Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-up - 6th April 2018
6th Apr 2018
Walton from Edward Gardner and James Ehnes, Brahms from Benjamin Appl and Graham Johnson, Crusell from Michael Collins, and two newly-curated collections of Teresa Berganza in Mozart, Rossini and more.
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New Release Round-up - 30th March 2018
30th Mar 2018
Messiaen from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Haydn from Paul Lewis, the final instalment of a distinguished Mozart series, and a Grieg recording premiere are among today's releases.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd March
23rd Mar 2018
Prokofiev from Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan, Brahms from Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the Liverpool Philharmonic.
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New Release Round-up - 16th March
16th Mar 2018
Bernstein from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Liza Ferschtman, Juan Diego Flórez as Werther, and a rare recording of Meyerbeer's Le Prophète starring John Osborn and Marianne Cornetti.
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New Release Round-up - 9th March
9th Mar 2018
Bach from William Christie, previously unreleased Brahms and Schumann from Alfred Brendel, and a fascinating journey through the French operatic underworld with baritone Stéphane Degout.
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New Release Round-up - 2nd March 2018
2nd Mar 2018
Rachmaninov from Sudbin and Oramo, Mahler from Thielemann, Ludford from Westminster Abbey, and a powerhouse debut album from Georgian mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili.
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New Release Round-up - 23rd February 2018
23rd Feb 2018
Mahler from Daniel Harding, Gershwin from Kirill Gerstein, Rachmaninov from Nikolai Lugansky, and a stunning concerto debut from French pianist Adam Laloum.
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New Release Round-up - 16th February 2018
16th Feb 2018
Today's headline releases include Debussy from Maurizio Pollini, Bruckner from Andris Nelsons, Mendelssohn from Andrew Manze, and a Rossini rarity from Bad Wildbad.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th February 2018
9th Feb 2018
Bliss from Andrew Davis, Haydn from Simon Rattle, Mozart from Daniel Hope, and a collection of Elgar's neglected choral works.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd February 2018
2nd Feb 2018
Stravinsky from Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin, Prokofiev from Lisa Batiashvili and Brahms from Thomas Dausgaard.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th January 2018
26th Jan 2018
Mozart from Piotr Anderszewski, Lully from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Bartók from Pablo Heras-Casado, and a warmly engaging debut from teenage cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th January 2018
19th Jan 2018
Mahler from Mariss Jansons, a superb Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Dvořák from the Jerusalem Quartet and guests are among the pick of today's new recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th January 2018
12th Jan 2018
Today's highlights include breathtaking Handel from Franco Fagioli, peerless Bach from Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and a new Jake Heggie opera starring Joyce DiDonato in the title-role.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2018
5th Jan 2018
One of Jiří Bělohlávek's final recordings, the third instalment of John Wilson's exceptional Copland series, and a rarity by Elizabeth Maconchy.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th December 2017
29th Dec 2017
Debussy from Stephen Hough, Bach from Frank Peter Zimmermann, and Brahms and Schumann from Yvgeny Sudbin and friends.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd December 2017
22nd Dec 2017
The continuation of the Elias Quartet’s Beethoven, an album of choral works composed by one of Britain’s best-loved baritones, and a celebration of Venice’s eclectic musical history from Jordi Savall are among this fortnight’s new releases.
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Ones that got away - Autumn/Winter 2017
15th Dec 2017
Ten recent releases which struck us as something special, from artists including Wilhelm Kempff, Christian Tetzlaff and Steven Osborne.
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New Release Round-up - 8th December 2017
8th Dec 2017
Matthew Bourne's sensational ballet The Car Man (drawing on music from Bizet's opera) on DVD and Blu-ray, plus new recordings from artists including Joseph Moog, Philippe Herreweghe, and the Sacconi Quartet.
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New Release Round-up - 1st December 2017
1st Dec 2017
Including new albums from Masaaki Suzuki, Daniel Müller-Schott, the Sacconi Quartet, and Kent Nagano.
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New Release Round-up - 24th November 2017
24th Nov 2017
This week's highlights include new productions of Le nozze di Figaro and Der fliegende Holländer, plus two early celebrations of next year's Bernstein centenary.
