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New international delivery charges & shipping options
25th Sep 2019
Chris introduces some updates to our delivery options for orders being shipped outside the UK.
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New international delivery charges & shipping options
25th Sep 2019
Chris introduces some updates to our delivery options for orders being shipped outside the UK.
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New international delivery charges & shipping options
25th Sep 2019
Chris introduces some updates to our delivery options for orders being shipped outside the UK.
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New international delivery charges & shipping options
25th Sep 2019
Chris introduces some updates to our delivery options for orders being shipped outside the UK.
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Daniel Behle on Zero to Hero
24th Sep 2019
The German tenor talks to Katherine about his new album of Mozart arias (released last Friday on Sony), and his own ongoing transition into more heroic repertoire.
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BBC Music Magazine - October 2019 Choices
23rd Sep 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including Handel from Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan and Bridget Cunningham, Bach from Mahan Esfahani, and American song from Melody Moore.
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Golden Valley is Now
20th Sep 2019
Childhood friends, all of whom are now improvising superstars in their own rights, come together to make a noise closer to blissed out pop than jazz. Matt gets over excited.
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Schumann from John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO
20th Sep 2019
The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir John Eliot Gardiner begin their Schumann cycle with exhilarating, agile performances of the Second and Fourth symphonies.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019
20th Sep 2019
New albums from Jordi Savall, Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Behle and Pablo Heras-Casado, plus a monumental account of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts, conducted by John Nelson and recorded live at St Paul’s Cathedral on the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death in March.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019
20th Sep 2019
Some edifying releases out this week, from blissed-out jazz- pop, Bach-goes-jazz, Garner gets mangled and a Bill Evans documentary.
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Ermonela Jaho on Le Willis
19th Sep 2019
The Albanian soprano talks to Katherine about singing the role of Anna on Sir Mark Elder's recording of Puccini's first opera in its original one-act incarnation, released tomorrow on Opera Rara.
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The World of Cecil Taylor
19th Sep 2019
A snapshot of Cecil Taylor on the cusp of breaking free from all conventions, The World of Cecil Taylor is the sound those very conventions being stress tested in the jazz lab, with a young Archie Shepp doing his best to keep up.
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Boxed Set Selections - September 2019
18th Sep 2019
Wilhelm Furtwängler’s complete recordings on Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, Beethoven sets from Wilhelm Kempff, Igor Levit and Ronald Brautigam, and the fruits of a 2018 Hamburg festival centring on the artistry of Martha Argerich.
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The Queen's Six on The Last Rose of Summer
17th Sep 2019
Bass Simon Whiteley of The Queen's Six talks to David about their new album of British and Irish folksong arrangements.
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The Queen's Six
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2019
16th Sep 2019
Chris introduces this month’s selection, headed by the Beethoven and Sibelius violin concertos from Christian Tetzlaff, Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
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New Music Book Publications - 16th September 2019
16th Sep 2019
A discussion of the importance of orchestral conductors; insights into performing great piano works from renowned pianist Menahem Pressler; a comprehensive guide to the maintenance, repair, and restoration of violins; the first collection of academic essays devoted to The Rolling Stones; and an analysis of the poetry behind popular song lyrics.
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Bärenreiter: Beethoven Piano Sonatas
16th Sep 2019
Subsequent to the critically acclaimed publication of the sonatas, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas.
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Wu Wei on Silk Baroque
15th Sep 2019
The sheng virtuoso discusses his fusion project with Holland Baroque (released earlier this summer on Pentatone), which features Chinese traditional tunes alongside music by Rameau, Telemann and Vivaldi.
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Holland Baroque Wu Wei (sheng)
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Soirée from Magdalena Kožená and friends
13th Sep 2019
The Czech mezzo is joined by her husband and assorted colleagues for a programme of songs for voice and chamber ensemble by Ravel, Brahms, Stravinsky, Chausson, Strauss, Dvořák and Janáček.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019
13th Sep 2019
New albums from Jan Lisiecki, Michael and Daniel Barenboim, Igor Levit, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, plus a Rossini rarity starring Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez on DVD and Blu-ray.
