Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Vox Luminis explore cantatas by the Bach family 14th June 2019David listens to the Belgian ensemble's latest album, tracing the evolution of the cantata through the older branches of the Bach family tree.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019 14th June 2019New recordings from Renée Fleming, Herbert Blomstedt, Matthew Barley and Pieter Wispelwey, plus DVDs/Blu-rays of two operatic rarities: Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane and Mercadante’s Didone abbandonata.
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Interview,
Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil 13th June 2019The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - June 2019 12th June 2019A celebration of Brigitte Fassbaender at 80, Karajan’s Bruckner and Tchaikovsky re-mastered, Myaskovsky’s complete string quartets, and DVD collections from Glyndebourne and the Wiener Staatsoper.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - July 2019 Choices 11th June 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Rachel Podger, András Schiff, Julian Prégardien, and Markus Maskuniitty.
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Interview,
John Andrews on Arne's The Judgment of Paris 10th June 2019The conductor talks to David about his new recording of Thomas Arne's long-forgotten work, inspired by the contest of the three goddesses in Greek mythology.
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Recording of the Week,
Samuel Barber's Vanessa from Glyndebourne 7th June 2019The Pulitzer-winning 1958 opera receives a vividly cinematic staging from Keith Warner in its first outing on DVD and Blu-ray, filmed at the Sussex festival last summer.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2019 7th June 2019New recordings from Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra of La Scala, Richard and Mika Stoltzman, Swedish chamber ensemble O/Modərnt, and the final instalment of the Hallé’s Ring Cycle under Sir Mark Elder, with Simon O’Neill as Siegfried.
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Interview,
Mark Williams on The Pillar of the Cloud 6th June 2019Director of Music Mark Williams talks to David about his new album with the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, surveying music from the past five centuries connected to the city.
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Interview,
Martin James Bartlett on Love and Death 5th June 2019The BBC Young Musician of the Year winner talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Warner, which takes its title from a work by Granados and also features music by Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Prokofiev.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - May 2019 3rd June 2019Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla's recording of Weinberg with Kremerata Baltica and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - May 2019 1st June 2019An almost indecently seductive French song programme from Sandrine Piau, a thought-provoking debut album from young British pianist Martin James Bartlett, and a rare outing for Granados’s one-act opera Goyescas, which crackles with Mediterranean heat.
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Recording of the Week,
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss 31st May 2019The robust young Norwegian soprano thrills in scenes from Tannhäuser and Ariadne auf Naxos, and Strauss's Four Last Songs.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2019 31st May 2019New recordings from Sandrine Piau, Angela Hewitt, Francesco Piemontesi, Trio Zimmermann, and Sakari Oramo, plus the world premiere DVD release of Samuel Barber's 1958 opera Vanessa.
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Interview,
Xavier Sabata on L'Alessandro amante 30th May 2019Ahead of his appearance as Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina at the Barbican tomorrow evening, the Catalan countertenor talks to Katherine about his recent album exploring baroque representations of Alexander the Great.
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Interview,
Gerald Finley on Kaija Saariaho's True Fire 29th May 2019The bass-baritone talks to Katherine about recording the Finnish composer's song-cycle on texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Seamus Heaney and Mahmoud Darwish, written for him in 2014 and released on Ondine earlier this month.
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Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - May 2019 28th May 2019Includes Bruckner from Andris Nelsons, Saint-Saëns from Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Kantorow, and pomp and circumstance aplenty from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli.
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Interview,
Lise Davidsen on Wagner & Strauss 27th May 2019The Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano discusses her career so far and her debut album on Decca, out this Friday.
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Recording of the Week,
The final instalment of Andrew Manze's Vaughan Williams cycle with the Liverpool Philharmonic 24th May 2019Andrew Manze and the Liverpool Philharmonic round off their Vaughan Williams series with vivid accounts of the majestic seventh and pensive ninth symphonies.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 24th May 2019 24th May 2019New releases from Korean-born violinist Joo Yeon Sir, James Ehnes and Sir Andrew Davis, and Josep Pons and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus a landmark Gioconda from the archives.