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John Williams's soundtrack for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
25th Dec 2015
James feels the power of the Force with John Williams's new Star Wars soundtrack...
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2015 Goodbyes
23rd Dec 2015
We have made a short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who sadly died during 2015.
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Sibelius Symphonies from Okko Kamu and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra
6th Nov 2015
James listens to Sibelius from Okko Kamu and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
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Simon Rattle conducts Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri
9th Oct 2015
James listens to Simon Rattle's new recording of Schumann's rarely-heard Persian gem with Sally Matthews, Mark Padmore, Kate Royal and the LSO.
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Robin Ticciati conducts Haydn Symphonies
18th Sep 2015
James listens to Robin Ticciati's new disc of Haydn symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle perform music by Lutosławski
21st Aug 2015
James listens to Krystian Zimerman's new recording of Lutosławski's Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a new piece by John Adams
14th Aug 2015
James listens to the premiere recording of John Adams' Absolute Jest, from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, St Lawrence String Quartet and Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Markus Stenz conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
29th Jun 2015
James listens to Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln's new recording of Schoenberg's colossal epic.
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Marek Janowski conducts Strauss's Symphonia Domestica
15th Jun 2015
James listens to Richard Strauss's rarely heard tone-poem, performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski.
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Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert's "Great" C Major Symphony
1st Jun 2015
James listens to the late Claudio Abbado's account of Schubert's Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra Mozart.
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Shostakovich Cantatas from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
11th May 2015
James listens to three rarely-heard cantatas by Shostakovich, conducted by Paavo Järvi.
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James Ehnes performs works for violin and viola by Franck, Strauss, and Berlioz
27th Apr 2015
James listens to two new discs featuring James Ehnes on the violin and viola.
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Smetana from the Pavel Haas Quartet
13th Apr 2015
James listens to the Pavel Haas Quartet's new disc of Smetana's String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
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Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Pavel Haas Quartet
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Camille Saint-Saëns
27th Mar 2015
James explores the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and chooses some of his favourite recordings.
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Richard Wagner
1st Mar 2015
James selects some of his favourite audio and video recordings of the music of Richard Wagner from amongst the many outstanding available accounts.
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Schnittke from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
16th Feb 2015
James listens to Alfred Schnittke's bold, polystylistic Third Symphony, performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski.
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Orchestral & Choral Works
6th Feb 2015
James attempts the Herculean task of choosing his favourite recordings of orchestral and choral works by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Brahms Serenades from Riccardo Chailly
2nd Feb 2015
James listens to Riccardo Chailly's latest disc of Brahms with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester.
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Brahms: Serenades
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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Andrew Davis conducts Elgar's King Olaf
26th Jan 2015
James listens to Edward Elgar's relatively little-known cantata, based on Longfellow's poem about Olaf, the first Christian king of Norway.
