Latest News: Classical
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 1st March 2019 1st March 2019New 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 2019The 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.
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Interview,
Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations 27th February 2019Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2019 26th February 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, headed up some 'simply wonderful Bach-playing' from Polish pianist Ewa Pobłocka on the Frederick Chopin Institute's own label.
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Interview,
Mark Bebbington on Private Passions 25th February 2019The British pianist talks to David about his new album of works by Arnold Bax & Harriet Cohen.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich cycle with Symphonies 6 & 7 22nd February 2019Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich series with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with thrillingly detailed accounts of the Sixth and Seventh symphonies.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 22nd February 2019 22nd February 2019New recordings from Jaap van Zweden and the New York Philharmonic, Kammerorchester Basel and Giovanni Antonini, Vadym Kholodenko, and Lucie Horsch, plus the world premiere recording of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel.
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Presto CD,
56 new Sony titles added 21st February 2019Highlights include recordings by Leonard Bernstein, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Williams, and music composed by Glenn Gould.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Busoni 20th February 2019The pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Italian composer’s gargantuan Piano Concerto of 1904, released this week on Myrios with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo.
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Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - February 2019 19th February 2019Includes new releases from Kristian Bezuidenhout, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Jan Lisiecki, and the beginning of what promises to be an invigorating Schubert symphonies cycle from Edward Gardner and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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Interview,
The Foyle-Štšura Duo on Penderecki and Lutosławski 18th February 2019David talks to the Duo about their new album exploring chamber works by two Polish twentieth-century giants.
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Recording of the Week,
Paul Lewis plays early Schubert and Weber 15th February 2019The British pianist radiates sympathy and imagination in two piano sonatas from the 1810s by young composers who both died before their fortieth birthdays.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th February 2019 15th February 2019New recordings from Edgar Moreau, Jeremy Denk and François-Xavier Roth, plus a memorial to Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and a 1955 recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden from Belgrade.
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Awards,
Victoires de la Musique Classique 2019 14th February 2019Chris presents the winners and nominees from last night's ceremony at La Seine Musicale in Paris, including Lang Lang and French baritone Stéphane Degout.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - February 2019 14th February 2019A Berlioz anniversary tribute from Warner Classics, Wilhelm Fürtwangler’s wartime radio broadcasts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, a ninetieth-birthday celebration of Bernard Haitink, and anthologies of Idil Biret, Van Cliburn, and Leonard Pennario.
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Interview,
Sir George Benjamin on Lessons in Love and Violence 13th February 2019The composer talks to Katherine about the genesis of his third opera, which premiered at Covent Garden last May and was released on DVD and Blu-ray at the end of December.
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Awards,
Grammy Winners 2019 11th February 2019Chris introduces the winning classical albums from this year's ceremony, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
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Recording of the Week,
Kirill Karabits conducts the world premiere of Liszt's Sardanapalo 8th February 2019Reconstructed by the musicologist David Trippett, the single completed act of Liszt's abandoned opera on a subject by Byron reveals what the composer's son-in-law Wagner described as 'the claw of a lion'.
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Interview,
David Trippett on Liszt's Sardanapalo 8th February 2019The musicologist and driving-force behind today's Recording of the Week talks to Katherine about the mysterious genesis of Liszt's uncompleted opera, and the process of reconstructing the manuscript for performance.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 8th February 2019 8th February 2019New recordings from Paul Lewis, Olga Peretyatko, Anna Lucia Richter and The King’s Singers, plus a collection of Furtwängler radio broadcasts from the archives of the Berliner Philharmoniker.