Latest News: Classical, Harmonia Mundi (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler 16th September 2016James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.
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Recording of the Week,
Richard Egarr performs Bach's French Suites 15th July 2016David listens to Richard Egarr's performance of Bach's 'French' Suites, BWV812-817.
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Recording of the Week,
Vocal Music by Brahms 17th June 2016Katherine listens to a double-bill of Brahms, featuring Matthias Goerne, Magdalena Kožená, Thomas Quasthoff and more.
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Recording of the Week,
Paul Lewis performs Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 15th April 2016James enjoys Paul Lewis's take on Brahms's concerto, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach's St John Passion from René Jacobs 25th March 2016David reviews René Jacobs' first recording of Bach's St John Passion.
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Recording of the Week,
ORA performs choral music inspired by William Byrd 12th February 2016Katherine listens to ORA's debut disc, featuring newly-commissioned 'reflections' of Byrd's greatest works.
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Interview,
ORA - Upheld by Stillness 9th February 2016David talks to ORA's founder, Suzi Digby, about her ambitious new choral project.
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Recording of the Week,
Alexander Melnikov performs Schumann's Piano Concerto 7th August 2015David enjoys the second instalment in Harmonia Mundi's Schumann trilogy, with soloist Alexander Melnikov.
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Interview,
Stile Antico celebrate their tenth birthday 7th June 2015Katherine talks to two members of the early music ensemble about their first decade - and future plans…
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Interview,
Graham Ross on Shostakovich's chamber symphonies 20th May 2015Conductor Graham Ross talks to David about his new project of Shostakovich chamber symphonies with the Dmitri Ensemble.
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Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust plays Schumann's Violin Concerto 23rd March 2015David listens to Isabelle Faust's account of Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor, with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Pablo Heras-Casado.
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Interview,
A trip to the gallery with Paul Lewis. 15th January 2015Katherine talks to the British pianist about his new recording of Mussorgsky and Schumann, out this week on Harmonia Mundi.
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Interview,
Hindemith Sonatas with Alexander Melnikov 2nd January 2015David talks to Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov about his new disc of Hindemith instrumental sonatas.
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Interview,
Lawrence Zazzo on A Royal Trio 21st October 2014The countertenor talks to Katherine about his new disc of music commissioned by The Royal Academy of Music in the 1720s.
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Interview,
Stile Antico - Music for the House of Hapsburg 12th September 2014David talks to the early music ensemble's Kate Ashby about their latest disc, 'From the Imperial Court'
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Recording of the Week,
Paul Lewis plays Schubert Piano Sonatas 12th May 2014James enjoys Paul Lewis's latest recording of Schubert - the turbulent piano sonatas written towards the end of his life.
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Recording of the Week,
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 24th March 2014David rediscovers Mendelssohn's Lobgesang thanks to Pablo Heras-Casado and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this week's newsletter.
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Recording of the Week,
CPE Bach Magnificat 10th February 2014To mark the tercentenary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach’s fifth (and most prolific) child, Hans-Christoph Rademann directs the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a ‘punchy and agile’ account of his first large-scale choral work.
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Recording of the Week,
Tudor Church Music from Stile Antico 29th July 2013The conductorless British vocal ensemble’s rich lower voices and effortless, ethereal sopranos bring an almost regal broadness to music by Gibbons, Tallis, Byrd, Morley, Taverner and White.
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Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust performs Bartók Violin Concertos 15th July 2013Faust combines technical brilliance with a performance full of bite and character, and demonstrates a natural affinity with Daniel Harding and his orchestra, who offer vivid accompaniment throughout and no shortage of incisive rawness of their own where required.