Latest News: Classical, Deutsche Grammophon (label)
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Interview,
Daniel Hope on Dance! 5th March 2024The violinist discusses his new project exploring 'the stories behind why people have felt the need to move to music through the ages', including music by Conforto, Piazzólla, Florence Price and Bartók.
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Recording of the Week,
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter's Virtuosi 10th November 2023The violinist and her ensemble of virtuoso string players present a dazzingly eclectic programme of works by Vivaldi, Bach, Bologne, and André Previn.
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Recording of the Week,
A slow-brewed Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson 6th October 2023The Icelandic pianist presents the results of twenty-five years of thoughtful preparation, in a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that combines control and spontaneity, limpid gentleness and furious virtuosic energy.
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Recording of the Week,
Ysaÿe's six sonatas for solo violin from Hilary Hahn 21st July 2023Hilary Hahn finds magic, morbidity, merrymaking and much more in a brilliant new account of Ysaÿe's six affectionate character-sketches for his violinist friends.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven & Beyond from María Dueñas 5th May 2023The 20-year-old Spanish violinist combines a sense of almost childlike wonder with absolute technical mastery on her debut recording of the Beethoven concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker & Manfred Honeck, supplemented with shorter pieces by composers who wrote cadenzas to the work.
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Recording of the Week,
Visages Baroques from new Deutsche Grammophon signing Raphaël Feuillâtre 31st March 2023The 26-year-old guitarist makes his debut for the yellow label with a dance-suite-inspired programme of Bach and French Baroque works.
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Recording of the Week,
Schubert Revisited from Matthias Goerne 30th December 2022The German baritone is on top form in this recital of nineteen Lieder in bespoke orchestrations by one of his regular recital-partners Alexander Schmalcz, with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen responding to his simple eloquence in kind.
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Recording of the Week,
Hans Rott's Symphony in E major from Jakub Hrůša 21st October 2022The Czech conductor and his Bamberg orchestra offer a magnificent account of a work not heard until more than a century after it was written, by a composer described by Gustav Mahler as "the founder of the new symphony".
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on From Afar 13th October 2022The Icelandic pianist recounts how meeting 'living legend' György Kurtág in Budapest last summer inspired his latest album - part 'fan-letter' to the composer himself and part musical autobiography...
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Recording of the Week,
Krystian Zimerman performs piano music by Szymanowski 30th September 2022The Polish pianist offers a selection of pieces by his compatriot, in performances that are often highly idiosyncratic yet always thoughtful, intelligent, and full of staggering technical and expressive mastery.
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Recording of the Week,
American tenor Jonathan Tetelman's debut recording 12th August 2022Featuring arias by Cilea, Massenet, Verdi, Ponchielli and Mascagni, the Chile-born tenor's first album for Deutsche Grammophon reveals a powerful dark-hued voice that's allied to real interpretative subtlety.
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Recording of the Week,
John Williams conducts Anne-Sophie Mutter in his new Violin Concerto 3rd June 2022John Williams continues his collaboration with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, joining forces with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere recording of his Violin Concerto No. 2.
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Interview,
Paul Hillier on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass 3rd May 2022The conductor of Theatre of Voices talks about his new recording of a striking, atmospheric work by Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Recording of the Week,
Franco-Italian recitals from Benjamin Bernheim and Pene Pati 8th April 2022Bernheim traces the history of Italian composers in Paris with his customary elegance and eloquence, whilst Pati's equally impressive debut on Warner reveals a voice of immense character and versatility.
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Interview,
Nadine Sierra on Made for Opera 16th March 2022The American soprano talks about her new album on Deutsche Grammophon (featuring snapshots of Verdi's Violetta, Donizetti's Lucia and Gounod's Juliette), how the #MeToo movement has played out in the opera world, and the women who've empowered her in her career.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons completes his Bruckner cycle with the Gewandhausorchester 11th February 2022The Latvian conductor and his Leipzig ensemble complete their cycle of Bruckner symphonies with radiant, dramatic performances of Symphonies 1 and 5.
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Interview,
Anna Netrebko on Amata dalle tenebre 29th December 2021The Russian soprano answers some quick questions about her new album on Deutsche Grammophon, featuring arias from operas including Dido and Aeneas, Ariadne auf Naxos, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde.
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Recording of the Week,
Byrd and Bull from Kit Armstrong 17th December 2021The American pianist makes the case for considering the two Tudor virginalists William Byrd and John Bull as the founding fathers of the solo piano genre.
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Recording of the Week,
Emily D'Angelo - Enargeia 8th October 2021The young Canadian-Italian mezzo makes a bold debut on Deutsche Grammophon with music by Hildegard von Bingen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Missy Mazzoli.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries 9th September 2021The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.