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In celebration of International Womenâs Day on Monday 8
th March, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland is shining a light on just some of the many talented women who are working in the Arts in the region.
RoisÃn McDonough, Chief Executive, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, commented,Â
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I am delighted to help celebrate IWD and in particular the many women artists that the Arts Council supports. Itâs anÂ
opportunity to remember just what the ARTS can do, how powerful the arts are in their ability to challenge, inspire and give women a voice. And importantly, the power of the arts to bring women and communities closer together across the world.
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite No 2 and
Hungarian Peasant Songs. Dausgaard is also the Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and his recording with them last year of Nielsen s First and Second Symphonies is highly recommended – it was our Recording of the Month in the November issue.
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2. Beethoven Triple Concerto
Just last week we recommended a new recording of Beethoven s Seventh Symphony by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and this week they are back with more Beethoven, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and multi-
Gramophone Award-winning soloists violinist Isabelle Faust, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov.
Gramophone Concerto Award in 2012 and her recording of the complete Beethoven violin sonatas with Melnikov won the
Best of 2020: Classical CDs | reviews, news & interviews Best of 2020: Classical CDs
Best of 2020: Classical CDs
Twelve of the year s best classical releases
by Graham RicksonSaturday, 26 December 2020
Composer Christopher Willis
My first shortlist had 27 discs on it, but, after much soul-searching, I’ve whittled it down to 12. These are all physical releases: I like being able to read sleeve notes in print as opposed to a screen, and CDs do sound better. Here goes:
My first shortlist had 27 discs on it, but, after much soul-searching, I’ve whittled it down to 12. These are all physical releases: I like being able to read sleeve notes in print as opposed to a screen, and CDs do sound better. Here goes:
The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020
Listen to our critics’ favorites from a year in which much of the energy in music came from recordings.
Credit.The New York Times
Dec. 17, 2020
“In Seven Days”; Kirill Gerstein, piano (Myrios)
The composer Thomas Adès and the pianist Kirill Gerstein’s artistically fruitful friendship has given us two essential albums this year: the premiere recording of Mr. Adès’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, featuring Mr. Gerstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon); and this one, which includes a solo arrangement of the harrowing and slippery Berceuse from Mr. Adès’s opera “The Exterminating Angel.”