Latest News: Classical, New Release Round-up
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 18th September 2020 18th September 2020Messiaen from Mannheim, Mozart from Mühlemann, and Jamie Barton in song-cycles by Jake Heggie, with the composer himself at the piano.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 11th September 2020 11th September 2020Respighi from Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra of La Scala, a lockdown-inspired recital from Igor Levit, Franz Schmidt’s complete symphonies from Paavo Järvi, and Vivaldi with a twist from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Il Giardino Armonico.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 4th September 2020 4th September 2020Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner from Bergen, lockdown Lieder from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch, Mahler from Iván Fischer, and a boxed set of Ravel's complete works on Warner Classics.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 28th August 2020 28th August 2020Mahler from Vladimir Jurowski, Shostakovich from Alban Gerhardt, Mozart from Francesco Piemontesi and Andrew Manze, and Melly Still's Glyndebourne production of Rusalka on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 21st August 2020 21st August 2020Beethoven from Kristian Bezuidenhout & Pablo Heras-Casado, Schumann from François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, vintage Elgar from America, and a French recital from oboist François Leleux.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 14th August 2020 14th August 2020Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini on DVD from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Handel concerti grossi from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, early Beethoven from Jos van Immerseel, and Bernard Haitink’s farewell to Salzburg.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 7th August 2020 7th August 2020Dvořák from Kian Soltani and Daniel Barenboim, Rachmaninov from Sergei Babayan, the world premiere recording of Ethel Smyth's choral symphony The Prison, and a new large-scale recording project from Max Richter.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 31st July 2020 31st July 2020Vaughan Williams and Finzi from Michael Collins and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Satie from Noriko Ogawa, and two new works for baroque orchestra and voices by Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning American composer Caroline Shaw.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 24th July 2020 24th July 2020Elgar from Elīna Garanča and Daniel Barenboim, Telemann from Barthold Kuijken, an arresting debut recording from The Hermes Experiment, and three neglected British clarinet concertos from Robert Plane.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up 17th July 2020 17th July 2020Nielsen from Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony, Beethoven from Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations, two works for voice and orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas, and a Domingo fiftieth anniversary gala from Verona on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 10th July 2020 10th July 2020Elgar from Vasily Petrenko and Kathryn Rudge, Beethoven from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, and Mozart with a Cuban accent from horn-player Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up 3rd July 2020 3rd July 2020Bohemian Tales from Augustin Hadelich, Mahler 7 from Osmo Vänskä, Schubert from Kevin John Edusei, and Debussy from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé.
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New Release Round-up,
Digital New Release Round-Up - 29th June 2020 29th June 2020Handel's Semele from Sir John Eliot Gardiner (with Louise Alder in the title-role), Bach from Anna Prohaska and Lautten Compagney, Gershwin from Wayne Marshall, and a Pythagoras-inspired programme from Aurora Orchestra.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 26th June 2020 26th June 2020Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony from Pablo Heras-Casado, Zemlinsky from Marc Albrecht, William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony in its 1952 revision, and the world premiere recording of Vinci’s Gismondo Re di Polonia from Parnassus Arts.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 19th June 2020 19th June 2020Vivaldi and Piazzolla from Arabella Steinbacher, Thomas Adès from Kirill Gerstein (and the composer himself), two concertos from Christopher Gunning, and an early Korngold opera's world premiere video recording from Turin.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 12th June 2020 12th June 2020Beethoven's Fifth Symphony from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna, Verdi's Otello (starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title-role) from Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Massenet's first full-length opera, and an eclectic urban-themed album from Lisa Batiashvili.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 5th June 2020 5th June 2020Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, the world premiere recording of Fazil Say's Cello Concerto from its dedicatee Camille Thomas, archive Mahler from Ádám Fischer, and Beethoven from Robert Trevino.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 29th May 2020 29th May 2020Today’s new releases include Massenet's Thaïs from Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, opera arias from Aleksandra Kurzak, and music from the court of Versailles from Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford.
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New Release Round-up,
Digital New Release Round-Up - 27th May 2020 28th May 2020New Elgar recordings from Nicola Benedetti and Vasily Petrenko, Beethoven from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, Adès performs Adès with Kirill Gerstein, and a self-isolation project from Ludovico Einaudi.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 22nd May 2020 22nd May 2020Today’s new releases include Vivaldi from Martin Fröst, two concertos by Gabriel Prokofiev, new American choral music from the Choir of Merton College Oxford, and Leclair Trio Sonatas from Ensemble Diderot.