Latest News: Classical
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 27th July 2018 27th July 2018New releases from Steven Osborne and Mariss Jansons, plus the complete string quartets of James MacMillan and a newly-remastered set of Karl Böhm’s legendary recordings of the Mozart symphonies.
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Interview,
Allan Clayton on Brett Dean's Hamlet 26th July 2018Following on from our interview with the composer earlier this week, Katherine talks to the English tenor about bringing this new incarnation of Shakespeare's 'sweet prince' to life.
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Coming Soon,
Rattle conducts Bernstein and other forthcoming highlights 26th July 2018A live recording of The Age of Anxiety with Bernstein’s friend Krystian Zimerman at the keyboard, plus the definitive Bach boxed set and new releases from Hélène Grimaud, Viktoria Mullova and Plácido Domingo.
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Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - July 2018 24th July 2018Includes new releases from The Elias Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Wilson, Sarah Connolly and Richard Boothby.
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Interview,
Brett Dean on Hamlet 23rd July 2018The Australian composer talks to Katherine about the genesis of his acclaimed 2017 Shakespearean opera, filmed at Glyndebourne last summer and now available on DVD and Blu-ray from Opus Arte.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi Double Concertos from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima 20th July 2018Adrian Chandler and his acclaimed team of baroque instrumentalists present a sparkling selection of Vivaldi's unique double concerti.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th July 2018 20th July 2018Strauss from Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Brahms from Mario Venzago, Shostakovich from Mikhail Pletnev, and the world premiere recording of an absorbing new opera by Aribert Reimann.
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Interview,
Mark Dourish on De Profundis 19th July 2018The founder and director of Cambridge-based early music specialists De Profundis talks about the group's second album of Renaissance treasures for lower voices, released at the end of June on Hyperion.
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Interview,
Jan Bartoš on Beethoven 18th July 2018The Czech pianist shares his thoughts on his new Beethoven album, out now on Supraphon.
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Coming Soon,
Barenboim's Brahms Symphonies and other forthcoming highlights 17th July 2018The conductor's second complete Brahms cycle, recorded in Berlin last autumn, plus new releases from Bryn Terfel, Mischa Maisky, Leif Ove Andsnes and Vivica Genaux.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2018 16th July 2018Chris introduces this month's selection, with the original 1863 version of Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles out in front as Recording of the Month.
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Recording of the Week,
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito from Yannick Nézet-Séguin 13th July 2018Marina Rebeka and Joyce DiDonato strike sparks off one another as Vitellia and Sesto in a terrific new recording of Mozart's final opera, with Rolando Villazón as the idealistic emperor against whom they conspire.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th July 2018 13th July 2018Rare operas by Rameau and Thea Musgrave, plus Beethoven from Trio Goya and octets from the soloists' ensemble of La Scala.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - August 2018 Choices 12th July 2018Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Llŷr Williams, Alexander Melnikov, Florilegium, and Vox Luminis with Ensembles Masques.
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Interview,
Robert Hollingworth on Vivanco's Missa Assumpsit Jesus 11th July 2018Conductor and musicologist Robert Hollingworth talks polyphony, period performance and pitch (and his new recording of Spanish Renaissance music with male-voice ensemble De Profundis).
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Obituary,
Oliver Knussen (1952-2018) 9th July 2018The British composer and conductor, best known for his two children’s operas Where The Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! and for his tireless championing of music by his contemporaries, has died aged 66.
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich Symphonies 4 & 11 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra 6th July 2018Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer highly characterful and stunningly-performed accounts of Shostakovich's Fourth and Eleventh Symphonies.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th July 2018 6th July 2018Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart from Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato and Marina Rebeka, a Philip Glass premiere, and Spanish polyphony from Robert Hollingworth and De Profundis.
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Interview,
Christopher Purves on Handel 5th July 2018The British bass-baritone talks to Katherine about the second volume of 'Finest Arias for Base Voice', out now on Hyperion.
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Interview,
Duncan Ferguson on William Mundy 3rd July 2018Conductor Duncan Ferguson talks to David about his latest release on Delphian with the choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, which focuses on the majestic choral works of William Mundy.