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The Atomic Mr. Basie
27th Jun 2019
Matt explores the origins behind the Count Basie Band's 1957 comeback album The Atomic Mr. Basie, a big band tour de force with state of the art compositions by Neal Hefti... the man who would go on to write the Batman theme!
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Guy Johnston & Jonathan Clinch on the Howells Cello Concerto
27th Jun 2019
David talks to cellist Guy Johnston and musicologist Jonathan Clinch about Howells's Cello Concerto - recently reconstructed by Clinch, recorded by Johnston and released on the King's College label.
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Fenella Humphreys on Max Richter
25th Jun 2019
The British violinist talks to Katherine about her new recording of The Four Seasons Recomposed, out this Friday on Rubicon.
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New Music Book Publications - 24th June 2019
24th Jun 2019
The first in-depth analysis of the music of Scottish composer James MacMillan; an examination of Sir Henry Wood's role in the English revival of the music of JS Bach; a biography of eighteenth-century stage star Kitty Clive; and a dissection of anti-German sentiment in America during World War I in relation to the treatment of conductor Karl Muck.
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Ruud Breuls & Simon Rigter Quintet
24th Jun 2019
A solid hard bop release from the Ruud Breuls & Simon Rigter Quintet, featuring the cream of the crop of Dutch jazzmen playing original material composed by the group.
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Rise and Shine
Ruud Breuls & Simon Rigter Quintet
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2019
21st Jun 2019
Matt vents spleen over boring cover artwork, and also finds time to check out the latest releases, and a diverse bunch they are too.
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The Fellini Album - The Film Music of Nino Rota
21st Jun 2019
Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly enchant and delight in an album celebrating the legendary and prolific collaboration between director Federico Fellini and composer Nino Rota.
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The Fellini Album
Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly
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New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2019
21st Jun 2019
New recordings from Fabio Biondi, Vivica Genaux and Lawrence Zazzo, and Elizabeth Kenny, plus a Donizetti rarity and the complete remastered recordings of French violinist Ginette Neveu.
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Jimmy Smith
20th Jun 2019
Another week, another new article heading, this one incorporating Classic album of the Week (it's their fault for showing me how to add categories). Jimmy Smith transformed the Hammond organ into a pukka jazz beast, so let's go Back to the Chicken Shack with Jimmy and also indulge in a brief(ish) history of the mighty B3, and its dark twin, the Leslie cabinet.
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Johannes Pramsohler on early trio sonatas
20th Jun 2019
The Paris-based violinist talks to David about his double-bill of new albums exploring the trio sonata in England and France, and the Italianate influences on its early evolution.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2019
19th Jun 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the top spot going to Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances's vivid accounts of Charpentier's Bible scenes.
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Cecilia Bartoli in L'Italiana in Algeri and other forthcoming highlights
18th Jun 2019
The Roman mezzo returns to her Rossinian roots in her role-debut as the irrepressible ‘Italian Girl’ abroad Isabella in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s contemporary staging, filmed at Salzburg last year.
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (DVD)
Cecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly) Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
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Hugo Ticciati on Purcell From The Ground Up
17th Jun 2019
The British-born violinist talks to David about his latest eclectic album with Ensemble O/Modernt, exploring a web of musical connections emanating from Purcell's chaconnes.
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Kayhan Kalhor
17th Jun 2019
Matt enjoys a collaboration between master kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and the dutch Rembrandt Frerichs Trio on their evocative new album.
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Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019)
16th Jun 2019
The Italian opera and film director, whose lavish, spectacular stagings remain in production in many of the world's major houses, has died aged 96.
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Vox Luminis explore cantatas by the Bach family
14th Jun 2019
David listens to the Belgian ensemble's latest album, tracing the evolution of the cantata through the older branches of the Bach family tree.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019
14th Jun 2019
New recordings from Renée Fleming, Herbert Blomstedt, Matthew Barley and Pieter Wispelwey, plus DVDs/Blu-rays of two operatic rarities: Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane and Mercadante’s Didone abbandonata.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019
14th Jun 2019
You never think it's going to happen to you, listening to British trad jazz comps and enjoying them.... find out more by joining Matt for a nice cup of tea at his weekly new-release drop-in centre.
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British Traditional Jazz - At A Tangent Vol. 9 - The Mainstream Bands
Fairweather-Brown All Stars, Sandy Brown's Jazz Band, Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet), The Dill Jones Trio, Kenny Baker's Dozen, Kenny Baker's Ensemble, Kenny Baker's Half Dozen, Fat John's Band, The John Dankworth Seven, George Chisholm & His Jive Five
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Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil
13th Jun 2019
The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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The Protecting Veil
Matthew Barley (cello) Sinfonietta Riga
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Naked City
13th Jun 2019
The first in Matt's more self-indulgent, pretentiously titled Tangents series of articles. Join him back in 1989, for a sunday encounter with New York's finest improvisers at a rep theatre in the east midlands.
