CD Review | Femmes de légende (Atma Classique, 2023)
Femmes de légende Élisabeth Pion, piano Atma Classique, May 2023 Quebec pianist Élisabeth Pion’s album opens with limpid, fluid and warm playing. A magnificent symbiosis…
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CD Review | Martha Argerich Live/ Volumes 13-17 (Doremi Records, 2023)
Martha Argerich Live/ Volumes 13-17 Martha Argerich, piano DOREMI DHR-8201-12 For many years now, Jacob Harnoy has been producing a remarkable series of live Martha…
OM with Yannick in Europe: “It is something physical that becomes metaphysical”
The lobby of the Cologne Philharmonie. CDs arrayed on a table. Subscribers to the Internationale Orchester series looking them over with quiet curiosity. “This is…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ravel/De Falla: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Never forget that Maurice Ravel was more Basque than French. His rhythms and harmonies belong to the borderlands. He is happiest with the smell of…
Emerson Quartet celebrates 40th anniversary at Montreal Chamber Music Festival
The Montreal Chamber Music Festival always manages to satisfy even the most demanding mélomane of the city. Long-time friends of artistic director Denis Brott, the Emerson…
Review – Après un Rêve: Fauré, Debussy, Ravel (BIS)
Après un Rêve: Fauré, Debussy, Ravel Christian Svarfvar, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano BIS 2016. 2183. 61 min 8 s. French music has long held an…
Review: Orchestre de la Francophonie (July 28)
For their 15th anniversary season, the Orchestre de la Francophonie participated in Les Concerts Populaires for a celebration of French music that placed foundational Quebec…
This Day in Music – 1958: Angela Hewitt is Born
This day in music, we celebrate Angela Hewitt’s birthday. Of a musical family, Angela Hewitt turns fifty-eight today as one of Canada’s and the world’s…
