Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 17th January 2020
17th Jan 2020
CPE Bach from oboist Xenia Löffler and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand‘ from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the complete Beethoven piano sonatas from Fazil Say, and another Liszt rarity from Kirill Karabits and the Staatskapelle Weimar.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th January 2020
10th Jan 2020
Elgar from Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Andris Nelsons’s first New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna, Handel’s first opera Almira from Boston, and Mahler, Zemlinsky and Korngold from soprano Camilla Tilling.
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Plinio Fernandes (guitar), Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Alinka Rowe (viola), Ayla Sahin (violin), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Jo Cole (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2020
3rd Jan 2020
Schtschedrin and Respighi from the late Mariss Jansons, late Brahms from Stephen Hough, the start of a promising Ockeghem series from award-winning vocal ensemble Blue Heron, and a scintillating debut from young Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, who won last year’s Carl Nielsen Competition.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2019
27th Dec 2019
A selection of our best-selling titles from autumn and winter, from artists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Le Poème Harmonique, and Paavo Järvi.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th December 2019
20th Dec 2019
Symphonies by Leopold Koželuch, piano concertos by Hummel, transcendental studies by Liszt and Lyapunov, and a three-part documentary on the history of the English organ from Fugue State Films.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2019
13th Dec 2019
Opera overtures by Auber, Berio transcriptions of Mahler and The Beatles, a Mediterranean postcard from guitarist Sharon Isbin, and a documentary on the young French pianist Lucas Debargue.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th December 2019
6th Dec 2019
Cecilia Bartoli’s tribute to Farinelli, Franck and Chopin with Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang, Kenneth Leighton choral works from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, and a newly remastered Das Lied von der Erde which Kathleen Ferrier recorded live with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th November 2019
29th Nov 2019
Beethoven from René Jacobs, Bach from Angela Hewitt, Ravel from Javier Perianes and Josep Pons, and Bruckner from the Berliner Philharmoniker archives.
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Beethoven: Leonore
Marlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners) Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd November 2019
22nd Nov 2019
Russian showpieces from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Luigi Rossi from Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata, and Christmas in Leipzig from early music collective Solomon’s Knot in their debut recording.
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Luigi Rossi: La Lyra d’Orfeo & Arpa Davidica
Christina Pluhar (theorbo, harp), Véronique Gens (soprano), Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Céline Scheen (soprano), Valer Barna-Sabadus (countertenor), Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), L'Arpeggiata
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New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019
15th Nov 2019
New albums from Alexandre Tharaud, Angela Gheorghiu, Vilde Frang and Iván Fischer, plus previously unreleased archive recordings of John Barbirolli and The Hallé and a portrait of the French composer and organist Fernand de La Tombelle.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2019
8th Nov 2019
New albums from Alison Balsom, Jakub Józef Orliński, Roberto Alagna and Benjamin Bernheim, plus a rare outing on DVD and Blu-ray for Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, starring Stéphane Degout as the Prince of Denmark.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019
1st Nov 2019
Debussy from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé, Beethoven from Masaaki Suzuki and Ronald Brautigam, late Schubert from Arcadi Volodos, and Ermonela Jaho’s shattering Traviata on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th October 2019
25th Oct 2019
Strauss from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, Stravinsky and Ravel from Beatrice Rana, Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet, and a second recording of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2019
18th Oct 2019
Tchaikovsky from George Li and Daniel Lozakovich, Prokofiev from Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven from Leonidas Kavakos, and a 75th birthday recital from Nelson Freire.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th October 2019
11th Oct 2019
Rachmaninov from Daniil Trifonov, Schumann from Christian Gerhaher, Liszt from Joseph Moog, and a live recording of Tristan und Isolde from Australia with Stuart Skelton and Gun-Brit Barkmin in the title-roles.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2019
4th Oct 2019
A complete Beethoven cycle from Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker, plus new albums from Quatuor Arod, Ann Hallenberg, Lucas Debargue, and Christophe Coin.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2019
27th Sep 2019
New albums include Schubert from Francesco Piemontesi, Chopin from Pavel Kolesnikov and Brahms from Edward Gardner, plus the first volume in a planned Eric Coates series from John Wilson.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019
20th Sep 2019
New albums from Jordi Savall, Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Behle and Pablo Heras-Casado, plus a monumental account of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts, conducted by John Nelson and recorded live at St Paul’s Cathedral on the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death in March.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019
13th Sep 2019
New albums from Jan Lisiecki, Michael and Daniel Barenboim, Igor Levit, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, plus a Rossini rarity starring Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2019
6th Sep 2019
New albums from Imogen Cooper, Emmanuelle Bertrand, The Sixteen and Mr McFall's Chamber, plus Simon Rattle's inaugural concert as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra on DVD and blu-ray.
