Latest News: Classical
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2014: Category Winners 27th August 2014The Pavel Haas Quartet, Jonas Kaufmann and Mahan Esfahani are among the winners.
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Recording of the Week,
Joyce DiDonato sings bel canto arias 25th August 2014Katherine listens to Joyce DiDonato's Stella di Napoli, which explores the Neapolitan school of bel canto opera arias.
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Favourites,
Handel Operas Katherine focuses on the hugely prolific composer's stage-works in this week's Favourites.
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Interview,
Rinaldo Alessandrini 21st August 2014David asks Rinaldo Alessandrini about his new imagined Vespers for San Marco – and picks up some tips on eating like a Renaissance Venetian too!
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2014 21st August 2014Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor taking the laurels for Dances on Decca Classics.
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2014: Finalists 20th August 2014Revealed today - the top three recordings in each category.
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Recording of the Week,
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Book One of JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier 18th August 2014David enjoys Pierre-Laurent Aimard's performance of Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier of JS Bach.
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Obituary,
Licia Albanese (1909-2014) 17th August 2014The Italian-American soprano, widely regarded as the finest Madam Butterfly of the twentieth century, has died aged over 100.
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Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Downloads - available now! 16th August 2014Read about the long-awaited launch of our Studio Quality (HD) download service - the opportunity to hear things as you've never heard them before!
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Favourites,
Samuel Barber David listens to some great recordings of Samuel Barber, one of the finest American composers of the Twentieth Century.
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Obituary,
Frans Brüggen (1934-2014) 14th August 2014Presto looks back on the influential career of Dutch early music specialist Frans Brüggen, who has died at the age of 79.
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Interview,
Benjamin Grosvenor - a postscript 13th August 2014Following on from Monday's newsletter, I caught up with Benjamin over email to find out more about his new disc Dances - and whether or not he has two left feet…
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Recording of the Week,
Benjamin Grosvenor - Dances 11th August 2014Young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor sets Katherine's toes tapping with his new disc, Dances.
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Favourites,
Maurice Ravel James picks some recordings of the music of French composer, Maurice Ravel.
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Presto CD,
Presto CD - More Gramophone Award and Rosette winners are back 6th August 2014Introducing the latest batch of discs on our Manufacture On Demand label, focusing on more Gramophone Award and Penguin Rosette Winners.
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Coming Soon,
Cecilia Bartoli goes Russian 5th August 2014New album will explore music written for three tsarinas in eighteenth-century St Petersburg.
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Recording of the Week,
Russian Orchestral Music from the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic 4th August 2014Katherine enjoys an unusual take on Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade from Sascha Goetzel and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic.
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Coming Soon,
Gerstein records Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev 2nd August 2014Russian-American Pianist Kirill Gerstein is set to make the world premiere recording of the rare 2nd edition of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Prokofiev's No. 2.
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2014: Shortlist 1st August 2014Gramophone have just revealed details of the 72 recordings in the running for the 2014 Awards - and what a line-up it is this year!
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Favourites,
Music to commemorate the First World War David picks out some recordings of works particularly closely linked to the Great War - those written in response to it, or influenced by composers' experiences of the fighting.