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We have moved!
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsDear Readers, Thank you for supporting and reading The Flying Inkpot over these eleven years. We have taken a huge step to move our server from www.inkpot.com to our new address, http://www.flyinginkpot.com Please wait a few moments and you will be taken there. We are... -
INKPOT#83 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Requiem Issue – CORIGLIANO Symphony No.1. Of Rage and Remembrance.
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No Commentsa survey of contemporary composers John CORIGLIANO (b.1938)Symphony No.1 (1976) Of Rage and Remembrace Click here for recording review by Adrian TanWas there a time before the sorrow - Days of double darkness, Nights of blinding light? Is there life outside the terror - Waking... -
BBC Legends: Cherkassky plays Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Cherkassky Prelude Pathetique Rimsky Korsakov ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ BBCL41602 Shura Cherkassky, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti by Derek Lim Shura Cherkassky (1909-95) was never boring, and this BBC Legends disc is an excellent... -
Dr Beatocello’s cello concert
Posted on August 13, 2010 | No CommentsSolo cello works by Bach and other composers Dr Beat Richner, cello http://www.beat-richner.ch/ Kantha Bopha Jayavarman VII hospital auditorium, Siem Reap, Cambodia 7:30pm, every Saturday. If you’re on the Angkor trail and find yourself with some free time on a Saturday, make your way down... -
Balakirev: Piano Concerto No.1 & 2, Grande Fantasie on Russian Folksongs – Seifetdinova, Russian PO, Dmitry Yablonsky
Posted on August 12, 2010 | No CommentsMILY BALAKIREV (1837-1910) Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1 Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major Grande Fantasie on Russian Folksongs, Op 4 Anastasia Seifetdinova, piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky 69:44 Budget price Naxos 8.570396 By Jon... -
Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem, Sancta Civitas
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SSO Concert “Young Person’s Guide” 30 Jul 2010
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No CommentsThis is not my first encounter with violinist Jennifer Koh – the Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase (a.n.k.a.* me) reviewed her BIS recording of the Uuno Klami Violin Concerto back in 1998, right here at The Flying Inkpot. *all now know as. Back then, Miss Koh, who... -
Preview: SSO Concert ‘Pathetique’ – 13 Aug 2010
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s next concert will be with frequent flyer Dmitri Alexeev on the piano, playing Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto as well as the (rather good-looking) Pole Krzystof Urbanski conducting Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony ‘Pathetique’. Here’s a link to SISTIC where you can buy tickets.... -
Liszt Transcendental Etudes
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No CommentsFranz Liszt (1811-1886) Études d’exécution transcendante “Transcendental Studies” for solo piano · A brief introduction & survey ·BORIS BEREZOVSKY piano TELDEC 4509-98415-2 [62'24"] full-price JORGE BOLET piano DECCA (Liszt Piano Works Vol.7) 414 601-2 [73'50"] full-price Additional Richter Recommendations: Nos.5, 11: The Sofia Recital 1958... -
Documentary: BBC Four’s ‘Opera in Italia’ with Antonio Pappano
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsBBC Four: Opera in Italia with Antonio Pappano I’ve just watched this three-part documentary by BBC Four and I find it an excellent introduction to Italian opera. London-born Antonio Pappano travels to places like Verdi’s own villa, La Scala and all manners of other gorgeous...
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Concert Review: Singapore Lyric Opera perform ‘The Magic Flute’
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Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D major – Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert
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Hélène Grimaud Plays Bach
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Concert Review: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor with Stephen Hough, Mahler Symphony No. 6 with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
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Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 1-5 – Richard Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer
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Vivaldi : The Four Seasons – Janine Jansen
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Dvořák and Ibert Cello Concertos – Jacqueline du Pre
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Concert Review : Singapore International Piano Festival 2010 – Benjamin Grosvenor
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Chopin Waltzes – Alexandre Tharaud
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