ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) [ Rubicon Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I Quattro Rusteghi is a wonderful comedy. Very clever and very Italian: colourful, lively and rhythmic. The women are impertinent, cunning and seductive; the men are awful, dirty and mean. The confrontation between them is at... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments" Gramophone Editor's Choice Nov 2020 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The String Quartets [Live from Suntory Hall, Tokyo] Kuss Quartet [ Rubicon Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2020 ] "This is one of the finest cycles I've heard and one I'll most certainly be returning to, especially over this Beethoven anniversary year." MusicWeb Recommended July 2020 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Etudes Sonya Bach (piano) [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Sonya Bach's debut album for Rubicon was a well-received 2CD set of J.S Bach's Keyboard Concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra. For this, her second album, she turns to Chopin and his Etudes. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos Sonya Bach (piano), English Chamber Orchestra [ Rubicon Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Korean pianist Sonya Bach studied with Lazar Berman and Alicia de Larrocha, and is a Steinway artist. For such a great virtuoso of both harpsichord and organ, it is remarkable that J.S Bach composed only one original work for keyboard and... |
Trio Isimsiz
String Quartets [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Trio Isimsiz (Turkish for 'no name') have certainly been making themselves a name as one of the most exciting young piano trios on the classical music scene. All three members of the Trio Isimsiz enjoy great success individually. Erdem Misirlioglu... |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Momento immobile: Bel Canto Operas By Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini Venera Gimadieva, Hallè Orchestra, Gianluca Marcianò [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Hailed as 'the new voice of Russia' and the star of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Venera Gimadieva has quickly become one of the most sought-after lyric coloratura sopranos in Europe. Her performances as Violetta in La Traviata have earned... |