Latest News: Classical, Sony (label)
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Rob Cowan on Artur Rodziński 14th November 2023Our new guest-contributor explores the Polish-American conductor's complete Columbia recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra - including a 'driven and impassioned' Shostakovich Five, and the world premiere recording of the Berg Violin Concerto.
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Video Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on Baroque 12th October 2023The Montenegrin guitarist explains why his upcoming album of music by Vivaldi, Marcello, Weiss, Rameau and others feels like 'standing on new ground' - and why JS Bach only came into the picture at the eleventh hour...
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Interview,
Leif Ove Andsnes on Dvořák's Poetic Tone Pictures 9th November 2022The pianist talks about his new recording of Dvořák's rarely-heard contribution to the genre of pictorial piano miniatures.
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Recording of the Week,
Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch 17th September 2021The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
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Interview,
Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart Momentum 5th June 2021The Norwegian pianist talks about his new album, the first of a diptych that focuses in on a formative moment in Mozart's evolution as a composer.
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Recording of the Week,
Ludovic Tézier sings Verdi 19th February 2021The French baritone is on spine-tingling form in a high-octane programme of arias from operas including La forza del destino, Otello, Don Carlos, and Falstaff.
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Recording of the Week,
Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch: Selige Stunde 11th September 2020Recorded 'in private quarters' during lockdown, the German tenor and pianist's recital of songs by Schubert, Strauss, Grieg, Zemlinsky, Mahler and others is a 'blessed hour' indeed.
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Interview,
Jonathan Sells on Christmas in Leipzig 25th November 2019Jonathan Sells, artistic director of the British early music ensemble Solomon's Knot, talks to David about their début recording, featuring three consecutive musical directors at the Leipzig Thomaskirche - Johann Schelle, Johann Kuhnau and, of course, Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Recording of the Week,
Jonas Kaufmann in Vienna 11th October 2019The German tenor sings the praises of the Austrian capital in a sumptuously-performed collection of operetta favourites and popular songs with a sting in its tail.
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Interview,
Daniel Behle on Zero to Hero 24th September 2019The German tenor talks to Katherine about his new album of Mozart arias (released last Friday on Sony), and his own ongoing transition into more heroic repertoire.
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Recording of the Week,
Teodor Currentzis conducts Mahler's Sixth Symphony 2nd November 2018Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna present an impassioned, highly dramatic account of Mahler's Sixth Symphony.
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Recording of the Week,
A moving recital from Igor Levit with music by Bach, Liszt and Wagner 5th October 2018Igor Levit explores music of transfiguration and transcendence in his Life Album, an eclectic recital of Bach-via-Busoni and Wagner-via-Liszt.
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Recording of the Week,
Yo-Yo Ma records Bach's Cello Suites for the third and final time 17th August 2018The Chinese-American cellist returns to works which he describes as his 'constant musical companions' in interpretations of uncommon freshness and spontaneity.
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Recording of the Week,
Otello from the Royal Opera House, starring Jonas Kaufmann 11th May 2018The German tenor sings his first 'Lion of Venice' in Keith Warner's 2017 production, opposite Marco Vratogna and Maria Agresta.
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Recording of the Week,
Verdi albums from Joseph Calleja and Sonya Yoncheva 2nd February 2018The Maltese tenor and Bulgarian soprano triumph in their explorations of the composer's more dramatic roles.
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Recording of the Week,
Teodor Currentzis conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony 27th October 2017James listens to a turbulent and impassioned account of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna.
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Recording of the Week,
Jonas Kaufmann sings French operatic arias 15th September 2017Katherine enjoys the star tenor's collection of French gems, with the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Bertrand de Billy.
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Recording of the Week,
Jonas Kaufmann takes on Das Lied von der Erde - all of it! 7th April 2017Katherine listens to the great German tenor's ambitious project - the whole of Mahler's mighty orchestral song-cycle.
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Recording of the Week,
Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart's Don Giovanni 9th December 2016Katherine listens to a powerful new account of Mozart's troubling masterpiece, with MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis.
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Recording of the Week,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 3rd June 2016Katherine listens to the recording of the Austrian conductor's final public performances.