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Tsaraslondon
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Actor. dancer, singer, writer and music lover. Formerly on twitter.

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An interesting release that concentrates on Sondheim's music rather than his lyrics.
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Sondheim: Chamber Music Arrangements (Bridge) - MusicWeb International
Review of Sondheim Chamber Music Arrangements on Bridge
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June 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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An interesting release that concentrates on Sondheim’s music rather than his lyrics.
Opus Two celebrates Stephen Sondheim
I’ve loved the music of Stephen Sondheim ever since I was introduced to the LP of the Broadway recording of A Little Night Music by an old friend, my musical mentor, back when I was in my early twe…
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June 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A fascinating and rewarding recital is another feather in the cap for Benjamin Appl.
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Benjamin Appl (baritone): Lines of Life (Alpha Classics) - MusicWeb International
Review of Lines of Life by Benjamin Appl (baritone) on Alpha Classics
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May 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Another extremely successful recital from young soprano Eva Zalenga tsaraslondon.com/2025/05/18/e...
Eva Zalenga – Varia bel
Last month I was welcoming a disc of Lieder with various accompaniments by Fatma Said and here we have another for various forces, which, coincidentally, also includes Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem F…
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May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Eva Zalenga – Varia bel

Last month I was welcoming a disc of Lieder with various accompaniments by Fatma Said and here we have another for various forces, which, coincidentally, also includes Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. In April 2024, I welcomed Zalenga’s debut recital on the Hänssler…
Eva Zalenga – Varia bel
Last month I was welcoming a disc of Lieder with various accompaniments by Fatma Said and here we have another for various forces, which, coincidentally, also includes Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. In April 2024, I welcomed Zalenga’s debut recital on the Hänssler label, and this new recital on the Genuin label is, if anything, even more successful. Variety is the key note of the disc, in the variety of music (from the 18th to the 21st centuries), the variety of styles from the intimate to the more extrovert, and the variety of instruments accompanying the voice, that nonetheless add up to a convincing whole.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Donald Trump is waging war on our hard-won rights – it’s time to fight back.

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May 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lines of Life – Schubert and Kurtág

  “I believe that Benjamin is currently the most authentic interpreter of my Hölderin Gesänge.” So writes György Kurtág in the notes accompanying this disc and, as he is also credited as recording producer, I think we can lay claim to their authenticity. Kurtág…
Lines of Life – Schubert and Kurtág
  “I believe that Benjamin is currently the most authentic interpreter of my Hölderin Gesänge.” So writes György Kurtág in the notes accompanying this disc and, as he is also credited as recording producer, I think we can lay claim to their authenticity. Kurtág attended all the sessions, which took place in Budapest, apparently producing over 1,300 recording takes and countless repetitions. The majority of the Kurtág songs on this disc are a capella. Their range, both vocal and emotional, is wide and they are brilliantly performed by Appl, whose range of expression and ability to meld the wide-ranging melismas in the vocal writing are superb.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My review of this fantastic disc of Lieder on Musicweb International
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Fatma Said (soprano) Lieder (Warner Classics) - MusicWeb International
Review of Lieder by Fatma Said (soprano) on Warner Classics
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April 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
An interesting programme of Scottish-inspired songs, but Cunningham’s tenor is too dry for my liking
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My heart’s in the Highlands (Delphian) - MusicWeb International
Review of My Heart’s in the Highlands on Delphian
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April 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fatma Said – Lieder

Fatma Said follows up her award winning debut recital, El Nour, and her equally successful second album, Kaleidoscope, with a more conventional album of German Lieder, except that with this gifted artist, it isn’t quite that simple. For a start, she has collaborated with an…
Fatma Said – Lieder
Fatma Said follows up her award winning debut recital, El Nour, and her equally successful second album, Kaleidoscope, with a more conventional album of German Lieder, except that with this gifted artist, it isn’t quite that simple. For a start, she has collaborated with an array of different musicians, bringing in clarinettist Sabine Meyer for Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, the men’s choir, Walhalla zum Seidlwirt, for his Ständchen, harpist Anneleen Lenaerts for four of the Brahms songs, the Quator Arod for Brahms’s Ophelia-Lieder, baritone Huw Montague Rendall for some duets and three different pianists in Malcolm Martineau, Yonathan Cohen and Joseph Middleton.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Exactly; Making Capital from the disasters they helped cause
1, isolate the UK (Brexit)=2
2, destabilisation of Europe
3,Putin invades Ukraine
4,Trumps elected
5 Putin &Trump divide up European continent between them,the spoils of war
6,strip the assets #DisasterCapitalism
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March 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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March 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Turandot from the Met with Nilsson and Corelli

La principessa Turandot – Birgit Nilsson (soprano)Calaf – Franco Corelli (tenor)Liù – Licia Albanese (soprano)Ping – Frank Guarrera (baritone)Pang – Robert Nagy (tenor)Pong – Charles Anthony (tenor)Timur: Ezio Flagello (bass)L’imperatore Altoum –…
Turandot from the Met with Nilsson and Corelli
La principessa Turandot – Birgit Nilsson (soprano)Calaf – Franco Corelli (tenor)Liù – Licia Albanese (soprano)Ping – Frank Guarrera (baritone)Pang – Robert Nagy (tenor)Pong – Charles Anthony (tenor)Timur: Ezio Flagello (bass)L’imperatore Altoum – Alessio De Paolis (tenor)Un mandarino – Calvin Marsh (baritone)Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Kurt Adlerrec. live radio broadcast, 24 February 1962, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, USA Well, let’s get this straight. This is an exciting performance of Puccini’s last opera, which puts you in a good seat at the old Metropolitan Opera House on a night when two of its greatest stars were singing two of their greatest roles.
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February 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wolf- Ferrari's one act opera in a charming performance will do very nicely, thank you.
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Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna
I see from Wolf-Ferrari’s Wikpedia page that he composed no less than fifteen operas, though they have been rarely performed, and only one of them, Il segreto di Susanna, has been recorded with any…
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February 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna

I see from Wolf-Ferrari’s Wikpedia page that he composed no less than fifteen operas, though they have been rarely performed, and only one of them, Il segreto di Susanna, has been recorded with any frequency. Indeed, this live performance is one of five…
Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna
I see from Wolf-Ferrari’s Wikpedia page that he composed no less than fifteen operas, though they have been rarely performed, and only one of them, Il segreto di Susanna, has been recorded with any frequency. Indeed, this live performance is one of five recordings at present listed on the Presto website, whilst a sixth, and perhaps most famous recording, featuring Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson under Sir John Pritchard, is no longer available. The plot is slight and concerns the Count Gil, who suspects his wife, the Countess Susanna of having an affair, when in fact she is simply a secret smoker.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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February 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
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February 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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NEW: Why not calling a Nazi salute a Nazi salute puts us in a whole new place of danger. We have to call spades spades or what else is there?
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Seig heil Tesla
Yes, you did see what you think you saw. Here's an idea, let's call a Nazi salute a Nazi salute.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM