Why is it that every generation of sopranos seems to perform Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” more slowly than the last? After an exciting “Fruehling” and “September,” Renee Fleming glides to a virtual dead ...

Since 1918, Archiv für Musikwissenschaft is one of the leading German periodicals for musicology. Articles in German and English deal with topics from all musical periods, including ancient music, ...

Well, that’s not something we hear every Sunday during the Aspen Music Festival. The Festival Orchestra’s first program this year featured soprano Renee Fleming, who entranced a full house at the ...

'Beim Schlafengehen' and 'Im Abendrot' - recorded at the Leeds Lieder Festival, with Joseph Middleton The 2022 Leeds Lieder Festival opens next week, so as a reminder of the extraordinary level of ...

Growing up as the son of Munich’s foremost horn player certainly endowed composer Richard Strauss with an appreciation of the instrument. Perhaps in homage to his father, Franz, who was principal of ...

I WATCHED and listened to the First Night of the Proms from the Albert Hall, London, last Friday. Some excellent Richard Strauss and Mozart and then, for me, a wonderful performance of Richard Strauss ...

Pianist Cho Seong-jin released a new album “Im Abendrot” -- meaning “at sunset” -- on Friday with German baritone Matthias Goerne, according to Universal Music‘s classical music label Deutsche ...