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New Release Round-Up - 24th September 2021
24th Sep 2021
Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chopin from Beatrice Rana, Buxtehude from Arcangelo, and Bellini's Il Pirata starring Marina Rebeka and Javier Camarena.
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Nicole Glover, 'Strange Lands'
24th Sep 2021
The rising saxophonist makes a bold statement on her sophomore record with a set of sci-fi inspired originals, featuring guest contributions from pianist George Cables.
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Strange Lands
Nicole Glover
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The 2000s: 25 Great Recordings
23rd Sep 2021
The fifth instalment of a series where the editorial team choose our must-have recordings of each decade - see what made our top 25 for the 2000s.
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Adès: The Tempest
Simon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo) The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Adès
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd September 2021
23rd Sep 2021
This week’s latest jazz releases include drummer Nate Smith’s Kinfolk 2: See the Birds, Marc Ribot’s 2010 solo guitar album Silent Movies reissued for the first time on vinyl, and the bebop & swing-inspired Harvey / O’Higgins Project’s That’s the Way to Live!.
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Gramophone Awards 2021 - The Winners!
22nd Sep 2021
The winning recordings in each of the eleven categories were revealed today.
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Anna-Liisa Eller on Strings Attached
21st Sep 2021
The kannel player talks about her instrument, and her new album that combines early-music transcriptions with contemporary compositions and improvisations.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: J.S. Bach
21st Sep 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the most important composers in the classical music genre.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2021
20th Sep 2021
Heavyweight collections of recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm and Igor Markevitch, plus Beethoven piano sonata cycles by Boris Giltburg and Rudolf Buchbinder.
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Buena Vista Social Club
20th Sep 2021
The Cuban jazz classic turns 25 next year, with a deluxe reissue out now on World Circuit records. We take a look back at the formation and legacy of this essential album, and the people behind it.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - October 2021
19th Sep 2021
Jazzwise Editor's Choices for October include Terence Blanchard, Gery Gibbs and Pat Metheny, while recommended reissues include an audiophile re-release of Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth and a complete set of Mose Allison's Atlantic/Elektra recordings.
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Norman Bailey (1933-2021)
17th Sep 2021
The British bass-baritone, who was especially associated with the roles of Hans Sachs and Wotan, has died aged 88.
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Wagner: The Mastersingers
Margaret Curphey (Eva), Alberto Remedios (Walther), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Beckmesser), Ann Robson (Magdalene), Gregory Dempsey (David), Noel Mangin (Pogner), Stafford Dean (Nightwatchman) Sadlers Wells Chorus & Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch
17th Sep 2021
The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th September 2021
17th Sep 2021
Bach from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and two guest stars, opera arias from Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, Liszt from Charles Owen, and Jommelli from Ian Page and The Mozartists.
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Kinkajous, 'Being Waves'
17th Sep 2021
The London quintet's sophomore record sees them further perfecting their sophisticated synthesis of acoustic and electronic sounds.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th September 2021
16th Sep 2021
This week’s pick of the latest jazz releases includes the Savant Records debut of saxophonist Nicole Glover, a deluxe reissue of Buena Vista Social Club’s Cuban jazz classic, and a substantial new project from composers Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile on PI Recordings.
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Charles Owen on Liszt and lockdown
15th Sep 2021
The British pianist discusses his new recording of Suisse from Années de Pèlerinage (out this Friday on Avie Records), his role as a Steinway ambassador, and how his relationship with the 'three pianos in his life' shifted in lockdown.
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George Wein (1925-2021)
15th Sep 2021
The pianist, producer and music promoter known for his work in founding the Newport Jazz Festival has died aged 95.
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The Maker's Press
15th Sep 2021
The Maker’s Press is a small, independent publisher specialising in 20th and 21st century British music. Presto Music are pleased to announce that we are now suppliers of their publications, including a number of previously unpublished works by the English composer–poet Ivor Gurney. Find out more here.
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The 1990s: 25 Great Recordings
14th Sep 2021
The fourth instalment of a series where the editorial team choose our must-have recordings of each decade - see what made our top 25 for the 1990s.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2021
13th Sep 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Igor Levit's 'magisterial' accounts of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues and Ronald Stevenson's On DSCH coming out on top as Recording of the Month.
