Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Elgar's 'Viola Concerto' from Timothy Ridout 20th January 2023
The young British viola-player's account of the Cello Concerto as transcribed by Lionel Tertis is a compelling addition to the piece's distinguished discography on its own terms, with sensitive support from the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th January 2023 20th January 2023
Joseph Jongen from Ivan Ilić, Mozart from Peter Donohoe, Mahler from Claudia Huckle and Nicky Spence, and veteran Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi in concert.
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Interview,
Ivan Ilić on Joseph Jongen 19th January 2023
Ahead of the release of his recording of two sets of Préludes on Chandos tomorrow, the Serbian-American pianist talks to Katherine about the Belgian composer and teacher's 'huge appetite for contrast'.
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Awards,
International Classical Music Awards 2023 19th January 2023
The ICMA results were revealed yesterday, with winners including Ermonela Jaho, Alessandro Marangoni, Mahan Esfahani, and Asmik Grigorian.
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Interview,
Ian Venables on the first recordings of his Requiem 18th January 2023
The composer talks to David about his Requiem, recorded on Somm Records in 2020 by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral, and more recently in its full orchestral version by the choir of Merton College Oxford and the Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2023 17th January 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Signor Gaetano - Mexican tenor Javier Camarena's 'hugely enjoyable and unusually satisfying' recital of arias from Donizetti's Italian operas on Pentatone.
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Interview,
Dussek on Dussek 16th January 2023
Pianist Michael Dussek talks about his new album of innovative music by his ancestor Jan Ladislav, and of the influence it had on Chopin.
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Recording of the Week,
Véronique Gens in Poulenc's La Voix Humaine 13th January 2023
The great French tragedienne tackles a role that’s surely been beckoning for years, and the results are every bit as compelling as you'd expect - with the Orchestre National de Lille providing some telling insights into the other side of this fraught phone-conversation...
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th January 2023 13th January 2023
Elgar's 'Viola Concerto' from Timothy Ridout, Beethoven from Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lully's Psyché from Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset, and an album commemorating the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes from The King's Singers & Fretwork.
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Coming Soon,
Stravinsky from Isabelle Faust and other forthcoming highlights 11th January 2023
Other stand-out releases for early spring include a second album of English music for strings from John Wilson & Sinfonia of London, Schumann & Brahms from Benjamin Grosvenor, and world premiere recordings of Margaret Bonds's Credo & Simon Bore the Cross.
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Interview,
Rebecca Saunders on 'Skin' 10th January 2023
The British composer talks about her new album, drawing together three of her collaboratively-created contemporary works: Skin, void and Unbreathed.
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Presto CD,
New Presto CD titles from Sony Classical 9th January 2023
Legendary Sony artists Pablo Casals, Zubin Mehta and Leonard Bernstein feature in the latest additions to our Presto CD catalogue.
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Recording of the Week,
The Takács Quartet perform string quartets by Ravel, Dutilleux, and Stephen Hough 6th January 2023
Stylish and refined performances of two pillars of the twentieth-century French quartet repertoire sit alongside a newly-composed gem by Stephen Hough.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th January 2023 6th January 2023
Poulenc from Véronique Gens, Janáček, Brahms & Bartók from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say, Malcolm Arnold from Michael Collins, and Reinecke from Simon Callaghan.
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Interview,
Bojan Čičić on La Notte 5th January 2023
The Croatian violinist speaks to David and Katherine about his collection of 'Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night' with the Illyria Consort, released on Delphian in late November.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - 2022 5th January 2023
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Klaus Mäkelä's complete Sibelius symphonies with the Oslo Philharmonic leading the pack...
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - December 2022 4th January 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with Diana Damrau's sparkling 'My Christmas' on Erato in first place...
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Obituary,
2022 Goodbyes 3rd January 2023
A short video tribute remembering some of the musicians who died during 2022.
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Interview,
Frank Agsteribbe on elaborate Requiem Masses by Philippus van Steelant 3rd January 2023
The conductor discusses the splendour of funerary works by Philippus van Steelant, newly recorded by B'Rock Orchestra and cantoLX.
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Recording of the Week,
Schubert Revisited from Matthias Goerne 30th December 2022
The German baritone is on top form in this recital of nineteen Lieder in bespoke orchestrations by one of his regular recital-partners Alexander Schmalcz, with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen responding to his simple eloquence in kind.
