South African soprano Pretty Yende has returned with a new album titled, Dreams. Yende’s fine soprano voice of lush beauty and warmness presents thirteen tracks. Including the celebrated role of Lucia from Lucia di Lammermoor, a role which she will also perform in New York next season. Yende used this as the starting point for … Read more
Polish violinist Janusz Wawrowski has released his third Warner Classics album titled, Brillante. Recorded with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, featuring Polish and German music – Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. The repertoire choice symbolically reflects the dialogue between the Polish and German nations and their shared – frequently difficult – … Read more
Camille & Julie are the Berthollet sisters, two extraordinarily gifted musical siblings from the idyllic Rhône-Alpes region in France. Camille (age 18), plays violin and cello and Julie (age 20), violin and viola. They became celebrities in France when the then 15-year-old Camille won Prodiges, a TV show for classical virtuoso’s under the age of … Read more
Daniil Trifonov (dan-EEL TREE-fon-ov) is a Russian pianist that is making a spectacular sound in the world of classical music as a solo artist, a champion of the concerto repertoire, a collaborator at the keyboard in chamber music and song, and a composer. Trifonov’s playing is a combination of consummate technique and intense sensitivity. Focusing … Read more