by Jure Smirnov | May 20, 2025 | News
Ranging across metaphysics, comedy, grief and love, Mahler’s songs for voice and piano are works of exquisite delicacy that offer fascinating glimpses into his grand symphonic works, writes pianist Julius Drake No orchestral season today is complete without a Mahler...
by Jure Smirnov | Apr 25, 2025 | News
Julius Drake and Nicholas Daniel win the Chamber Award for ‘Robert and Clara Schumann Works for Oboe and Piano’
by Jure Smirnov | Apr 3, 2025 | News
“Spence, in wonderful voice here, sings with bronzed tone, a keen sense of line and a reined-in intensity that allows words and emotional shifts to register fully. There’s a telling surge of feeling at ‘Ô bien-aimée’, in ‘La lune...
by Jure Smirnov | Apr 3, 2025 | News
“With immaculate French diction, Spence marvellously conveys the scarcely contained ecstasy of each song, his vocal lines beautifully cushioned by the strings of the Piatti Quartet and double-bass player. But the cycle occupies less than half the running time of...
by Jure Smirnov | Mar 2, 2025 | News
“Life Victoria Barcelona and the Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation presented their performance in Seville, centered around two lyrical monologues by Francis Poulenc, accompanied by three songs and a piano piece, with the luxurious participation of Julius Drake...
by Jure Smirnov | Dec 18, 2024 | News
“Robert Schumann only wrote one work for oboe – but that hasn’t stopped oboist Nicholas Daniel drawing together a gorgeous album of his music. Played with such warmth and eloquence, the arrangements chosen here often feel as if they were tailor-made for the...
