Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Music to commemorate the First World War 28th July 2014Katherine listens to Anna Prohaska's Behind the Lines, a collection of songs spanning a wide historical period, but focusing primarily on the years of the First World War.
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Obituary,
Carlo Bergonzi (1924-2014) 27th July 2014Katherine pays tribute to the great Italian tenor, who died yesterday.
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Interview,
Gabriel Jackson – Airplane Cantata 26th July 2014David talks to British composer Gabriel Jackson about his new disc on Signum with the BBC Singers, featuring several new works including his Airplane Cantata.
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Favourites,
William Walton James chooses some of his favourite recordings of music by one of the greatest twentieth-century British composers, William Walton.
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Interview,
Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom 24th July 2014Katherine talks to the composer (recently named Master of the Queen's Music) about her 1990 opera based on Scottish folklore, released this month on NMC Records.
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Coming Soon,
Hasse's Il Siroe Re di Persia 23rd July 2014Star countertenors Max Cencic and Franco Fagioli go head-to-head in the first-ever recording of Johann Adolf Hasse's 1733 opera.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2014 22nd July 2014Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, which hits the shops today - featuring Prokofiev on the violin, Rachmaninov on the piano and more.
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Recording of the Week,
Dussek Piano Concertos and Romantic Violin Concertos on Hyperion 21st July 2014James enjoys a double-bill of concertos on Hyperion Records - the first of the Classical Piano Concertos series with Howard Shelley and the latest instalment of Romantic Violin Concertos with Tanja Becker-Bender.
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Favourites,
Anton Bruckner David listens to recordings of the great Romantic Austrian symphonist, Anton Bruckner.
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Coming Soon,
Kasper Holten's Don Giovanni 16th July 2014A provocative production of Mozart's "rake's progress" from the director of the Royal Opera House is to be released on DVD in the autumn.
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Obituary,
Lorin Maazel (1930-2014) 15th July 2014American conductor who first recorded Porgy and Bess and took the New York Philharmonic to North Korea dies at the age of 84.
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Recording of the Week,
Prokofiev Violin Sonatas from Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne 14th July 2014David listens to two very contrasting Prokofiev Violin Sonatas, performed by the star duo of Steven Osborne and Alina Ibragimova.
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Favourites,
Giacomo Puccini James has a lovely time revelling in the wealth of magnificent Puccini recordings on offer, and selects some of his personal favourites.
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Presto CD,
Presto CD - British Music Collection - Part 2 9th July 2014Chris introduces the second batch of British Music Collection discs on our Manufacture On Demand label…
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Recording of the Week,
Bruckner Symphonies from Claudio Abbado and Iván Fischer 7th July 2014James enjoys a double-bill of Bruckner symphonies - No. 9 from Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's account of No. 7 under Iván Fischer.
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Coming Soon,
Joyce DiDonato - Stella di Napoli 5th July 2014The American mezzo explores the highways and byways of Neapolitan bel canto for her next project…
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Favourites,
Christoph Willibald Gluck In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Gluck's birth on Tuesday, Katherine rounds up some favourite recordings of his operas on CD and DVD.
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Coming Soon,
Manon Lescaut from Covent Garden 3rd July 2014Plans are afoot for a DVD release of Jonathan Kent's current production from the Royal Opera House, starring Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann as the doomed lovers.
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Interview,
Daniel Behle on Gluck's tenors 2nd July 2014To mark the tercentenary of Gluck's birth today, Katherine talks to the German lyric tenor about his new disc exploring the composer's writing for high male voice.
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Recording of the Week,
Colin Davis conducts the LSO in Haydn Symphonies 30th June 2014James listens to Colin Davis and the LSO's sparkling, poised accounts of late symphonies by Haydn.