At the beginning of November, a new CD with Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Antje Weithaas was released on the Alpha Classics label: As part of Martin Helmchen's complete recording of all Beethoven concertos for and with piano, they recorded the Triple Concerto together with the pianist and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under the direction of Andrew Manze....

The I&I Foundation, founded by Ilya Gringolts and Ilan Volkov, has begun its work: Five outstanding composers will be supported by the Foundation in the current season. Through a series of micro-commissions, they are given the opportunity to dedicate themselves completely to writing music over a longer period of time....

On 13 November, the label Neos Remixed will release the new CD of the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo with Johannes Brahms' Sonata for two pianos, Richard Wagner's Prelude and Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde as well as Claude Debussy's Trois Nocturnes. The two pianists, who have just been guests at the SWR Schwetzinger Festspiele with the Brahms Sonata, explain the CD title in an interview:...

A "Séance between Nick Cave and Franz Schubert" is held by Ensemble Resonanz, actor Charly Hübner and a top-class jazz trio when they reinterpret the Winterreise, with the help of songs by the Australian rock poet. "How does it work together? Fantastic," was the verdict of Deutschlandfunk Kultur on the dive into human abysses entitled The Mercy Seat, which has now been released on CD....

One can hardly imagine a better occasion for celebration: We congratulate Dmitry Liss on his 60th birthday and on his 25th anniversary as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1995, he has been shaping the orchestra, which is based in Ekaterinburg on the border between Europe and Asia, into an excellent and versatile ensemble and has established its role as a musical ambassador with international charisma....

On the LPO's streaming channel, Anssi Karttunen can be heard with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Joshua Weilerstein in a special concert: The British premiere of Magnus Lindberg's 2nd Cello Concerto was on the program on 28 October. Originally, Anssi Karttunen was supposed to play the work with the LPO three and a half years ago, but the concert was then cancelled due to the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge....

We congratulate Titus Engel on being named Conductor of the Year by Opernwelt magazine! "He learned to make music democratically at an early age, and he also appreciates the cultivated discourse. From this, as well as from his in-depth reading of the musical text, he gains his polished interpretations, which lead the listener to the essence of the respective work and even a bit further," the jury's statement said....

Six years after its opening, the Konzerthaus Blaibach is confronting the difficult conditions under which concert life currently stands with a diverse musical series of 115 concerts. Through the end of November, Maximilian Hornung, Claire Huangci, Ilya Gringolts, Gabor Vosteen, Mahan Esfahani, das GrauSchumacher Piano Duo und Yeree Suh, among others, will be guests in the Bavarian Forest....

For the new album now released on the Ondine label with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu, Anssi Karttunen has recorded a cello concerto by his close friend Peter Lieberson (1946-2011). The Six Realms for cello and orchestra takes its title from a central teaching of Buddhism, the six realms in the cycle of rebirth....