Fine Music Magazine

Baroque and Classical music from the New World, particularly from Latin America, has long fascinated me. Perhaps because it emerged under conditions in which colonial encounters and cultural exchanges....

The story of The Beatles’ rise – meteoric in velocity, incandescence and impact – has been told often enough. Their influence was social, cultural, economic, artistic … and indelible.

Hovhaness was born in Massachusetts in 1911, the son of an Armenian father who had emigrated to the US and married an American woman of Scottish descent.

It is a truth not universally acknowledged that Jane Austen was an accomplished amateur pianist.

This is the ninth recording from Israeli-born mandolinist Avi Avital. While he often performs the works of baroque composers he has also delved into other areas.

In 2020 the Australia Council posed the question: 'Do our arts reflect us?' Opinions are divided over the answer in the case of classical music. There are those who point to the undeniable fact that the bulk of music played in concert halls was composed by dead white men.

Round the Sun is a musical suite that represents a reflection of Gary Daley’s experience during a post-COVID descent into and recovery from significant mental and physical illness. Daley has created a suite for a jazz quartet embodying a choir.

Dutch trumpeter Vloeimans and German cellist Brinkmann are paired for the first time on this collection. The two, both classically trained, have had diverse performance and recording careers.

We all have occasion to reflect on people who made significant impacts on our life, and, in my case, they undoubtedly include a member of the extraordinary Mackerras family.

Let’s start with a musical trivia question: Which composer wrote the most symphonies during the 20thcentury?  Answer: Alan Hovhaness, who...