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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.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd August 2024
23rd Aug 2024by Katherine Cooper
American albums from Augustin Hadelich and Lara Downes, four symphonic works by Carlos Simon from the National Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, and Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Julian Prégardien and Kristian Bezuidenhout.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th August 2024
16th Aug 2024by Katherine Cooper
Brett Dean's Rooms of Elsinore, music for oboe and cor anglais by Ruth Gipps, Edvard Grieg and Clara Schumann's piano concertos from Alexandra Dariescu, and Verdi's Macbeth from last year's Salzburg Festival (starring Asmik Grigorian, Vladislav Sulimsky and Jonathan Tetelman).
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New Release Round-Up - 9th August 2024
9th Aug 2024by Katherine Cooper
Shostakovich from the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä, Karl Jenkins's new saxophone concerto for Jess Gillam, a third helping of Beethoven from the Sitkovetsky Trio, and Bliss from the Black Dyke Band and John Wilson.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd August 2024
2nd Aug 2024by Katherine Cooper
Roberto Gerhard's ballet Don Quixote from Juanjo Mena & the BBC Philharmonic, Great American Songbook classics from Susan Bullock & Richard Sisson, a second helping of Vivaldi double concertos from La Serenissima, and Ailbhe McDonagh's The Irish Seasons.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th July 2024
26th Jul 2024by Katherine Cooper
A collection of chamber works by the Australian-born composer Jane Stanley, Paganini and The Butterfly Lovers Concerto from Chloe Chua, Smetana's complete operas on Supraphon, and (on DVD/Blu-ray) Wagner's Götterdämmerung from Christian Thielemann and Dmitri Tcherniakov in Berlin.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th July 2024
19th Jul 2024by Katherine Cooper
Bruckner and Bates from Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh, a fourth volume of Weinberg from the Arcadia Quartet, a second helping of African Pianism from Rebeca Omordia, and a recital of Schumann, Ravel & Prokofiev from Tchaikovsky Competition silver medallist George Li.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th July 2024
12th Jul 2024by Katherine Cooper
Schumann and Loewe from Konstantin Krimmel & Ammiel Bushakevitz, Schoenberg and Fauré from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi, Brahms's complete symphonies from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Wiener Philharmoniker's recent Sommernachtskonzert from Schönbrunn Palace.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th July 2024
5th Jul 2024by Katherine Cooper
An Irish album from Daniel Hope & friends, Janáček's The Excursions of Mr. Brouček from Prague, Stanford's Te Deum & Elegiac Ode from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and folk-inspired works by Suk, Smetana, Coleridge-Taylor & Frank Martin from the Neave Trio.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th June 2024
28th Jun 2024by Katherine Cooper
Gaspard Le Roux from William Christie & Justin Taylor, Tudor keyboard music from Mishka Rushdie Momen, French opera overtures from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi, and Wagner's Parsifal from the 2023 Bayreuth Festival (conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, with Andreas Schager in the title-role).
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New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2024
21st Jun 2024by Matthew Ash
Mahler on period instruments from the Mahler Academy Orchestra and Philipp von Steinaecker, Schubert and Desyatnikov from Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, rarely-heard Verdi from Freddie De Tommaso, and the final instalment of Mozart concertos from Robert Levin.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2024
14th Jun 2024by Katherine Cooper
'Songs of Death and Resurrection' from Samuel Hasselhorn, a tribute to Peter Pears from Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau & friends, collaborations with Michael Berkeley, and a second album of music by Kenneth Fuchs from Sinfonia of London & John Wilson.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2024
7th Jun 2024by Katherine Cooper
The final instalment of Osmo Vänskä's Mahler cycle from Minnesota, Czech songs from Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle & the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg, and Mahler's reorchestrations of Beethoven.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2024
31st May 2024by Katherine Cooper
Mozart from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Tarmo Peltokoski, Henselt and Bronsart piano concertos from Paul Wee and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, British cello works from Laura van der Heijden and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and an all-Cage album from Bertrand Chamayou.