Latest News: Classical
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - March 2019 20th March 2019
A centenary edition from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Robert Casadesus’s collected Columbia recordings, Tchaikovsky’s complete solo piano works from Valentina Lisitsa, and a comprehensive recorder anthology from Brilliant Classics.
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Interview,
Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions 19th March 2019
The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, released last Friday on Rubicon.
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Interview,
Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams 18th March 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
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Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust plays Bach Concertos 15th March 2019
The German violinist joins forces with oboist Xenia Löffler and Bernhard Forck's Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2019 15th March 2019
New albums from Khatia Buniatishvili, Fazil Say and the Artemis Quartet, the final release in Iván Fischer’s Mahler series with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Elgar, Moeran and Vaughan Williams from the Barbirolli Society archives.
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Interview,
Richard Watkins on The Romantic Horn 14th March 2019
The British horn-player talks to David about his new album of music by Beethoven, Strauss, Schumann, Scriabin and more with the pianist Julius Drake, out now on Signum Classics.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - March 2019 Choices 12th March 2019
Chris introduces this month’s choices, headed by a peerless Schumann song-recital from German baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber on Sony Classical.
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Interview,
Andreas Ottensamer on Blue Hour 11th March 2019
Clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer talks to David about his new album of Romantic clarinet works, with Yuja Wang and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Obituary,
Michael Gielen (1927-2019) 10th March 2019
The Austrian-German conductor, renowned for his interpretations of twentieth-century and contemporary music, has died aged 91.
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Recording of the Week,
Philippe Jaroussky sings Cavalli 8th March 2019
The French countertenor leads Artaserse in a kaleidoscopic survey of the many and varied operas by the seventeenth-century Italian composer, shot through with the spirit of Venetian carnival.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 8th March 2019 8th March 2019
New albums from Andreas Ottensamer, Stéphanie d'Oustrac and Ian Bostridge, and the world premiere recording of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto for Yo-Yo Ma, with the composer conducting and the dedicatee as soloist.
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Obituary,
Jacques Loussier (1934-2019) 7th March 2019
The French pianist and composer, best known for his trio’s million-selling string of albums re-interpreting the music of Bach in a jazz style, passed away on Monday aged 84.
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Video Interview,
John Nelson on Berlioz 7th March 2019
Ahead of his performance and recording of the Grande Messe des Morts at St Paul's Cathedral tomorrow evening to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, the American conductor talks to Katherine about his fifty-year relationship with music which 'lit something up in me that's remained all my life'.
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Interview,
Leila Josefowicz on Bernd Alois Zimmermann 5th March 2019
In the wake of her new recording of the Violin Concerto on Ondine with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the American-Canadian violinist tells Katherine about her 'crusade' to bring the German composer's music to a wider audience.
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Obituary,
Peter Hurford (1930-2019) 4th March 2019
The British organist and composer, particularly renowned for his interpretations of Bach, has died aged 88.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - February 2019 4th March 2019
Two contributions to this year’s Offenbach bicentenary by rising young French virtuosos, orchestral works by ‘the father of Scottish music’, and superb advocacy for three female composers from violinist Tasmin Little.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - February 2019 2nd March 2019
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with the fourth instalment of Andris Nelsons’s Shostakovich Under Stalin series with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in first place...
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Recording of the Week,
Franck and Vierne from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien 1st March 2019
The Russian violinist and French pianist bring a refreshing clarity and delicacy to two sonatas written for the Belgian composer-violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 1st March 2019 1st March 2019
New recordings from Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé, Sir Andrew Davies and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and British vocal ensemble EXAUDI, plus Bernard Haitink’s Mahler and Bruckner cycles with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on Blu-ray Audio.
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Obituary,
André Previn (1929-2019) 28th February 2019
The German-born American conductor, composer and jazz pianist, who served as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra after a glittering early career in Hollywood, has died today in Manhattan.
