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Ronald Corp (1951-2025)
9th May 2025
The British conductor, composer and Anglican priest, who was particularly known for his championing of light music and for his inspirational work with choirs of all ages, has died aged 74.
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Cello Fantasies from Zlatomir Fung and Richard Fu
25th Apr 2025
The American cellist makes his début with an album of six gorgeous opera-fantasies, including two world premieres and showing that the genre is alive and well.
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Fantasies
Zlatomir Fung (cello), Richard Fu (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 11th April 2025
11th Apr 2025
Ruth Gipps from Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Daughtery from Anne Akiko Meyers, the Albany Symphony Orchestra and David Alan Miller, Beethoven from Nicola Benedetti, the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon, and a recital of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi from Eleonora Buratto, the Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova and Sesto Quatrini.
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Jeannette Sorrell on Le Tre Soprano
10th Apr 2025
The founder and music director of Apollo's Fire talks about the group's new album, placing the spotlight on the all-female 'concerto delle donne' that arose in Ferrara towards the end of the 16th century.
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Brahms quartets from Krystian Zimerman and friends
4th Apr 2025
The pianist joins violinist Maria Nowak, violist Katarzyna Budnik and cellist Yuya Okamoto in earnest yet refined accounts of Brahms's Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3.
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Harry Christophers on 'Angel of Peace'
24th Mar 2025
The conductor talks about his new album of choral works, released to accompany The Sixteen's 2025 Choral Pilgrimage.
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Ravel Fragments from Bertrand Chamayou
14th Mar 2025
Pianist Bertrand Chamayou presents a selection of homages to, and transcriptions of, Ravel's music to mark the composer's 150th birthday.
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Sofia Gubaidulina 1931-2025
13th Mar 2025
The German-resident, Russian-born composer, who combined a profound Orthodox faith with an unrelenting musical modernism, has died aged 93.
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María Dueñas on Caprices
10th Mar 2025
The violinist gives us a peek behind the scenes of how her new album centred around Paganini's legendary Caprices came to be.
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Nevermind Ensemble on recasting Bach's Goldberg Variations
5th Mar 2025
The quartet talk about their new recording of the immortal Goldberg Variations, seamlessly adapted for flute, violin, gamba and continuo.
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Christian Li on Tchaikovsky
18th Feb 2025
The young Australian violinist (who signed to Decca when he was just twelve) discusses his 'coming of age' recording, which is released this Friday and sees him joining forces with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and a selection of miniatures.
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Caprices from María Dueñas
14th Feb 2025
The violinist presents a sparkling double album of caprices - a dazzling rendition of Paganini's famous set of twenty-four is complemented by works by Cervelló, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns and others.
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Early Music Round-Up - February 2025
13th Feb 2025
Thrilling concertos by WF Bach, CPE Bach and Georg Benda from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d'Oro, folksy Scandinavian repertoire from The Curious Bards, a vivid Francesco Scarlatti premiere from Armonico Consort, an English solo lute recital from Elisa La Marca, and more.
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Christopher and Geoffrey in the Lions' Den
12th Feb 2025
Conductor Christopher Monks and musicologist Geoffrey Webber talk about their work bringing Francesco Scarlatti's dramatic Biblical oratorio Il Daniele nel Lago de' Leoni back to life - featuring dragons, demons and more.
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Graham Ross on Palestrina premieres and more...
27th Jan 2025
The director of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge talks about his new album featuring five world-premiere recordings of sacred works by Palestrina.
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Jean-Christophe Groffe on Ensemble Thélème's 'All we get is Life'
21st Jan 2025
The director of the bold, adventurous early (???) music ensemble talks about his new album combining two Johns from centuries apart - Dowland and Cage.
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Alessandro Marangoni on Vittorio Rieti's piano concertos
20th Jan 2025
The pianist talks about his new album of world premiere recordings by the Italian-American composer Vittorio Rieti.
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New Palestrina from Graham Ross and the choir of Clare College
10th Jan 2025
Graham Ross and his singers perform five previously unrecorded works for the 500th anniversary of Palestrina's birth, interspersed with settings by some of his English contemporaries.
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Pieter Wispelwey on his recording career for Channel Classics
7th Jan 2025
The cellist looks back on a fruitful two-decade collaboration with Amsterdam-based label Channel Classics.
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Davina Clarke on The Art of Obligato
1st Jan 2025
The violinist discusses her new album of works by Bach featuring the violin, either as a solo instrument or as an obligato weaving around a vocal line.
