Latest News: Classical, Adès (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Dante, a new ballet by Thomas Adès 21st April 2023Based on Dante's La Divina Commedia, Thomas Adès's three-part ballet receives a virtuosic performance from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with music that moves from the grotesque to the sublime, incorporating a touch of Franz Liszt along the way.
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Recording of the Week,
Two world premiere recordings of music by Thomas Adès 6th March 2020Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of two of his own works: the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and Totentanz.
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Recording of the Week,
The LSO performs orchestral works by Thomas Adès 3rd March 2017James listens to a selection of fascinating and mould-breaking works by Thomas Adès, with the composer conducting the LSO.
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Recording of the Week,
Thomas Adès 1st March 2010Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker (who commissioned the piece) in Tevot, premiered in 2007, and the composer himself conducts the violin concerto Concentric Paths, with its dedicatee Anthony Marwood as soloist.