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New Release Round-up - 20th January 2017
20th Jan 2017
Symphonies by Muzio Clementi, Schnittke from cellist Leonard Elschenbroich, the first album to be recorded on the new organ of the Paris Philharmonie from Olivier Latry, and a classic performance of Schubert's Winterreise are amongst the highlights of this week's new releases.
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Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies
20th Jan 2017
James listens to the culmination of Vasily Petrenko's Tchaikovsky cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - symphonies Nos. 3, 4, and 6.
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2016 Goodbyes
29th Dec 2016
We have made a short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who sadly died during 2016.
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Jack Liebeck performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 2
23rd Dec 2016
James listens to Jack Liebeck and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Bruch's Second Violin Concerto and other concertante works.
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Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 Chopin Piano Competition, performs Chopin
25th Nov 2016
James enjoys International Chopin Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho's debut studio album, featuring (unsurprisingly!) Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades.
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Lisa Batiashvili performs Violin Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
18th Nov 2016
James listens to the Georgian violinist's new double-bill of concertos, with the Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim.
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Münchner Philharmoniker launch their own label with music by Bruckner and Mahler
30th Sep 2016
James introduces the Münchner Philharmoniker's new label with a double-bill of stirring Romantic masterworks conducted by Valery Gergiev.
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Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler
16th Sep 2016
James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.
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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn symphonies with the LSO
9th Sep 2016
James listens to John Eliot Gardiner's latest volume of Mendelssohn with the LSO.
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Osmo Vänskä completes his cycle of Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra
29th Jul 2016
James listens to the final volume of Osmo Vänskä's Sibelius cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, comprising Nos. 3, 6 and 7.
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3, 6 & 7
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette
8th Jul 2016
James enjoys Berlioz's dramatic setting of Shakespeare's immortal love-story with Valery Gergiev and the LSO.
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Piano and Vocal music by Erik Satie
1st Jul 2016
James listens to a double helping of works by Satie, whose 150th anniversary falls this year.
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Tchaikovsky Symphonies conducted by Vasily Petrenko
10th Jun 2016
James listens to Vasily Petrenko's triple-bill of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Mark Simpson on Night Music
6th Jun 2016
James talks to the composer about his new disc of chamber music on NMC.
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Andris Nelsons conducts symphonies by Shostakovich
27th May 2016
James enjoys Andris Nelsons' take on three of Shostakovich's greatest symphonies with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Beethoven Symphonies from Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
13th May 2016
James listens to Simon Rattle's new complete Beethoven cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Paul Lewis performs Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1
15th Apr 2016
James enjoys Paul Lewis's take on Brahms's concerto, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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Stephen Hough plays piano concertos by Dvořák and Schumann
1st Apr 2016
James listens to Stephen Hough's concerto double-bill with the CBSO and Andris Nelsons.
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Tugan Sokhiev conducts music by Prokofiev
4th Mar 2016
James listens to Tugan Sokhiev's recording of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
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Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert and Beethoven
15th Jan 2016
James listens to Grigory Sokolov play Beethoven's Hammerklavier and works by Schubert.
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Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
