Latest News: Classical, Deutsche Grammophon (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Mozart and contemporaries 3rd September 2021For his fourth album on Deutsche Grammophon, the Icelandic pianist presents a sublime, intelligent programme of works by Mozart alongside pieces by Haydn, Galuppi, Cimarosa, and CPE Bach.
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Interview,
Long Yu on The Song of the Earth 17th August 2021The conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra talks about his new recording, pairing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with a newly-commissioned setting by Xiaogang Ye of the original Chinese poems on which it was based.
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Recording of the Week,
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: The British Project 13th August 2021The Lithuanian conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra present evocative and dramatic accounts of four works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton.
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Interview,
Jan Lisiecki on Chopin 11th August 2021The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle 16th July 2021Zimerman, Rattle, and the London Symphony Orchestra present expressively exuberant performances of Beethoven's five piano concertos that are full of joy, wit, and drama.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons conducts symphonies by Shostakovich 25th June 2021The latest instalment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's cycle of Shostakovich symphonies juxtaposes the First and Fifteenth Symphonies, alongside expressive performances of the Fourteenth Symphony and the Chamber Symphony in C minor.
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Recording of the Week,
Debussy from Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich and friends 11th June 2021Daniel and Michael Barenboim, Martha Argerich and Kian Soltani join forces for an all-Debussy programme, including the rarely-performed early Fantaisie for piano and orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Second and Eighth Symphonies 5th February 2021The Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner cycle with sublime, lyrical performances of the Second and Eighth Symphonies.
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Interview,
Hélène Grimaud on The Messenger 7th January 2021The French pianist talks to Katherine about her recording of works by Mozart and Valentin Silvestrov with Camerata Salzburg, released at the end of last year on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Interview,
Paavo Järvi on Franz Schmidt and Tchaikovsky 22nd December 2020The Estonian conductor talks to Katherine about falling in love with the music of Franz Schmidt, and how Leonard Bernstein reignited his passion for the Tchaikovsky symphonies.
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Interview,
Elīna Garanča on Schumann and Brahms 18th November 2020The Latvian mezzo talks to Katherine about her first lieder recording (released earlier this month on Deutsche Grammophon, with Malcolm Martineau), and preparing to make her Wagner debut as Kundry...
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Recording of the Week,
Daniil Trifonov's Silver Age 6th November 2020The Russian pianist is by turns balletic, poetic and dramatic in solo works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev, whilst the Mariinsky Orchestra match his precision and imagination in concertos by the the latter composer and Scriabin.
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Interview,
Lang Lang on Bach's Goldberg Variations 9th September 2020The superstar Chinese pianist talks about his new double recording of Bach's keyboard masterwork, and about his approach to preparing and performing Baroque repertoire.
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Interview,
Nicholas Collon on Music of the Spheres 27th August 2020Aurora Orchestra's Principal Conductor talks to Katherine about their debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon, featuring music by Mozart, Thomas Adès, Max Richter, Dowland/Nico Muhly and David Bowie.
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Recording of the Week,
John Williams conducts the Vienna Philharmonic 14th August 2020Joined by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams conducts excerpts from scores such as Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, War Horse, Hook, Jurassic Park, Jaws, The Witches of Eastwick, and more.
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Recording of the Week,
Grigory Sokolov performs music by Beethoven, Brahms, & Mozart 8th May 2020The Russian pianist presents a collection of sublime performances of music by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart, recorded live at recitals across Europe in 2019.
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Debussy and Rameau 27th March 2020The Icelandic pianist releases his third album on Deutsche Grammophon: an exquisitely-performed programme of music by Debussy and Rameau.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau 23rd March 2020James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven from Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne 20th March 2020The Israeli soprano is sparkling and technically fearless in a programme of arias with the Academy of Ancient Music, whilst Goerne's song-recital with Jan Lisiecki is an altogether darker affair.
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Recording of the Week,
Two world premiere recordings of music by Thomas Adès 6th March 2020Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of two of his own works: the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and Totentanz.