Ikon Arts Blog

Oleg Marshev's recording of Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin continues to receive shining reviews, despite his release of two more recent CDs. Patrick Lam states that Marshev conveys '[Liszt's] music's descriptive power...splendidly', enhances the melodic flows of Chopin with 'coy diminuendi and teasing rubati' and convincingly 'weaves together [Scriabin's] shimmering colours' to make Oleg Marshev in Recital: Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin 'a delightful disc and a must'.

The Wallfisch Band's debut at the Wigmore Hall last week was described as "professional baroque music-making at the highest level". Conducted by living legend Gustav Leonhardt they provided "superbly stylish accounts" and a "memorable concert given with huge commitment and assured expertise from all concerned". Click here to read the article in Musical Pointers by Peter Grahame Woolf. 

After selling out with his 'Ultimate Piano Lesson' at Cheltenham Science Festival last week, his performance at Harrogate International Festival on the 19th July is set to be equally popular.  Read more here about David's performance entitled 'A Time-Machine from 1781 - An afternoon with a Square Piano'.

Stile Antico's debut performance at the BBC Proms has already sold out, mere weeks after being on sale. The concert is on Monday 23rd August at Cadogan Hall, and showcases the group's award-winning CD and concert programme 'Song of Songs'. Click here for the listing.

Stile Antico's latest disc 'Media Vita' continues to receive the highest critical acclaim, the latest being from Gramophone Magazine (May 2010). Click the image to read the full review.

'5 stars out of five' says the Birmingham Alabama News about VOCES8 in a recent review of their concert with Birmingham Boys Choir on Tuesday 16th February.

'the double quartet was as polished and British as a new pair of patent leather shoes from Harrods's'... with a 'pristine British choral sound'.

'There was virtually no style or technique that the group didn't own outright... Voces8 treated the audience to tight, lush jazz harmonies, rock and jazz drumming, vocalized upright bass (both slapped and plucked) and what added up to a pretty decent music appreciation lecture in between numbers'.

Click here to read the full review

VOCES8 and friends the Rose Ensemble talk to John Birge on Minnesota Public Radio (February 4, 2010) about Italian Renaissance choral music and the differences between northern and southern Italian compositions ahead of their joint concerts together this week.

Click here to hear the interview