Latest News: Classical
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - December 2019 29th December 2019Anthologies devoted to Moura Lympany, Ernst Haefliger, Karl Münchinger and Solomon, plus collection of Russian chamber music and a 56-disc Mendelssohn Edition on Hänssler.
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Obituary,
Peter Schreier (1935-2019) 28th December 2019The German lyric tenor and conductor, who was particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of Schubert lieder and the Bach Passions, has died aged 84.
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Recording of the Week,
Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony 27th December 2019Joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with an exquisitely-detailed performance of the Fourth Symphony.
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New Release Round-up,
Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2019 27th December 2019A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Le Poème Harmonique, and Paavo Järvi.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - January 2020 Choices 24th December 2019Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by 'the best Samson ever' from John Butt and Dunedin Consort on Linn.
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Presto CD,
31 new Decca titles added to Presto CD 23rd December 2019Recently added Presto CDs include Mahler from Christoph von Dohnányi, Grieg and Chopin from Olli Mustonen and Haydn from Sir Georg Solti.
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2019 20th December 2019Recordings from Sandrine Piau, Igor Levit and Jakub Józef Orliński feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th December 2019 20th December 2019Symphonies by Leopold Koželuch, piano concertos by Hummel, transcendental studies by Liszt and Lyapunov, and a three-part documentary on the history of the English organ from Fugue State Films.
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Coming Soon,
Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato and other forthcoming highlights 18th December 2019Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni and Jakub Józef Orliński also star in Handel’s early opera with Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev; other January highlights include Strauss albums from Diana Damrau and Vasily Petrenko, and infernal Charpentier from Vox Luminis.
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Interview,
Christmas with the Gesualdo Six 17th December 2019David talks to the vocal ensemble's founder and director Owain Park about their new album of Christmas music old and new, featuring repertoire from medieval plainchant to contemporary composers such as Eleanor Daley.
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Presto CD,
Titles from Decca's Enterprise series added to Presto CD 16th December 2019New additions to Presto CD include Berio, Henze and Hindemith conducting their own works, plus other twentieth-century repertoire.
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Recording of the Week,
Franck and Chopin from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang 13th December 2019The two acclaimed soloists come together in a dazzling duo, with the rich warmth of Franck's Cello Sonata in A major sharply offset against the angst-wracked soul-searching of Chopin's in G minor.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2019 13th December 2019Opera overtures by Auber, Berio transcriptions of Mahler and The Beatles, a Mediterranean postcard from guitarist Sharon Isbin, and a documentary on the young French pianist Lucas Debargue.
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Interview,
Septura on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker 12th December 2019David talks to Septura's Matthew Knight and Simon Cox about their newly-released recording of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, arranged for brass septet and narrated by Derek Jacobi.
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Interview,
James Hall on Elegy 11th December 2019The young British countertenor talks to Katherine about his career to date and his recent album of duets by Purcell and Blow with Iestyn Davies and The King's Consort.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices December 2019 10th December 2019Chris introduces this month’s selection, with pride of place going to François-Xavier Roth’s second recording of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with Les Siècles.
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Interview,
Angela Gheorghiu on Plaisir d'amour 8th December 2019On the 25th anniversary of the BBC broadcast of her landmark Traviata from Covent Garden, the Romanian soprano reminisces about the production with Katherine and discusses her new recording on Decca Classics.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven's Leonore from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester 6th December 2019The original 1805 version of Beethoven's only opera is a high-adrenaline experience in the hands of the Belgian conductor and his period-instrument band, with Marlis Petersen in the title-role and Maximilian Schmitt as her imprisoned husband.
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Awards,
Recordings of the Year 2019 - Our Top 10 6th December 2019The winners revealed - ten fantastic recordings which really stood out from the crowd for us over the past twelve months, plus the results of our six special category awards...
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th December 2019 6th December 2019Cecilia Bartoli’s tribute to Farinelli, Franck and Chopin with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang, Kenneth Leighton choral works from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, and a newly remastered Das Lied von der Erde which Kathleen Ferrier recorded live with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.