by Jure Smirnov | Sep 20, 2024 | News
✬ ✬ ✬ ✬ Bachtrack Mark Valencia “Both [Susan Manoff and Julius Drake] playing with secure, idiomatic familiarity… a generosity of spirit both to their singers and to each other.” “A concert of heavenly length that grouped songs from the...
by Jure Smirnov | Sep 20, 2024 | News
✬ ✬ ✬ ✬ The Guardian Andrew Clements “A beautifully conceived, finely executed centenary tribute.” To read the full article please click the following link: Fauré Song Gala review – subtlety and sensitivity mark centenary of composer’s...
by Jure Smirnov | Sep 12, 2024 | News
2024 Jean Meikle Duo Prize Winners: Clara Barbier Serrano & Joanna Kacperek The Jean Meikle Duo Prize at the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition has been awarded to soprano Clara Barbier Serrano and pianist Joanna Kacperek. About the Artists:...
by Jure Smirnov | Aug 16, 2024 | News
✯✯✯✯✯ Nicholas Daniel/Julius Drake (Chandos) This eight-work record, some pieces arranged by Daniel, is a dream – despite most of the pieces not being originally written for the performers’ instruments But it’s a measure of the care and sensitivity that Daniel and...
by Jure Smirnov | Jun 16, 2024 | News
“The recital as a result felt epic: an unpredictable heart of cosmic darkness and strange lights flanked by two Schumann trajectories on the personal level of love found and bitterly, desperately lost in the Op. 24 Liederkreis before the Larcher...
by Jure Smirnov | Jun 16, 2024 | News
“Against this stark background, Bostridge and Drake carefully ratchet up the cycle’s intrinsic drama, unconstrained by the parameters of a recital realising a far wider range of dynamics and instrumental colour than usual. The piano felt like a whole orchestra,...
