Peter Quantrill

Classical Companion
Mel Bonis Sepia Postcards In Sound
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 26, 2025  |  Published: Jun 01, 2025  |  0 comments

A life story that would make a movie and a catalogue of over 300 works... this forgotten musical heroine of Belle Epoque Paris is explored on record by Peter Quantrill

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Lessons from Kurtág
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 19, 2025  |  Published: Jun 01, 2025  |  0 comments
An encounter with the Hungarian composer gets Peter Quantrill thinking about how we respond to music... and whether it’s the music that we’re responding to, or our own feelings
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Classical, June 2025
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 18, 2025  |  Published: Jun 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Krystian Zimerman & Friends; Tamara Stefanovich; Devieilhe, Dubois, Les Siècles/Roth; and Matthias Goerne, OPRF/Franck
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Opinion
The scent of success
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 02, 2025  |  Published: May 01, 2025  |  0 comments
A big prize for a contemporary composer – from an unexpected source – has Peter Quantrill wondering why we don’t see more cross-pollination and mutual recognition between art forms
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Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 02, 2025  |  Published: May 01, 2025  |  0 comments
In this genre-melting, career-defining piece, the composer hoped to capture America’s ‘pep’ and ‘metropolitan madness’. Peter Quantrill surveys a century of recordings
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Classical, May 2025
Peter Quantrill  |  Jun 01, 2025  |  Published: May 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Jonathan Aasgaard, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Hamburg CHS & State PO/Nagano, Quartetto di Cremona

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Classical, November 2024
Peter Quantrill  |  May 28, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Březina, Claudia Barainsky, Aline Piboule, and Aigul Akhmetshina
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Opinion
Blurred outlines
Peter Quantrill  |  May 22, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2024  |  0 comments
Music and art can often make an attractive mix for cutting-edge cultural collectives, but the combination is also fraught with plenty of potential pitfalls, reckons Peter Quantrill
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Classical, April 2025
Peter Quantrill  |  May 02, 2025  |  Published: Apr 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Asya Fateyeva, Lithuanian National SO, and Erich Korngold
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Classical, October 2024
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  Published: Oct 01, 2024  |  0 comments

This month we review: Vrána, Janácek Phil Ostrava/Hron; Sydney SO/Robertson, Explore Ens; Claire Booth, Christopher Glynn; Mishka Rushdie Momen

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