Latest News: Classical
Recording of the Week,
Debussy's new champion
14th May 2007
The French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet begins a new Debussy cycle with arresting performances of the Préludes and Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon.
Recording of the Week,
Schütz's Legacy
7th May 2007
Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent performed the German baroque master’s ‘Opus ultimum’, a series of eleven motets for double choir setting Psalm 119.
Obituary,
Mstislav Rostropovich
30th April 2007
The great Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor has died aged 80.
Recording of the Week,
Harpsichord or Piano?
26th March 2007
In the wake of French pianist Alexandre Tharaud’s superb recent album of Couperin, Tic Toc Choc, Chris considers the implications of performing baroque keyboard music on a modern piano.
Recording of the Week,
Strauss's Four Last Songs
19th March 2007
A new recording of Strauss’s late reflections on mortality from EMI’s new signing, Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme, stands comparison with the very best.
