Sneek Peak at the Ashkenazy Steinway

Audiences and musicians were delighted when world-famous pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy was chosen as the Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2009, a post he held for five years. But audiences had experienced the magic of Ashkenazy years earlier, when he toured in recital as a concert pianist in the 1960s. … Read more

Symphony of Australia: Ballads of the Bush. Gavin Lockley. ABC 476 3659

Australians seem to be forever on a quest to discover themselves. Australian identity is uppermost in our collective psyche. Gavin Lockley is a new voice in Australian composition, and in this two CD set, we have a symphonic work of large proportions which captures the history of Australia from the Dreamtime, through the arrival of … Read more