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New Release Round-Up - 17th January 2025
17th Jan 2025by Katherine Cooper
Vivaldi's Four Seasons from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Le Consort, a 500th-birthday tribute to Palestrina from Stile Antico, Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem, and Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins from the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th January 2025
10th Jan 2025by Katherine Cooper
Francesco Scarlatti from Armonico Consort, French harpsichord music from Sophie Yates, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Jérémie Rhorer, and Debussy from The Nash Ensemble.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd January 2025
3rd Jan 2025by Katherine Cooper
Four nineteenth-century bassoon concertos from the Tapiola Sinfonietta, Bach transcriptions from David Ponsford and David Hill, Karl Weigl's Symphony No. 3 from Jürgen Bruns, and a second volume of Schreker's orchestral works from Steven Sloane in Bochum.
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New Releases from Winter 2024
20th Dec 2024by Katherine Cooper
Schubert Lieder from Philippe Jaroussky and Jérôme Ducros, Yuletide Treats from Duo Pleyel, Bruckner piano works from Mari Kodama, and a Bach-inspired recital from accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2024
13th Dec 2024by Katherine Cooper
Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie from Andris Nelsons in Boston, Bellini's I puritani starring Lisette Oropesa & Lawrence Brownlee, a Smetana bicentenary celebration from Petr Popelka in Prague, and the debut album from Lucy Illingworth (winner of Channel 4's The Piano).
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Bellini: I Puritani
Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbo), Lisette Oropesa (Elvira), Anthony Clark Evans (Sir Riccardo Forth), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio Valton), Roxana Constantinescu (Enrichetta di Francia) Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Frizza
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Christmas New Releases 2024
6th Dec 2024by Katherine Cooper
A festive programme built around Palestrina from The Bevan Family Consort, music for Christmas and winter by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Vaughan Williams's Carols From Herefordshire (in two different versions), and a new Christmas oratorio from Gabriel Jackson.
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Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort
Daisy Bevan (soprano), Agnes Bevan (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Tess Bevan (vocalist), Lizzy Bevan (vocalist), Francis Bevan (vocalist), Dom Bevan (tenor), Harry Bevan (tenor), David Bevan (baritone), Henry Bevan (baritone), Hugh Bevan (bass-baritone), Benny Bevan (bass-baritone), Michael Bevan (bass-baritone), Dominic Bevan (tenor), Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross
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New Release Round-Up - 29th November 2024
29th Nov 2024by Katherine Cooper
Orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch from Tempesta di Mare, albums devoted to Tippett and Brett Dean from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and a new Christmas oratorio by British composer Edward Nesbit (setting poems by Henry Vaughan and text from the York Mystery Plays).
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd November 2024
22nd Nov 2024by Katherine Cooper
An eightieth-birthday album from William Christie and friends, Massenet's Hérodiade from Berlin with Clémentine Margaine in the title-role, orchestral works by Edward MacDowell from the BBC Philharmonic and John Wilson, and Brahms & Schumann from James Ehnes (on viola) & Andrew Armstrong.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2024
15th Nov 2024by Katherine Cooper
Violin concertos by Rózsa and Bartók from LSO leader Roman Simovic, Brahms cello sonatas from Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan, a new work by Nokuthula Ngwenyama from the Takács Quartet, and early Schumann from Charles Owen.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2024
8th Nov 2024by Katherine Cooper
A new Chopin rediscovery from Lang Lang, two sparkling concertos from Matilda Lloyd, revelatory Mozart from Alec Frank-Gemmill, and infectiously tuneful Rieti from Alessandro Marangoni.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2024
1st Nov 2024by Katherine Cooper
Tchaikovsky's The Seasons from Bruce Liu, Brahms and Schubert from Alexandre Kantorow, Haydn's 'Surprise' Symphony from Giovanni Antonini, and Franck & Fauré from Daniel Barenboim and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th October 2024
25th Oct 2024by Katherine Cooper
Kathryn Stott's final recording (with her friend and long-term colleague Yo-Yo Ma), Sibelius from James Ehnes and Edward Gardner in Bergen, Schubert from the late Maurizio Pollini and his son Daniele, and Classical opera arias from Brazilian male soprano Bruno de Sá.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2024
18th Oct 2024by Katherine Cooper
Music from the worlds of film, TV and gaming from Ray Chen, Bach albums from Alexandre Tharaud & Víkingur Ólafsson, orchestral works by Grace Williams, and a tribute to Cornélie Falcon from Aleksandra Kurzak.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th October 2024
11th Oct 2024by Katherine Cooper
Schoenberg from Rafael Payare in Montreal, Elgar and Walton from Gautier Capuçon, the LSO and Antonio Pappano, zarzuela from Juan Diego Flórez, & Chopin, Ravel and Ligeti from Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (winner of this year's Leeds Piano Competition).
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New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2024
4th Oct 2024by Katherine Cooper
Brahms from Igor Levit, the Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann, Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata from Marc-André Hamelin, an all-American programme from Daniil Trifonov, and a live recording of Mendelssohn's Elijah from the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano (with Gerald Finley in the title-role).
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New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2024
27th Sep 2024by Katherine Cooper
Robert Schumann recitals from Kian Soltani and Maxim Rysanov, portraits of Pierrot from Claire Booth and Ensemble 360, and baroque favourites with a twist from Jakub Józef Orliński.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2024
20th Sep 2024by Katherine Cooper
Bach's Cello Suites from Jean-Guihen Queyras, late Schubert from Ronald Brautigam, Strauss Lieder from Kateřina Kněžíková and Jakub Hrůša, and a sixtieth-birthday celebration from Roberto Alagna.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2024
13th Sep 2024by Katherine Cooper
Puccini love-scenes from Jonas Kaufmann and six outstanding sopranos, Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 from Anima Eterna Brugge and Pablo Heras-Casado, a second volume of Beethoven from the Calidore Quartet, and Rameau's Les Boréades from György Vashegyi.
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Pretty Yende (soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Malin Byström (soprano), Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Maria Agresta (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Asher Fisch
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New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2024
6th Sep 2024by Katherine Cooper
Orchestral works by Imogen Holst, the Elgar Violin Concerto from Vilde Frang, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati, baritone Huw Montague Rendall's debut solo album, and Lars Vogt's final recordings.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th August 2024
30th Aug 2024by Katherine Cooper
Dvořák from Nathalie Stutzmann in Atlanta, a French song recital from Benjamin Bernheim & Carrie-Ann Matheson, a contemporary orchestral mix-tape curated and conducted by Dalia Stasevska, and a voyage across the North Sea with the Danish String Quartet.