Latest News: Classical
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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.
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Interview,
Michael Fabiano on Donizetti and Verdi 23rd May 2019The charismatic American tenor talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Pentatone, centring on two composers who have played a pivotal role in his career to date.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2019 22nd May 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s ‘revelatory accounts’ of two symphonies by Mieczysław Weinberg with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kremerata Baltica.
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Coming Soon,
Renée Fleming sings Mahler and other forthcoming highlights 21st May 2019For her first Lieder album in nearly two decades, the American soprano sings the Rückert-Lieder with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann, plus Brahms and Schumann with Hartmut Höll.
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Interview,
Yevgeny Sudbin on late Beethoven 20th May 2019The Russian pianist talks to David about his new album of the Bagatelles & Piano Sonatas Nos. 31 & 32.
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Recording of the Week,
Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony 17th May 2019Recorded live in concert in 2017, the Berliner Philharmoniker's first album with their new Chief Conductor augurs very well indeed for their new partnership.