Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen perform cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky 1st February 2019The cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky are given expressive performances by Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen, alongside Prokofiev's Ballade and a handful of shorter works.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 1st February 2019 1st February 2019New recordings from Edward Gardner, Mariss Jansons and Jan Lisiecki, plus an Alfred Cellier rarity from Richard Bonynge and a landmark Dmitri Hvorostovsky performance from the Moscow archives.
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Interview,
Hilary Hahn on Bach 30th January 2019The American violinist talks to Katherine about returning to Bach's solo sonatas and partitas two decades after her debut recording aged 16.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2019 28th January 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, with the first volume of Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber’s Schumann series on Sony taking pride of place.
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Obituary,
Michel Legrand (1932-2019) 26th January 2019The French composer and jazz pianist, whose film scores included Yentl, The Thomas Crown Affair and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, has died aged 86.
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Recording of the Week,
Maurizio Pollini performs late piano works by Chopin 25th January 2019The Italian pianist revisits works by Chopin including the Third Piano Sonata, the Berceuse, and the two Nocturnes, op. 55, alongside his first recording of the three Mazurkas, op. 56.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 25th January 2019 25th January 2019New recordings from the Grigoryan brothers, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jayson Gillham and the RIAS Kammerchor, plus a boxed set of Daniel Barenboim reissues.
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Interview,
Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis 24th January 2019The composer talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - January 2019 23rd January 2019Includes new releases from Federico Colli, Christophe Rousset, Boris Giltburg and Paavo Järvi, and four re-issues from the Juilliard Quartet.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2019 22nd January 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, with Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s live recording of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (starring Furio Zanasi as the returning hero and Lucile Richardot as his long-suffering wife) in the lead as Recording of the Month.
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Recording of the Week,
Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 18th January 2019Tabea Zimmermann and Stéphane Degout are the soloists in period-instrument performances of Harold en Italie & Les nuits d'été.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 18th January 2019 18th January 2019New recordings from Gautier Capuçon, Christophe Rousset, Concentus Musicus Wien, and Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris.
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Awards,
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019: Shortlist 17th January 2019The nominations are in and voting is open!
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Interview,
Boris Giltburg on Liszt 16th January 2019David talks to the Russian-born Israeli pianist about his recording of the Études d'exécution transcendante, released last Friday on Naxos.
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Coming Soon,
An unfinished opera by Liszt and other forthcoming highlights 15th January 2019The single completed act of Sardanapalo (premiered just last year in Weimar), plus albums from Paul Lewis, Joyce DiDonato, Steven Isserlis, and Martin Helmchen.
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Interview,
Ian Bostridge on Requiem: The Pity of War 14th January 2019The tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of songs by Mahler, George Butterworth, Rudi Stephan and Kurt Weill with Antonio Pappano, released at the end of October on Warner Classics.
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Obituary,
Theo Adam (1926-2019) 12th January 2019The great German bass, particularly famed for his Wagner roles, has died aged 92.
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Recording of the Week,
Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch from Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch 11th January 2019The German tenor, soprano and pianist have a ball with Wolf's 46 miniatures on love, loss and fickleness, recorded live in concert in Essen last year.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 11th January 2019 11th January 2019Includes recordings from Boris Giltburg, Stile Antico, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, and William Christie and Les Arts Florissants.
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Interview,
Jennifer Pike on The Polish Violin 10th January 2019The violinist talks to Katherine about her new album of music by Wieniawski, Szymanowski, Karłowicz and Moszkowski, released last Friday on Chandos Records.