Latest News: Classical
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - February 2021 Choices 1st February 2021Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'beautifully conceived' programme of medieval and contemporary choral music from Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier on Naxos.
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Recording of the Week,
John Wilson conducts English music for strings 29th January 2021Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson present their latest stunning album of music for string orchestra by Britten, Bridge, Berkeley, and Bliss.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 29th January 2020 29th January 2021Rachmaninov from Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Winterreise from Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside, Bach from Piotr Anderszewski, and reflections on mortality from Stephen Hough.
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Interview,
Dame Gillian Weir at 80 28th January 2021The internationally-renowned organist looks back on her career as she reaches her 80th birthday – discussing the organ's place as a solo instrument, her association with the music of Messiaen, Sir Malcolm Sargent and more.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 11: Tinkling the Ivories with Harriet Smith 27th January 2021After a short break, the Presto Music Podcast is back, and for this first episode, Harriet Smith and Paul Thomas talk through some of their favourite pianists.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - January 2021 26th January 2021The complete Percy Grainger recordings on Chandos, an anthology of piano lessons from Christoph Eschenbach, and celebrations of Dame Gillian Weir and Hephzibah Menuhin.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2021 25th January 2021Chris introduces this month's selection, with the first instalment of Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Rachmaninov series from Philadelphia on Deutsche Grammophon in pride of place.
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Recording of the Week,
Behzod Abduraimov plays Debussy, Chopin and Mussorgsky 22nd January 2021The Uzbek pianist is beguiling in Children's Corner and the 24 Preludes Op. 28, and offers the virtual tour of one's dreams in Pictures at an Exhibition.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 22nd January 2021 22nd January 2021Haydn from Il Giardino Armonico, Salieri from Les Talens Lyriques, Prokofiev from Nicholas Angelich, and Romberg from Chouchane Siranossian.
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Interview,
François-Xavier Roth on Beethoven & Gossec 21st January 2021The French conductor talks to Katherine about his Presto Award-winning recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Gossec's Symphonie à 17 parties.
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Awards,
International Classical Music Awards 2021 20th January 2021The ICMA results were revealed this morning, with winners including recordings from Beatrice Rana, Ermonela Jaho, Pablo Heras-Casado, and Chouchane Siranossian.
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Interview,
Nicolas Hodges on Birtwistle and Beethoven 19th January 2021Reflecting on his recent release on Wergo, the pianist talks about Bagatelles, improvisation and his own relationship with Harrison Birtwistle.
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Obituary,
Osian Ellis (1928-2021) 18th January 2021The Welsh harpist, whose artistry inspired composers including Benjamin Britten, has died aged 92.
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Recording of the Week,
Donizetti's Il Paria from Opera Rara 15th January 2021Sir Mark Elder conducts a scintillating account of Donizetti's 1829 opera about religious persecution in sixteenth-century India, starring Albina Shagimuratova, René Barbera, and Misha Kiria.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th January 2021 15th January 2021Plaisirs illuminés from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern, Behzod Abduraimov's debut recital on Alpha, Telemann from Holland Baroque, and Nathalie Stutzmann in baroque opera arias with Orfeo 55.
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New Release Round-up,
Vinyl Round-Up - January 2021 14th January 2021Highlights amongst recent and forthcoming vinyl releases include Itzhak Perlman's mid-1980s recordings of solo Bach, Anna Clyne's Mythologies, and Mariss Jansons's final concert from Carnegie Hall.
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Interview,
Ivan Ilić on L’art de varier 13th January 2021The pianist talks to Katherine about the third volume of his acclaimed Antoine Reicha series on Chandos (released last Friday), which features just one work - an extraordinary set of 57 variations composed in 1802–03.
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Interview,
Ironwood on Louise Farrenc 12th January 2021The Australian period-instrument ensemble's cellist Daniel Yeadon and fortepianist Neal Peres Da Costa talk to Katherine about their recording of the French composer-pianist's Piano Quintet No. 1, released on ABC Classics last autumn.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2021 11th January 2021Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by Frank Peter Zimmermann's 'benchmark' recordings of the Martinů violin concertos with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hruša on BIS.
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Recording of the Week,
Elmas Piano Concertos from Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra 8th January 2021David enjoys the latest instalment in Hyperion's inexhaustible series, featuring the earliest-known piano concertos by an Armenian composer.