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BBC Music Magazine - August 2021 Choices
21st Jul 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with French pianist Lise de la Salle's 'invitation to the dance' on Naive as Recording of the Month.
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Mozart from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming instrumental highlights
20th Jul 2021
Late summer and early autumn also bring Shostakovich and Stevenson from Igor Levit, Haydn from Paul Lewis, and a Franco-Spanish album from Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.
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John Adams: Opera Choruses
20th Jul 2021
Available for the first time, Boosey and Hawkes have published a three-volume collection of John Adams's opera choruses with piano accompaniment. Including choral selections from Doctor Atomic, Nixon in China, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, and more.
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Sir Graham Vick (1953-2021)
19th Jul 2021
The English opera director, who won widespread acclaim for his groundbreaking work with Birmingham Opera Company, has died aged 67 from complications arising from COVID.
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Verdi: Falstaff
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, stage direction by Graham Vick
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Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle
16th Jul 2021
Zimerman, Rattle, and the London Symphony Orchestra present expressively exuberant performances of Beethoven's five piano concertos that are full of joy, wit, and drama.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th July 2021
16th Jul 2021
Fidelio from Marek Janowski (with Lise Davidsen in the title-role), Beethoven from the Suk Trio, and baroque violin recitals from Nicola Benedetti and Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski
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Amaro Freitas - Sankofa
16th Jul 2021
The Brazilian pianist explores his cultural heritage with the exciting and creative Sankofa, conceptualised around African philosophy and Afro-Brazilian history.
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Sonya Bach on Rachmaninov
15th Jul 2021
The Korean pianist talks about her new album of works by Rachmaninov for solo piano, featuring the Moments Musicaux Op.16 and the 1931 revision of the Sonata No.2.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th July 2021
15th Jul 2021
New jazz releases include a box set chronicling the music of late trombonist and bandleader Chirs Barber, Grateful Dead tributes from Blue Note saxophonist Dave McMurray, and a handful of new albums by budding young artists on Unit Records.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2021
14th Jul 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Mahler's Seventh Symphony from Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester first among equals.
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Bomsori Kim on Wieniawski and the inspiration of the stage
13th Jul 2021
The Korean violinist talks about her new album of works inspired by the stage, and her particular affinity for the works of the Polish violinist-composer Henryk Wieniawski.
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New Presto CD titles from the Decca catalogue
12th Jul 2021
Artists featured in the latest batch of Presto CDs include Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, and Thomas Trotter.
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Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
12th Jul 2021
One of the many products of an incredibly fruitful period for Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin' is one of the best works from the pianist whose life was sadly cut short.
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Farrenc from the Insula Orchestra and Laurence Equilbey
9th Jul 2021
The French orchestra begins its planned cycle of the symphonic works of Louise Farrenc with her Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
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New Release Round-Up - 9th July 2021
9th Jul 2021
Beethoven concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Haydn from Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, Byrd and Bull from Kit Armstrong, and highlights from Porgy & Bess from Marin Alsop, with Angel Blue and Lester Lynch in the title-roles.
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Wollny / Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger - XXXX
9th Jul 2021
Michael Wollny and friends inject some fun into electro-acoustic improv on XXXX, an enjoyably wild, yet coherent, record assembled from live recordings made at Berlin's A-Train club in 2019.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Summertime
8th Jul 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new all-American album (released tomorrow on Decca Classics), which features music by Barber, Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Gershwin and Copland.
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ABRSM New Woodwind Syllabus for 2022
8th Jul 2021
Get ready for the new ABRSM woodwind syllabus for 2022 with ABRSM's new exam pieces and packs for flute, clarinet, and saxophone. Find out more here.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 8th July 2021
8th Jul 2021
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases includes rising vocal talent Samara Joy, jazz-funk from trombonist Nils Landgren, and a collection of tunes in tribute to Charlie Parker.
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20th Century Masterworks on Vinyl
7th Jul 2021
New and upcoming vinyl releases from 20th Century Masterworks include essential classics like Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown, Etta James’s At Last! and Mingus Ah Um.
