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BBC Music Magazine Choices, BBC Music Magazine - July 2021 Choices

22nd June 2021

Chris introduces this month's selection, with Harry Bicket's 'definite' Rodelinda on Linn (starring Lucy Crowe and Iestyn Davies) as Recording of the Month.

Interview, Alexandra Whittingham on My European Journey

19th June 2021

The guitarist talks about her debut album, released recently on Delphian, which sees her explore European guitar repertoire from Spain to Denmark, via Austria-Hungary and England.

Recording of the Week, Kodály and Dvořák from Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt, and Alexander Lonquich

18th June 2021

The violinist and cellist display a truly remarkable synergy in Kodály's Duo from 1914, whilst all three musicians capture the 'Dumky' Trio's rapid shifts between melancholy and boisterousness to perfection.

New Release Round-up, New Release Round-Up - 18th June 2021

18th June 2021

Beethoven from the Ehnes Quartet, a theatrical debut from violinist Bomsori Kim, André Messager's Passionnément (starring Véronique Gens), and intimations of immortality from Icelandic composer Viktor Orri Árnason.

Interview, James Ehnes on working from home

17th June 2021

The Canadian violinist tells Katherine about turning his living-room into a temporary studio for his recent recording of the Ysaÿe sonatas, and 'bubbling' with his string quartet for a new Beethoven project.