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Beethoven Cello Sonatas from Isserlis and Levin
6th Jan 2014
Playing on period instruments, the cellist and fortepianist get the year off to a tremendous start with spellbinding accounts of the complete cello sonatas, variations, and a transcription of the horn sonata.
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2013 Goodbyes and Looking Ahead to 2014
30th Dec 2013
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2013
23rd Dec 2013
Schubert from the Pavel Haas Quartet, Pierre-Louis Dietsch’s opera on The Flying Dutchman, two Turnage premieres, and masses by Cipriano de Rore.
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The Tallis Scholars sing John Taverner's Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
16th Dec 2013
The British vocal ensemble mark their fortieth anniversary with ‘a full-blooded forty-five-minute epic that Phillips compares favourably to a Britten opera or an Elgar symphony’.
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Christmas Carols from Bob Chilcott and others
9th Dec 2013
Commotio bring their ‘clean, unfussy sound and pristine intonation’ to the former King’s Singer’s carols - plus Music for Advent from The Choir of Clare College Cambridge.
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Christmas Oratorios from Bach, Berlioz, and Britten
2nd Dec 2013
The Christmas Oratorio from Trinity College Cambridge, Saint Nicolas from Cambridge University Music Society (with Andrew Kennedy in the title-role), and L’Enfance du Christ from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Robin Ticciati.
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Poulenc from Patricia Petibon and Paavo Järvi
25th Nov 2013
The fiftieth anniversary of the composer’s death is marked by outstanding performances of three of his sacred works: the Gloria, Stabat mater, and Litanies à la Vierge*.
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Sir John Tavener, 1944-2013
18th Nov 2013
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Bach Cantatas from Masaaki Suzuki
11th Nov 2013
Begun in 1995, Bach Collegium Japan’s mighty survey of the complete sacred cantatas crosses the finishing-line with these affecting performances of Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, Freue dich, erlöste Schar, and Gloria in excelsis Deo.
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Works for Pedal Piano by Gounod
4th Nov 2013
For the 62nd volume of Hyperion’s The Romantic Piano Concerto series, Roberto Prosseda joins Howard Shelley and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana for the Concerto for pedal piano, Suite concertante and Fantaisie sur l’hymne national russe.
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mozart's The Magic Flute
21st Oct 2013
Pavol Breslik and Kate Royal are the young lovers put to the test in Robert Carsen’s production from Baden-Baden, with Ana Durlovski as the Queen of the Night, and Dimitry Ivashchenko as Sarastro.
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Brahms Symphonies from Chailly and Gergiev
14th Oct 2013
A complete cycle from the Gewandhausorchester on Decca impresses James with its ‘drive and determination’, whilst Gergiev offers ‘beefy, big-boned, muscular’ takes on Symphonies no. 1 & 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Berlioz's Les Troyens from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
7th Oct 2013
Sir David McVicar’s 2012 production packs some serious magic thanks to Es Devlin’s breathtaking sets and fiercely committed performances from Eva-Maria Westbroek, Bryan Hymel and Anna Caterina Antonacci in the three main roles.
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Bryan Hymel (Énée), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Didon), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre), Fabio Capitanucci (Chorebe), Hanna Hipp (Anna), Brindley Sherratt (Narbal), Ed Lyon (Hylas), Ji-min Park (Iopas) Royal Opera House, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir David McVicar
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Steven Isserlis plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto
30th Sep 2013
The British cellist joins Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for the evergreen B minor concerto and its lesser-known predecessor from 1865, revised and orchestrated by German composer Günter Raphael.
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New Verdi releases from Jonas Kaufmann and others
16th Sep 2013
The German tenor brings ‘nuanced psychological drama* to a collection of portraits including a foretaste of Otello, whilst Thomas Hampson is profoundly moving as a ‘care-worn and conflicted’ Simon Boccanegra.
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Arias for countertenor/male soprano from Fagioli, Hansen, and Jaroussky
9th Sep 2013
Argentine sopranist Fagioli scales the high Cs in a jaw-dropping recital of arias penned for the notorious star castrato Caffarelli, whilst Jaroussky explores music written by for his rival Farinelli by their mutual singing-teacher Nicola Porpora.
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Piers Lane Goes To Town: Piano encores and lollipops
2nd Sep 2013
The Australian pianist’s ‘pot pourri of pianistic palate-cleansers and party pieces’ includes music by figures as diverse as Dudley Moore, Percy Grainger, Billy Mayerl and Arthur Benjamin, as well as several pieces written especially for Lane.
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Piers Lane (piano)
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Rachmaninov from Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
26th Aug 2013
The Berliners afford luxurious treatment to the choral symphony The Bells (with soloists Luba Orgonášová and Mikhail Petrenko), whilst Rattle’s spacious approach to the Symphonic Dances pays huge dividends.
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Dame Janet Baker celebrates her eightieth birthday
19th Aug 2013
Curated to mark the great English mezzo's birthday, this 20-disc set from EMI includes classic recordings of music by Berlioz, Elgar, Mahler and Schubert as well as previously-unreleased material including Monteverdi and Scarlatti with Raymond Leppard.
