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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2017
24th May 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Arcadi Volodos's stupendous Brahms recital on Sony taking pride of place as Disc of the Month.
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2017
22nd May 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's collections, including anthologies of recordings by Riccardo Muti, Arthur Grumiaux, Narciso Yepes and Christopher Hogwood.
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New Release Round-up - 19th May 2017
19th May 2017
Mahler from Ivan Fischer, Prokofiev from Tugan Sokhiev, and Falla are amongst the orchestral highlights this week, alongside operas from Saint-Saëns and Schoenberg.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2017 Choices
18th May 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Paul McCreesh's larger-than-life account of Haydn's The Seasons leading the way…
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New Release Round-up - 28th April 2017
28th Apr 2017
This week's highlights include the latest release in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series, Johann Strauss II in St. Petersburg, Debussy and Ravel recorded live in Paris and a box set celebrating Louis Frémaux's time as Principal Conductor of the CBSO.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2017
27th Apr 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with James MacMillan's highly moving setting of the Stabat Mater leading the selection.
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2017
26th Apr 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including a tribute to the late Louis Frémaux's relationship with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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New Release Round-up - 7th April 2017
7th Apr 2017
Wagner from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mark Elder, orchestral music from Richard Strauss, Mendelssohn and Sousa, and pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Peter Donohoe and Artur Schnabel feature in this week's round up of new releases.
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Katarina Dalayman (Ortrud), Evgeny Nikitin (Friedrich von Telramund), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich der Vogler) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Dutch National Opera Chorus, Mark Elder
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2017
29th Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's highlights, headed by an 'expertly executed and deeply committed' revisitation of the St Matthew Passion…
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
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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Louis Frémaux (1921-2017)
27th Mar 2017
Chris pays tribute to the French conductor, whose death was announced at the weekend.
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2017
26th Mar 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including 175th anniversary editions from the Wiener Philharmoniker and New York Philharmonic.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2017 Choices
22nd Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's picks, with Vaughan Williams from Andrew Davis and the Bergen Philharmonic as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-up - 17th March 2017
17th Mar 2017
Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Bach organ works from Masaaki Suzuki, and songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan feature this week, alongside sets marking the collaboration between John Williams and Steven Spielberg, and the Wiener Philharmoniker's 175th anniversary.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2017 Choices
14th Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's picks, with Shostakovich from Frank Peter Zimmermann, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Alan Gilbert leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2017
1st Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's highlights, with the final instalment of an outstanding Tchaikovsky series leading the way as Recording of the Month…
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New Release Round-up - 24th February 2017
24th Feb 2017
Rachmaninov piano trios with Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov, Beethoven sonatas from violinist James Ehnes, and Elgar from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko are featured in this week's round-up.
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Stanisław Skrowaczewski
22nd Feb 2017
The Polish-American conductor, particularly acclaimed in Bruckner, has died aged 93.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2017
17th Feb 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including tributes to Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm and Arturo Toscanini.
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Telemann: A Portrait
Frederic de Roos (recorder), Marc Minkowski (bassoon), Patrick Beuckels (flute), Stephane Van Dijck (Evangelist), Eric Frithjof (Jesus), Caroline Pelon (soprano), Vincent Darras (countertenor), Tobias Rapp (tenor), Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Greta de Reyghere (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Henri Ledroit (countertenor) Ricercar Consort, Syntagma Amici, Lingua Franca, Ensemble Eolus, La Pastorella, Les Agremens, Wieland Kuijken
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Grammy Awards 2017
13th Feb 2017
Chris introduces the classical winners and nominees from last night's ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Victoria Livengood (Woman with Hat), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Scott Scully (Marquis), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Joshua Guerrero (Count Almaviva), Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Renée Rapier (Cherubino), Patti LuPone (Samira) LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon
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