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Beatrice Rana on the Goldberg Variations
28th Mar 2017
Katherine talks to the Italian pianist about tackling Bach's monumental cycle on tour and in the recording studio.
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Paul McCreesh conducts Haydn's The Seasons
24th Mar 2017
Katherine listens to Paul McCreesh's boisterous and vivid recording of Haydn's The Seasons, with the Gabrieli Consort and Players and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra and Choir.
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Beatrice Rana on the Goldberg Variations
20th Mar 2017
The Italian pianist talks to us about tackling Bach's monumental cycle on tour and in the recording studio.
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Andris Nelsons' Bruckner 3 and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2017
Katherine introduces some personal 'ones to watch' from the current crop of future releases, from Monteverdi to Skempton.
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach's St Matthew Passion
17th Mar 2017
Katherine listens to the venerable Bach expert's new account of the inimitable St Matthew Passion, with the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir.
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Kasper Holten on Das Liebesverbot
11th Mar 2017
With his new production of Die Meistersinger opening at Covent Garden tonight, Katherine talks to the director about his recent staging of Wagner's neglected early comic opera.
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Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (DVD)
Manuela Uhl (Isabella), Christopher Maltman (Friedrich), Peter Lodahl (Lucio), Ilker Arcayürek (Claudio), Ante Jerkunica (Brighella) Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Madrid, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
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New Release Round-up - 10th March 2017
10th Mar 2017
Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach's St. Matthew Passion and The Sixteen perform James Macmillan's new setting of the Stabat Mater in this week's selection of new releases. Benjamin Appl's first disc for Sony also features, alongside chamber music from the Goldner String Quartet and violist Antoine Tamestit.
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner revisits the St Matthew Passion
9th Mar 2017
Katherine talks to the conductor about his second recording of Bach's masterpiece, due out on Soli Deo Gloria tomorrow.
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Kurt Moll (1938-2017)
7th Mar 2017
The German bass, especially renowned in Wagner and Strauss, has died aged aged 78.
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Wagner: Parsifal
Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme) Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Daniele Rustioni on Bellini's Adelson e Salvini
2nd Mar 2017
The young Italian conductor talks to Katherine about recording Bellini's first opera, due for release tomorrow on Opera Rara.
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Bellini: Adelson & Salvini
Daniela Barcellona (Nelly), Enea Scala (Salvini), Maurizio Muraro (Bonifacio), Leah-Marian Jones (Madame Rivers), Simone Alberghini (Lord Adelson), Kathryn Rudge (Fanny), Rodion Pogossov (Struley), David Soar (Geronio) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Daniele Rustioni
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Giaches de Wert from Stile Antico
28th Feb 2017
Katherine talks to baritone Will Dawes about the group's latest recording, focusing on the music of the Italian-domiciled Flemish composer.
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Christophe Rousset conducts Étienne Méhul's rarely-heard opera, Uthal
24th Feb 2017
Katherine enjoys a rare gem of an opera by an early Romantic French composer, with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques.
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Thomas Hampson on Tides of Life
23rd Feb 2017
Katherine talks to the American baritone about his new disc of arrangements of lieder by Brahms, Schubert and Wolf.
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New Release Round-up - 17th February 2017
17th Feb 2017
Included this week is a new recording of Handel's Catone on Glossa with Sonia Prina in the title role, plus choral releases from Les Arts Florissants and The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, and instrumental releases from cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand and pianist Barry Douglas.
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Thomas Hampson sings Lieder arranged for baritone and string orchestra
17th Feb 2017
Katherine listens to 'Tides of Life', featuring a selection of Romantic Lieder in beautiful new string arrangements.
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Nicolai Gedda (1925-2017)
10th Feb 2017
The versatile and prolific Swedish tenor has died at the age of 91.
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Leonard Elschenbroich on Musica Nostalgica
9th Feb 2017
The German cellist talks to Katherine about his disc of Schnittke, released on Onyx last month.
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New Release Round-up - 27th January 2017
27th Jan 2017
Chopin from Maurizio Pollini, twentieth-century solo cello works from Natalie Clein, Mozart Flute Quartets from Lisa Friend and the Brodsky Quartet, and Wagner's Das Liebesverbot from the Royal Opera House on DVD and Blu-ray are amongst this week's highlights.
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Kaufmann's Mahler and other mouth-watering delights!
20th Jan 2017
Katherine selects some highlights from the future releases, including the German tenor's one-man performance of Mahler's song-cycle.
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