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New Release Round-up - 18th August 2017
18th Aug 2017
Box sets dedicated to pianist Daniel Barenboim and violinist Joshua Bell, as well as music by Elliott Carter and Peter Maxwell Davies are just some of the new releases this week.
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Isabelle Faust plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
18th Aug 2017
Isabelle Faust shows a wholly new side to one of the most well-known and widely-performed concertos in the violin repertoire.
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Forthcoming recordings from great pianists
16th Aug 2017
Chris rounds up ten of the most promising piano recitals coming up this autumn, including magisterial live Beethoven from Evgeny Kissin.
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Gramophone Awards 2017 - the top three in each category
16th Aug 2017
The final contenders in each of the twelve genres were revealed this morning…
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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
15th Aug 2017
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2017
14th Aug 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with a fresh new Mendelssohn cycle from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe taking pride of place…
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New Release Round-up - 11th August 2017
11th Aug 2017
Stravinsky from violinist Ilya Gringolts and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Richard Strauss from soprano Louise Alder and Shostakovich's ballet 'The Golden Age' are just a selection of the highlights from this week's releases.
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Francesco Piemontesi performs Piano Concertos by Mozart
11th Aug 2017
James enjoys a pair of late Mozart concertos from Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, with Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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Presto CD - 20 new Sony and RCA titles
10th Aug 2017
Lucia Popp's final recording of Strauss's Four Last Songs (made just months before her death) is among this week's reissues.
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BBC Music Magazine - September 2017 Choices
9th Aug 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with a baroque recital from one of the stars of last night's Prom taking pride of place as Recording of the Month.
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Forthcoming vocal highlights for the autumn
8th Aug 2017
Mozart from Juan Diego Flórez, Wagner from Michael Volle, French song from Thomas Hampson, and imaginative tributes to two stars of the nineteenth-century Paris opera.
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New Release Round-up - 4th August 2017
4th Aug 2017
Symphonies from Mahler and Dvořák, plus Gundula Janowitz's last recital are amongst the pick of this week's releases.
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Songs by Richard Strauss, plus the Oboe Concerto and works for wind ensemble
4th Aug 2017
James listens to a wealth of vocal and instrumental works by Richard Strauss - with Nicky Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alexi Ogrintchouk and others.
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Stephen Layton on the choral works of Stanford
2nd Aug 2017
Stephen Layton, Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge, talks to David about his recent disc with the chapel choir.
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Presto Editor's Choices - July 2017
31st Jul 2017
A moving and memorable Mahler triptych from a great British mezzo is among Katherine's flavours of the month…
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Gramophone Awards 2017 shortlist
31st Jul 2017
The 72 shortlisted recordings (six in each of twelve categories) have just been revealed…
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New Release Round-up - 28th July 2017
28th Jul 2017
Rossini from the Royal Opera House, the latest release in Hyperion's long-running Romantic Piano Concerto series and box sets celebrating Walter Gieseking and Myung-Whun Chung feature this week.
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Elīna Garanča sings the title role in Donizetti's La Favorite
28th Jul 2017
Katherine enjoys Elīna Garanča's commanding performance in Donizetti's dramatic tragedy alongside Mariusz Kwiecień and Matthew Polenzani.
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Les Troyens from John Nelson and other forthcoming highlights
27th Jul 2017
John Nelson's recording of Berlioz's Classical epic on Erato, starring Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, is now available to pre-order.
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Boxed Set Selections - July 2017
26th Jul 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's heavyweights, including elaborate birthday tributes to two veteran pianist-conductors…
