Tag: Gramophone
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Monday Link Round Up: October 21, 2019
News and Music to start your week! Last week saw the New York Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s “Su,” concerto for sheng, which had its world premiere in 2009. The New York Times spoke to Ms. Chin (pictured above) in advance of the Philharmonic’s performance, led by Susanna Mälkki. .Listen on Soundcloud to Melissa Dunphy’s conversation with…
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Monday Link Round Up: March 20, 2017
News to start your week! We were just made aware of Gramophone‘s contribution in honor of International Women’s Day. They’ve compiled a list of historic female composers that are worth listening to and – perhaps most notably – have decent recordings available. This highlights an important issue of the lack of representation of works by women…
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Monday Link Round Up: December 5, 2016
News to start your week! On December 1 the Met Opera performed L’Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho. This historic Met premiere marked only the second time a work by a woman composer has been heard at the institution – the last being over a century ago. Many great stories and conversations have already come out of this…
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The Verdict is In!
There has been a recent buzz about the list of the world’s top symphonies that Gramophone has put together. It seems to have taken many classical music enthusiasts by surprise that the top American orchestra (listed as number five) is the Chicago Symphony. The Cleveland Orchestra is listed as number seven. The story and complete…