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Breitkopf completes their edition of the organ works of JS Bach
24th Jul 2018
With the publication of Volumes 9 and 10 in the series, Breitkopf has now finished its new edition of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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JS Bach: Complete Organ Works
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Brett Dean on Hamlet
23rd Jul 2018
The Australian composer talks to Katherine about the genesis of his acclaimed 2017 Shakespearean opera, filmed at Glyndebourne last summer and now available on DVD and Blu-ray from Opus Arte.
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Brett Dean: Hamlet (DVD)
Allan Clayton (Hamlet), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), Barbara Hannigan (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Kim Begley (Polonius), John Tomlinson (Ghost/Grave-Digger/Player-King), Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski
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Vivaldi Double Concertos from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima
20th Jul 2018
Adrian Chandler and his acclaimed team of baroque instrumentalists present a sparkling selection of Vivaldi's unique double concerti.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th July 2018
20th Jul 2018
Strauss from Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Brahms from Mario Venzago, Shostakovich from Mikhail Pletnev, and the world premiere recording of an absorbing new opera by Aribert Reimann.
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Mark Dourish on De Profundis
19th Jul 2018
The founder and director of Cambridge-based early music specialists De Profundis talks about the group's second album of Renaissance treasures for lower voices, released at the end of June on Hyperion.
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Jan Bartoš on Beethoven
18th Jul 2018
The Czech pianist shares his thoughts on his new Beethoven album, out now on Supraphon.
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
Jan Bartoš (piano)
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Barenboim's Brahms Symphonies and other forthcoming highlights
17th Jul 2018
The conductor's second complete Brahms cycle, recorded in Berlin last autumn, plus new releases from Bryn Terfel, Mischa Maisky, Leif Ove Andsnes and Vivica Genaux.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2018
16th Jul 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the original 1863 version of Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles out in front as Recording of the Month.
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Mozart's La clemenza di Tito from Yannick Nézet-Séguin
13th Jul 2018
Marina Rebeka and Joyce DiDonato strike sparks off one another as Vitellia and Sesto in a terrific new recording of Mozart's final opera, with Rolando Villazón as the idealistic emperor against whom they conspire.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th July 2018
13th Jul 2018
Rare operas by Rameau and Thea Musgrave, plus Beethoven from Trio Goya and octets from the soloists' ensemble of La Scala.
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2018 Choices
12th Jul 2018
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Llŷr Williams, Alexander Melnikov, Florilegium, and Vox Luminis with Ensembles Masques.
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Robert Hollingworth on Vivanco's Missa Assumpsit Jesus
11th Jul 2018
Conductor and musicologist Robert Hollingworth talks polyphony, period performance and pitch (and his new recording of Spanish Renaissance music with male-voice ensemble De Profundis).
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Oliver Knussen (1952-2018)
9th Jul 2018
The British composer and conductor, best known for his two children’s operas Where The Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! and for his tireless championing of music by his contemporaries, has died aged 66.
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Shostakovich Symphonies 4 & 11 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th Jul 2018
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer highly characterful and stunningly-performed accounts of Shostakovich's Fourth and Eleventh Symphonies.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th July 2018
6th Jul 2018
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart from Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato and Marina Rebeka, a Philip Glass premiere, and Spanish polyphony from Robert Hollingworth and De Profundis.
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Christopher Purves on Handel
5th Jul 2018
The British bass-baritone talks to Katherine about the second volume of 'Finest Arias for Base Voice', out now on Hyperion.
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Duncan Ferguson on William Mundy
3rd Jul 2018
Conductor Duncan Ferguson talks to David about his latest release on Delphian with the choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, which focuses on the majestic choral works of William Mundy.
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The Presto Chart - June 2018
2nd Jul 2018
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with Buxtehude's Abendmusiken from Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis and Ensemble Masques in first place.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2018
30th Jun 2018
Revelatory Debussy from Alexander Melnikov, a Mahlerian Midsummer Night’s Dream from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and another nocturnal box of delights from Stephen Hough.
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John Adams's Doctor Atomic, conducted by the composer
29th Jun 2018
John Adams conducts Gerald Finley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the first audio recording of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic.
