Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2024
5th Jan 2024
Stravinsky from James Ehnes & Sir Andrew Davis, Bruckner from Markus Poschner and the late Bernard Haitink, and a starry revival of Laurent Pelly's classic production of Rameau's Platée (with Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role).
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New Releases from Winter 2023
22nd Dec 2023
Mahler from Santtu-Matias Rouvali & the Philharmonia, Mendelssohn from Jordi Savall, the conclusion of Sarah Willis's Mozart y Mambo project with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, and a third helping of Sturm und Drang from Ian Page & The Mozartists.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th December 2023
15th Dec 2023
Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth in Cologne, Alkan 'Grotesqueries' from Mark Viner, a Korngold/Coll/Brahms triptych from Trio Isimsiz, and José Carreras's complete recital recordings on Philips.
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Christmas New Releases 2023
8th Dec 2023
Highlights from this year's crop of festive releases include recordings from horn-player Felix Klieser, Armonico Consort, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and Ensemble Correspondances.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st December 2023
1st Dec 2023
Mahler's Symphony No. 8 from Osmo Vänskä in Minnesota, Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge from Christophe Rousset, Granados from Javier Perianes, and Franz Schmidt's complete symphonies from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Jonathan Berman.
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Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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New Release Round-Up - 24th November 2023
24th Nov 2023
A new arrangement of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Thomas Guthrie & Barokksolistene, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations, a comprehensive version of Handel's Messiah from John Nelson & The English Concert, and Schumann from Isabelle Faust & friends.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th November 2023
17th Nov 2023
Satie and Cage from Bertrand Chamayou, South American guitar music from Sean Shibe, Grażyna Bacewicz's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Carolyn Sampson's hundredth recording...
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New Release Round-Up - 10th November 2023
10th Nov 2023
Brahms concertos from Simon Trpčeski, a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen, Arvo Pärt's Littlemore Tractus and more from Tõnu Kaljuste in Tallinn, and the beginning of a Beethoven cycle from the Doric Quartet.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd November 2023
3rd Nov 2023
Debussy from Steven Osborne, Bach from Frank Peter Zimmermann, Mozart from Maxim Emelyanychev & Il Pomo d'Oro, and the world premiere recording of Bob Chilcott's Christmas Oratorio.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th October 2023
27th Oct 2023
Forgotten Baroque arias from Philippe Jaroussky, a second helping of Brescianello from La Serenissima, Debussy, Ravel and Attahir from Quatuor Arod, and a powerful collaboration between composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson and the LSO Percussion Ensemble.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th October 2023
20th Oct 2023
A reimagined Goldberg Variations from Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque, the conclusion of Andris Nelsons's Shostakovich cycle from Boston, a second triptych of African-American Voices from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Kellen Gray, and Porpora's Polifemo from Armonia Atenea & George Petrou.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th October 2023
13th Oct 2023
Ravel and Falla from Alexandre Tharaud, the Orchestre National de France & Louis Langrée, Lully's Thésée from Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset, French love-songs from Lea Desandre & Thomas Dunford, and the world premiere recording of Emily Howard's The Anvil.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th October 2023
6th Oct 2023
A tribute to the late Lars Vogt from his friends Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Paavo Järvi, Baroque rarities from Jakub Józef Orliński & Il Pomo d'Oro, Bach's French Suites from Mahan Esfahani, and a recital of twentieth-century music from Johan Dalene and Christian Ihle Hadland.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th September 2023
29th Sep 2023
Puccini from Jonathan Tetelman, French song-cycles from Marie-Nicole Lemieux, George Walker's complete sinfonias from the National Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, and a nocturnal organ recital from Anna Lapwood.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd September 2023
22nd Sep 2023
Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde from Opera Rara, Wagner's Siegfried from Sir Simon Rattle in Munich, a tribute to Agustín Barrios from guitarist Thibaut Garcia, and works inspired by the Amazon from Philharmonia Zurich & Simone Menezes.
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Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Franz-Josef Selig (Fafner), Gerhild Romberger (Erda), Danae Kontora (Waldvogel), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
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New Release Round-Up - 15th September 2023
15th Sep 2023
A trip to the movies with Jonas Kaufmann, an album of Stephen Hough's choral music, Florence Price and William Dawson from Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Philadelphia, and Bartók's piano concertos from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, the San Francisco Symphony & Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th September 2023
8th Sep 2023
Virtuosic Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico, regal Haydn symphonies from the Kammerorchester Basel under Giovanni Antonini, finely-shaded Mahler from Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and the world premiere recording of John Corigliano’s complex opera blending Gothic horror and Greek tragedy.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st September 2023
1st Sep 2023
A Shakespeare Songbook from Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton, Fauré from Marc-André Hamelin, Mozart from the late Lars Vogt in Paris, and Rachmaninoff concertos from Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th August 2023
25th Aug 2023
Nielsen concertos from Fabio Luisi, Bruckner's Eighth Symphony from Paavo Järvi, Janáček's Káťa Kabanová from the Salzburg Festival, and an intriguing fusion of early music and cabaret-songs from Stéphanie d'Oustrac & Le Poème Harmonique.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th August 2023
18th Aug 2023
The debut solo recording of Scottish tenor Liam Bonthrone, a tribute to Tebaldi from American soprano Melody Moore, Rubinstein piano concertos from Anna Shelest & Neeme Järvi, and Liszt's Faust Symphony from Kirill Karabits in Weimar.
