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Dido's Lament twice as great as Mozart's Dove sono? Surely not | Tom Service

5277 days ago
Guardian MusicPurcell would have been as surprised as anyone by his victory in Radio 3's poll to find the nation's favourite ariaWhat does Purcell's victory in Radio 3's Nation's Favourite Aria competition prove? When I am Laid in Earth (more famously known as Did... more info

Purcell aria is voted UK's favourite

5278 days ago
The IndependentAn aria by Henry Purcell has beaten more famous pieces to be voted the nation's favourite. "When I Am Laid In Earth", from Dido And Aeneas, Purcell's only fully sung stage work and one of the earliest English operas, beat pieces from Mozart, Wagner a... more info

Online venture will give DJs a free virtual studio

5278 days ago
Guardian MusicA new platform will allow wannabe stars access to expensive software to create and share musicA new online virtual "studio" that will allow DJs and producers to access expensive software and make music for free is set to revolutionise how tunes are p... more info

Mozart's Zaide by Michael Symmons Roberts | Arts

5281 days ago
Guardian MusicFaced with the challenge of completing an unfinished Mozart libretto about violent oppression, Michael Symmons Roberts chose to return to the themes of forgiveness and redemptionIn David Hare's film, Wetherby, a disturbed young man, John Morgan, find... more info

Paul Lewis | Classical review

5282 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonThe last time I heard Paul Lewis in recital, he was playing Liszt's great B minor Sonata. That was a rather soft-edged performance, of a work that really doesn't need quite so much TLC. There was Liszt in this latest Festi... more info

Album reviews: Roky Erickson | The Runaways | Mozart in Vienna | Chris Biscoe | Folk

5285 days ago
Scotsman.comROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER: TRUE LOVE CAST OUT ALL EVIL**** more info

the final sunday batch of updates

5286 days ago
Totally FuzzyIce said... The Art of the Violin : Andrew Manze - Box Set 5CDs. CD 01: Arcangello Corelli (1653-1713) Sonate a Violino e Violone o Cimbalo op.5 Andrew Manze : Violin Richard Egarr : Harpsicord Recorded November 5-8, 2001 and February 5-8, 2002, at... more info

Microbes and Mozart | Guy Dammann

5286 days ago
Guardian MusicClassical music recordings have allowed performing traditions to stagnate – good luck to those using them to treat sewageCritics such as Norman Lebrecht have been warning of the death of the recording industry which, for better or (often) for worse... more info

The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro

5287 days ago
Guardian MusicEnglish National Opera takes Bizet into a disaster zone, but two tasty Figaros offer a feast for Mozart loversBizet wrote Les Pêcheurs de Perles in his mid-20s, nearly a decade before his masterpiece, Carmen. He may have thought he had created an op... more info

Xenakis: So what does a wiggly line sound like?

5289 days ago
Guardian MusicTrombone graphs, music that morphs into forests – two artists redraw Iannis Xenakis's aural vision in a one-off concert and installation. Tim Rutherford-Johnson looks and listensThere is a photograph, taken in the late 1970s, of Iannis Xenakis demo... more info

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