by Jure Smirnov | Jun 7, 2023 | News
‘Could, would, should Alice Coote give a Tina Turner encore at the end of this recital? It wasn’t a totally ridiculous idea. The magnificently mercurial British mezzo had already stood and delivered Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Elvis Costello and Burt...
by Aileen Morrison | Dec 23, 2022 | News
Last night in the Recital Hall the British pianist & song accompanist Julius Drake received the Concertgebouw Medal at a concert with mezzo-soprano Feride Büyükdenktas. The presentation came as a complete surprise. At the close of his concert, this medal was...
by Aileen Morrison | Oct 19, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
Please click the link to read an outstanding review of this recent recording with Gerald Finley. http://www.musicweb-international.com/Classrev/2022/Oct/Schubert-mullerin-CDA68377.htm
by Aileen Morrison | Sep 18, 2022 | News
This lunchtime concert, which was also broadcast on BBC R3, can be viewed by clicking the link below: https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/live-streams/christoph-pregardien-tenor-julius-drake-piano Also available to hear on BBC Sounds:...
by Aileen Morrison | Aug 13, 2022 | News
Le 8 août 2022 par Patrice Lieberman Franz Schubert(1797-1828) An den Mond, D.259; Wandrers Nachtlied I (Der du von dem Himmel bist), D.224; Im Frühling, D.882, Der Zwerg, D. 771; Ständchen, D. 957; Seligkeit, D.443; Abendstern, D.806; Der Tod und das Mädchen,...
by Aileen Morrison | Jul 20, 2022 | News
Excellent review for Julius and Gerald Finley’s new recording on Hyperion: ‘Finley makes the music compellingly his own: with his Rolls-Royce bass-baritone on smooth, luxurious form throughout, there’s no sense of him trying to capture the youthfulness of...
