Latest News: Classical
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2019 17th May 2019New releases from Michael Fabiano, Magdalena Kožená, Il Giardino Armonico, Albrecht Mayer, and The Jerusalem Quartet, plus recitals by sopranos Anita Cerquetti and Graziella Sciutti from the archives.
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Interview,
Colin Matthews on NMC 16th May 2019The English composer looks back over 30 years at the helm of Britain's cutting-edge contemporary music label NMC.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - May 2019 15th May 2019A celebration of Chandos Records at 40, birthday tributes to pianists Emanuel Ax and Philippe Entremont, and the third volume of Leonard Bernstein’s landmark Young People’s Concerts.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - June 2019 Choices 14th May 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Isabelle Faust, Jonathan Biss, Iván Fischer, and Andris Nelsons.
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Interview,
Melvyn Tan on Miroirs 13th May 2019The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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Recording of the Week,
Les Siècles perform Mahler's symphonic poem, Titan 10th May 2019François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra perform Mahler's "tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements", an early version of his First Symphony.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019 10th May 2019New releases from Lars Vogt, Elīna Garanča, Sophie Yates and Riccardo Chailly, plus a second helping of Thomas Beecham broadcasts courtesy of the archives of Richard Itter.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites 9th May 2019The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin.
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Interview,
Sir András Schiff on Schubert 7th May 2019The Hungarian-born British pianist talks to Katherine about late Schubert, and ‘falling in love at first sight’ with the Brodmann fortepiano which he plays on his recent recordings of sonatas and impromptus on ECM.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2019 6th May 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, with pride of place going to a set of the late Beethoven sonatas by a pianist whose ‘kinship with the composer is everywhere apparent’.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - April 2019 4th May 2019A beautifully-programmed and sung recital which takes the Schumann-Wieck engagement as its theme, a Casella triptych from Tuscany, and vivid depictions of strong women from the Bible courtesy of Charpentier and Ensemble Correspondances.
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Recording of the Week,
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts symphonies by Mieczysław Weinberg 3rd May 2019For her first recording with Deutsche Grammophon, the Lithuanian conductor offers haunting accounts of two symphonies by the Polish-born Soviet composer, Mieczysław Weinberg.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019 3rd May 2019New releases from Steven Osborne, Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Ádám Fischer and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli.
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Interview,
Jess Gillam on RISE 2nd May 2019The young saxophonist talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Decca, released last week and including music by Dowland, Milhaud and David Bowie, plus a new commission by her teacher and producer John Harle.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - April 2019 1st May 2019Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with András Schiff's mesmerising recital of late Schubert on a Brodmann fortepiano in first place…
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Interview,
Paul McCreesh on An English Coronation 1st May 2019The conductor talks to David about his latest recording with Gabrieli, which weaves music and readings from the coronations of four British monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) into a composite ceremony, recorded in Ely Cathedral.
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Awards,
International Opera Awards 2019 - The Winners! 30th April 2019The results of last night's ceremony at Sadler's Wells, including the winning recordings in the complete opera and recital categories.
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Coming Soon,
Tchaikovsky from Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker 30th April 2019The orchestra’s first full-length recording with their new chief conductor, plus new releases from Hilary Hahn, Elīna Garanča, Albrecht Mayer, and Isata Kanneh-Mason.
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Recording of the Week,
Rachel Podger plays the Bach Cello Suites 26th April 2019The baroque violinist's own transcriptions of one of the pinnacles of the cello repertoire have an integrity and intelligence that's entirely convincing on its own terms, and the music never stops dancing.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2019 26th April 2019New releases from the Belcea Quartet, Melvyn Tan, Jess Gillam, Julian Prégardien, and the Choir of St John’s College Cambridge.