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Ben Goldscheider and the legacy of Dennis Brain
30th May 2021
Rising star horn player Ben Goldscheider discusses his new album exploring the musical legacy of the legendary Dennis Brain, born 100 years ago this May and killed at the age of 36 in a motoring accident.
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American Quintets from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
28th May 2021
An arresting debut album from the shape-shifting ensemble features piano quintets by Amy Beach and Florence Price, plus Samuel Barber's Dover Beach with bass Matthew Rose in superb voice.
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John Brancy and Peter Dugan on The Journey Home
28th May 2021
The American baritone and pianist talk to Katherine about their recital and film-project exploring the aftermath of war, released digitally today to mark Memorial Weekend.
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The Journey Home
John Brancy (baritone), Peter Dugan (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
Dutilleux from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Bach Partitas from Mahan Esfahani, Coleridge-Taylor from Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper, and a portrait of Nero from Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo.
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Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
28th May 2021
The Nigerien singer, songwriter and electric guitarist unleashes his fiery sixth full-length record, in some of the most spirited rock music you'll hear all year.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases include an unreleased live set from saxophonist Lol Coxhill, the debut recording by New York-based pianist Roy Gallon, and the latest album from seasoned bassist Dave Holland.
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The Year of the Organ
27th May 2021
Each year in Germany a new instrument is selected as the instrument of the year. This year is the year of the Organ, and in conjunction with this celebration we have compiled a collection of some of the most recent and bestselling organ publications.
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Ian Page on Arne's Artaxerxes
26th May 2021
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language opera seria about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
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Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water
26th May 2021
A definitive 4 CD boxset collecting together all of the studio recordings, plus rare live recordings, made by one of finest British rhythm and blues groups of the sixties, The Graham Bond Organization.
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Episode 18: A Tale of Three Conductors with Rob Cowan
25th May 2021
Podcast regular Rob Cowan joins Paul to assess recent archival boxsets devoted to three émigré American conductors: Artur Rodzinski, Rafael Kubelik, and Eugene Ormandy.
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Anna Lucia Richter on Il Delirio della Passione
24th May 2021
The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
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New Music Book Publications - 24th May 2021
24th May 2021
A biography of Russian composer, Nikolay Myaskovsky; the memoirs of Austrian conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; an updated edition of Ted Gioia's classic history of jazz; a critical companion to motets of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; an analysis of the shepherd's melody from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde; an examination of the historical role of the clarinet; and an intrepid tale of the booming sound of the foghorn.
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Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works
21st May 2021
A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st May 2021
21st May 2021
Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven, Bartók and Dvořák from the Juilliard String Quartet, Bruckner from Christian Thielemann, and vintage Stravinsky from Leonard Bernstein.
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Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka & Marthe Lea - Bayou
21st May 2021
Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka of Time Is a Blind Guide join with multireedist and vocalist Marthe Lea for the meditative 'Bayou'.
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Label Round-Up - Intakt Records
21st May 2021
Josh digs through some of the boundary-pushing Swiss label's most recent recordings.
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Mark Bebbington on Poulenc
20th May 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about his recent recordings of the Concert champêtre, Aubade, and Le Bal masqué with members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Resonus Classics.
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William Towers on Handelian Pyrotechnics
19th May 2021
The countertenor talks about his recent album of Handel arias with Armonico, Handel's methods of encapsulating moods in music, and his own relationship with Handel's works.
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New Archival Recordings from Sam Rivers
19th May 2021
A new series from NoBusiness Records digs out some previously unreleased recordings by the legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist.
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Shelf Discovery: Michala Petri
18th May 2021
In the seventh instalment of our occasional series, Paul reflects on the Danish recorder-player's eclectic discography, from Bach and Handel with Keith Jarrett to commissions from Fabrice Bollon and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen...
