http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1674599,00.html
Barenboim hints at La Scala encore
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1674692,00.html?gusrc=rss
SCHREKER: Christophorus oder ìDie Vision einer Operî
How easy it might be to overlook this lesser-known Schreker opera, composed in 1928 and dedicated to Schrekerís good friend Arnold Schoenberg, here in its recorded debut. It has a quite curious libretto, complex and multilayered, and Schreker moves between what are at times quite disparate styles.
SPITZER & ZASLAW: The Birth of the Orchestra ó History of an Institution, 1650-1815
At a time when the press has made the public aware of the difficult circumstances that exist for the symphony orchestra in the United States, it is refreshing to find a book that demonstrates unequivocally the nature of that institution and, as a consequence, its power in culture.
GOUNOD: Faust
Faust, OpÈra en cinq actes
Music composed by Charles Gounod. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel CarrÈ after Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ENO woes continue with new sacking and strike
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1961532,00.html
Unhappy birthday? It’s his 250th anniversary, but Mozart is too ‘chocolate-boxy’ for Radio 3
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article335215.ece
Music writers put an ear to the ground
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0eab6a7a-767d-11da-a8a9-0000779e2340.html