IMG Artists

28/02/2025

Following the success of his recent debut at Staatsoper Unter den Linden conducting Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten with Staatskapelle Berlin, Constantin Trinks was invited to takeover subscription concerts with Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse – in programmes featuring Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten (Symphonic Fantasy), Der Rosenkavalier Suite, and Mozart arias with soprano Siobhan Stagg:

"with ease and a thrilling sense of contrasts, Constantin Trinks allowed the orchestra to shine brightly. Finesse and power were brought to the top by a committed direction and an orchestra in top form. The perfection of Constantin Trinks’ direction, the way of instilling in the orchestra all the freedom to express itself brought a lot of brilliance to the interpretation of this sensational work. Better than saved, this concert was of accomplished perfection.” – Hubert Stoecklin, Classiquenews Classiquenews https://imgartists.com/news/glowing-reviews-for-constantin-trinks-and-the-orchestre-national-du-capitole-de-toulouse/

28/02/2025

Out today! - the new album from Christian Immler, bass-baritone and legendary pianist Helmut Deutsch.
Listening link: https://s.disco.ac/dvcnchhvuoqk
Smarturl album: https://lnk.to/BeStillMyHeart_Immler_DeutschAr
Alpha Classics Outhere Music

28/02/2025

Bax’s symphonic poem paints Tintagel Castle on a ‘sunny but not windless day’, evoking the characters who once inhabited it. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Aro...

28/02/2025

"The CD 'Operette Gala' by Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka is beautifully dramaturgically balanced, with not only the most famous operetta hits [...] and they are also very well-interpreted. Kateřina Kněžíková certainly had an easier time choosing songs, because soprano arias can be found in every operetta. She does very well, for example, in the feared czardáš of Rosalinde from Strauss's Die Fledermaus (she opens up the regular cut commendably) or in the opening aria of Sylva from Kálmán's operetta Die Csárdásfürstin [...] definitely worth having in your collection." https://www.klasikaplus.cz/operette-gala-slavne-operetni-arie-a-dueta-v-podani-kateriny-knezikove-a-adama-plachetky/ KlasikaPlus.cz

„Album přichází na náš trh právě včas.“ „CD Operette gala Kateřiny Kněžíkové a Adama Plachetky je vzácně dramaturgicky vyrovnané.“ „Melodie z vídeňskýc...

28/02/2025

28/02/2025

"The passion for, and investment in, what Jaime Martin gives to his role as Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor is evident not only in the exuberance of his motions but in the linguistic formation of his interpretation. The shape and range of his hand motions in one passage, crafting the lines for strings and solo clarinet, are matched in sheer panache by the metaphors he uses to direct his players toward the quality of sound he wants. And, of course, the most impact can often be achieved with the very least output. At one point, he simply turned around with his fists pressed against his hips and exclaimed, “Amazing. Isn’t this amazing music?”

We had the opportunity to see the inner workings of Mahler’s Symphony #2 – “Resurrection”, to be performed by the MSO under Martín’s baton.

26/02/2025

"Clerici was waltzing with his baton as the dreamscape unfolded with the brass and winds echoing a Wagnerian-styled dialogue with the Tristan chord, named after his 1859 opera Tristan und Isolde, using unresolved dissonances to blur conscious boundaries. It was a fantastical daydream as the strings entwined with rivulets of melody from Pan’s pipes until the orchestra crept quietly away to close in a moment of silence." - Gemma Regan, Limelight

QSO and Brisbane’s ingenious Circa reached stratospheric heights in a world first circus interpretation of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

25/02/2025

On today's episode of France Musique's Stars du Classique, Aurélie Moreau devotes the show to cellist Steven Isserlis, playing his renditions of Brahms' Sonata No. 2, Fauré's Elegy in C minor and Prokofiev's Ballade for cello and piano.

Le violoncelliste britannique Steven Isserlis est admiré pour sa profonde musicalité et sa maîtrise technique. Soliste, chambriste et pédagogue de renommée internationale, il est aussi auteur de livres pour la jeunesse consacrés aux compositeurs.

25/02/2025

25/02/2025

Next month, the Vienna Tonkünstler-Orchester come to the UK for two concerts at London's Cadogan Hall and The Anvil in Basingstoke!

Conducted by Yutaka Sado, the concerts also feature pianist Yeol Eum Son. Tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/4i7YsA5

12 March 2025: Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
13 March 2025: Cadogan Hall, London

📸: Martina Siebenhandl; Dieter Nagl; Marco Borregreve

23/02/2025

The work of nearly-forgotten composers Robert Gund and Wilhelm Grosz is highlighted in a new recording by Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch.

22/02/2025

Out now on Alpha Classics / Outhere Music new music from Christian Immler, bass-baritone and legendary pianist Helmut Deutsch: Be Still My Heart presents works by two little-known Viennese composers. Robert Gund (1865-1927), born in Switzerland, a pianist, teacher and composer who was highly regarded in Vienna but whose works have since been forgotten, and his younger colleague Wilhelm Grosz (1894-1939), who was writing highly successful songs for the cinema in Berlin at the time of Gund’s death. Grosz then emigrated to the United States in 1939, when his music became influenced by both post-Romanticism and jazz. This programme, conceived and performed here by Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch, both masters of the German Lied, includes many songs that are recorded for the first time. Grosz's New York songs have inspired many cover versions by such 20th-century musical greats as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and the Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIWKj0sFFk

Listening link: https://s.disco.ac/dvcnchhvuoqk
Smarturl album: https://lnk.to/BeStillMyHeart_Immler_DeutschAr

Album release date → February 2025Stream//Download//Buy → https://lnk.to/BeStillMyHeart_Immler_DeutschIDBe Still My Heart presents works by two little-known ...

22/02/2025

" Trinks conducted this substantial programme in place of Tarmo Peltokoski. Mozart conducted by the hands, Strauss with the baton. Dynamic, expressive and smiling, he brings out and enhances all the nuances of the scores and the rubato phrasing. His Mozart is full of pleasure, the timbre of the orchestra clear, light and sparkling, with a particularly lively Nozze overture [and he] gave Strauss's music the strength and brilliance it required [...] the sound rich, the nuances colourful, filling the sound space in thunderous forte, but the woodwinds and strings displayed both tender piani and great lyrical flights, along with the harps bringing out the more dreamlike passages of the score. [...] This two-part concert ended with thunderous applause and cheers in the packed Halle aux Grains." https://www.olyrix.com/articles/production/8117/tarmo-peltokoski-siobhan-stagg-concert-symphonique-20-fevrier-2025-article-critique-compte-rendu-halle-aux-grains-toulouse-soprano-mozart-figaro-strauss-chevalier-ombre-flute-enchantee-cosi Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

L'actualité de l'opéra : Mozart et Strauss : mise en regard lyrique avec Siobhan Stagg

20/02/2025

"Guest Conductor Paul Watkins spoke at length, sharing his delight at working with these Robert McDuffie Center for Strings young musicians, before launching into Béla Bartók’s Divertimento for Strings. The opening Allegro non troppo was taut and assured, the dance-like motifs sprinkled about with panache. The second movement Molto adagio was desolate and eerie, with cries of terror punctuating the uneasiness of the ever-building tension. The finale Allegro Assai was a return to the happy mood, with mercurial “bounce” adding energetic joy. This was a superb performance that any ensemble would have been proud of, and Mr. Watkins deserves kudos for his leadership. The enthusiasm was felt in the Carnegie Hall audience, who reacted with a standing ovation, which was well deserved." Distinguished Concerts International New York - DCINY https://nyconcertreview.com/reviews/distinguished-concerts-international-new-york-dciny-presents-sunrise-mass-mercer-university-singers-and-robert-mcduffie-center-for-strings-in-review/

📸DCINY Production/Dan Wright Photography

20/02/2025

Fleur Barron, Mezzo Soprano talks about her upcoming programme with Kunal Lahiry - Pianist at San Francisco Performances - be there next week 26th February!

15/02/2025

In exactly 1 week ‼️ Kunal Lahiry and I kick off our recital tour in the U.S. 🙌 🎶🤩 You can catch our program “The Power and the Glory” at the following stops….we’d love to see you on the road! 🚂

🎵Feb 22, UMass Amherst
🎵Feb 26, San Francisco Performances
🎵March 14, Washington Vocal Arts DC
🎵March 18, The Celebrity Series of Boston
🎵March 20, Carnegie Hall
🎵May 3, Berlin Pierre Boulez Saal
🎵May 4, Boulez Saal kids concert

The Power and the Glory explores the complex legacies of colonialism and features music by Montsalvatge, Valcárcel, Messiaen, Lecuona, Mahler, Schönberg, Ravel, Huang Ruo, Delage, Kamala Sankaram, Ilse Weber, Zubaida Azezi, Edo Frenkel, and Chen Yi❤️

Come check out the program The Times and The Sunday Times hailed as “joyous and revelatory”! 😃

IMG Artists Étude Arts

14/02/2025

✨ New album alert: Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé is out now: https://lnk.to/DaphnisetChloe02

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this album features Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the full forces of the LSO and the award-winning Tenebrae Choir in Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece.
The music has it all: nymphs, pirates, Greek Gods, dancing, a kidnapping and rescue, a famous sunrise... and of course a love story for the ages.

Head to your streaming platform to experience this beloved work for yourself!