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Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle and other forthcoming highlights
11th Jan 2024
Amanda Majeski and Katarina Dalayman go head-to-head in Janáček's opera from the Barbican, Elīna Garanča makes her Wagner debut on a live Parsifal from Vienna, and Domingo Hindoyan and the Liverpool Philharmonic mark this year's Bruckner bicentenary.
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Janáček: Katya Kabanova
Amanda Majeski (Katya), Katarina Dalayman (Kabanicha), Simon O'Neill (Boris), Andrew Staples (Tichon), Magdalena Kozená (Varvara), Ladislav Elgr (Kudrjas), Pavlo Hunka (Dikój) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Puccini Songs from Charles Castronovo
5th Jan 2024
Johannes X. Schachtner's idiomatic new orchestrations of the composer's sixteen published songs inspire some ardent, full-throated singing from the American tenor - with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on incendiary form under Ivan Repušić.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2024
5th Jan 2024
Stravinsky from James Ehnes & Sir Andrew Davis, Bruckner from Markus Poschner and the late Bernard Haitink, and a starry revival of Laurent Pelly's classic production of Rameau's Platée (with Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role).
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2023
29th Dec 2023
Recordings of works by Franz Schreker, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Andrew Poppy and the late Einojuhani Rautavaara feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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Carlo Rizzi on Mercadante, Leoncavallo and Donizetti
28th Dec 2023
The Italian conductor looks back on his first few years as Artistic Director of Opera Rara, including recordings of Leoncavallo's Zingari and Mercadante's Il Proscritto - plus a new mission to record the complete Donizetti songs with singers including Lawrence Brownlee and William Thomas.
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Mercadante: Il Proscritto
Ramón Vargas (Giorgio Argyll), Irene Roberts (Malvina Douglas), Elizabeth DeShong (Odoardo Douglas), Sally Matthews (Anna Ruthven), Iván Ayón-Rivas (Arturo Murray), Goderdzi Janelidze (Guglielmo Ruthven) Britten Sinfonia, Opera Rara Chorus, Carlo Rizzi
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Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva on the art of the piano duo
27th Dec 2023
The curators of the London Piano Festival reflect on what makes the perfect partner on the piano-bench, and discuss their new album of music by Poulenc, Milhaud and Debussy (released on Orchid Classics last month).
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Handel's Messiah from John Nelson
22nd Dec 2023
Devotion and drama work hand-in-glove on the American conductor's live recording from Coventry Cathedral with The English Concert and soloists Lucy Crowe, Alex Potter, Michael Spyres & Matthew Brook.
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New Releases from Winter 2023
22nd Dec 2023
Mahler from Santtu-Matias Rouvali & the Philharmonia, Mendelssohn from Jordi Savall, the conclusion of Sarah Willis's Mozart y Mambo project with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, and a third helping of Sturm und Drang from Ian Page & The Mozartists.
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Puccini from Angela Gheorghiu and other forthcoming highlights
19th Dec 2023
The Romanian soprano marks the centenary of Puccini's death with a recital of his songs on Signum, with other stand-outs for the beginning of the year including Tosti from Javier Camarena, Lalo from Neeme Järvi, and Samson et Dalila from Covent Garden on DVD & Blu-ray.
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Mathieu Romano on Ensemble Aedes
18th Dec 2023
The French conductor talks about the choir which he founded as a twenty-one-year-old student in Paris, their mission to be 'specialists of nothing', and their close rapport with his mentor François-Xavier Roth & Les Siècles.
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Operette from Diana Damrau
15th Dec 2023
The German coloratura soprano is on sparkling form on a whistle-stop tour of seven decades of operetta history - taking in Berlin, Paris and Vienna along the way, and including classy cameos from Jonas Kaufmann and Emily Sierra.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th December 2023
15th Dec 2023
Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth in Cologne, Alkan 'Grotesqueries' from Mark Viner, a Korngold/Coll/Brahms triptych from Trio Isimsiz, and José Carreras's complete recital recordings on Philips.
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Christmas from Norway
8th Dec 2023
The powerhouse Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is on radiant, affecting form in a programme of Scandinavian carols, seasonal Lieder and a couple of Baroque chestnuts, with luxury support from the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Christian Eggen.
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Christmas From Norway
Lise Davidsen (soprano)
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Christmas New Releases 2023
8th Dec 2023
Highlights from this year's crop of festive releases include recordings from horn-player Felix Klieser, Armonico Consort, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and Ensemble Correspondances.
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Carolyn Sampson reflects on her first hundred recordings
6th Dec 2023
Ahead of her recital with Joseph Middleton at Wigmore Hall tonight, the soprano discusses her 100th album but I like to sing... - and reflects on some of the highlights of her recording career to date...
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New Release Round-Up - 1st December 2023
1st Dec 2023
Mahler's Symphony No. 8 from Osmo Vänskä in Minnesota, Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge from Christophe Rousset, Granados from Javier Perianes, and Franz Schmidt's complete symphonies from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Jonathan Berman.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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Delius's A Mass of Life from Sir Mark Elder and the Bergen Philharmonic
24th Nov 2023
Elder's beautifully-judged approach to pacing and balance makes the strongest case possible for a score which he describes as 'Delius's magnum opus', aided by Roderick Williams on typically eloquent form in the huge central role of Zarathustra.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th November 2023
24th Nov 2023
A new arrangement of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Thomas Guthrie & Barokksolistene, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations, a comprehensive version of Handel's Messiah from John Nelson & The English Concert, and Schumann from Isabelle Faust & friends.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th November 2023
17th Nov 2023
Satie and Cage from Bertrand Chamayou, South American guitar music from Sean Shibe, Grażyna Bacewicz's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Carolyn Sampson's hundredth recording...
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New Release Round-Up - 10th November 2023
10th Nov 2023
Brahms concertos from Simon Trpčeski, a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen, Arvo Pärt's Littlemore Tractus and more from Tõnu Kaljuste in Tallinn, and the beginning of a Beethoven cycle from the Doric Quartet.
