On this problem we rejoice BBC Music Journal’s thirtieth anniversary by inviting 30 of our contributors to call and describe their favorite classical music recordings from the previous three many years.
Elsewhere, Jeremy Pound explores what prime composers had been as much as as they marked their thirtieth birthdays; Mervyn Cooke marks 200 years of Brazil’s independence with a take a look at the nation’s richly assorted musical historical past; Roger Norrington appears to be like again at his pioneering profession as he lays down his baton on the age of 88, in dialog with Julian Haylock; and Ariane Todes explores how the digital age has radically modified how musicians keep up a correspondence with their followers.
For this month’s BBC Music Journal Interview, Tom Service speaks to baritone Bryn Terfel as he prepares for a month-long UK tour of his favorite songs and arias. We pick the perfect recordings of Gershwin‘s Porgy and Bess, and Benjamin Britten is our Composer of the Month.
Click on right here for the inlay of this month’s cowl CD.
