by Kenneth Woods | Jul 13, 2011 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
International Record Review magazine has a great review in their July issue from critic Calum (aka Malcolm) MacDonald of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of the Third Symphonies of Robert Schumann and Hans Gal on Avie Records. Calling it an “excellent...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 13, 2011 | Headlines, News and Reviews
International Record Review magazine has awarded their coveted “IRR Outstanding” rating to our new Orchestra of the Swan recording ofMahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on Somm Records. Critic Robert Matthew-Walker...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 12, 2011 | News and Reviews
Critic and blogger Gavin Plumley has a new review of the new Orchestra of the Swan/KW recording of the 3rd Symphonies of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann on his blog, Entartete Musik. Plumley previously reviewed our Mahler disc for SOMM Records here. Here is a sample...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2011 | News and Reviews
From the Surrey Advertiser, published on 8 July, 2011 Success of Bold Programme Three Symphonies, Electric Theatre, Guildford, June 18, 2011 THIS was a bold programme. On Saturday, June 18 at Guildford’s Electric Theatre, the Surrey Mozart Players presented us...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 1, 2011 | News and Reviews, Performing Life
There is a nice interview with recordings editor Phil Sommerich in the current (July 2, 2011) issue of Classical Music Magazine. We talked about Schumann as humorist, a facet of his music often overlooked, and the joys of playing his music with a virtuoso chamber...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
A new review of our new Orchestra of the Swan Mahler disc in the Birmingham Post by senior critic Christopher Morley. The Post doesn’t have CD reviews on their website, so the complete review is below. MAHLER: LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN, DAS LIED...
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