music releases, while Dirty Honey, Peter ...

12:00 AM Fully Committed - The New York Times called Fully Committed "immensely entertaining, a richly comic affirmation of everything Ive ever heard, or suspected, about the bad behavior that good food can inspire." Featuring one actor playing more than 40 characters, Fully Committed takes place in a famed restaurant where patrons will stop at nothing to secure a reservation- including coercion and bribes. Television and film star Maulik Pancholy plays Sam, who works the reservation line. Panc...

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Janusz Wawrowski, who has recreated Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto (photo: Fabrizio Maltese) Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. Why not register today and enjoy the following great benefits: Free access to 5 subscriber-only reviews per month Unlimited access to news, features, blogs, awards and artist content

Mackenzie Melemed Newton, Mass. native Mackenzie Melemed has been gaining awards worldwide on his journey to the 2021 American Pianists Association finals. In 2019 he won the Juilliard Schools Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize, and in 2018 gained triple recognition winning the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize, the Paris Recital Prize from Polands Prix de Tarnów Competition, and third prize in the first China International Music Competition. On March 12, at 8 p.m. he presents the final con...

Having fun with Bach and Sibelius.

Classical CDs: Elephants, pestilence and lockdown fiddling | reviews, news & interviews Classical CDs: Elephants, pestilence and lockdown fiddling Classical CDs: Elephants, pestilence and lockdown fiddling Six more zingers, including strong British contemporary music and the complete Ravel by Graham RicksonSaturday, 13 February 2021     BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder (Avie Records) The musical content is impressive enough, but th...

08 February 2021 Istanbul Music Festival will be held from 3 to 21 June 2021 in Istanbul’s most attractive open-air venues. Organised with the support of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the 49th Istanbul Music Festival will meet the festival audience in open-air venues on 3-21 June under pandemic measures. The festival, which will take place completely open-air for the first time in its nearly 50 years of history, will offer music lovers a “whole new classical musi...