Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-up - 21st April 2017
21st Apr 2017
Semyon Bychkov conducts Franz Schmidt, Christian Gerhaher sings Brahms, chamber music from Tasmin Little and a collection of Johan Botha's live performances at the Wiener Staatsoper are included in this week's new releases.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners!
19th Apr 2017
A live update from the ceremony in Kings Place - all is revealed…
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New Release Round-up - 14th April 2017
14th Apr 2017
Orchestral music from Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Haydn and Mahler, a new recording of Bach's St. John Passion in English and Julia Lezhneva singing Carl Heinrich Graun are just some of the highlights this week.
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2017
13th Apr 2017
Schumann from Matthias Goerne, Brahms from Arcadi Volodos and Richard Strauss from Munich are among this month's highlights.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Mendelssohn and other forthcoming highlights
7th Apr 2017
Meyerbeer, Antheil, Saint-Saëns, Paganini and Dvorak are also on the menu for late April and May…
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New Release Round-up - 7th April 2017
7th Apr 2017
Wagner from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mark Elder, orchestral music from Richard Strauss, Mendelssohn and Sousa, and pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Peter Donohoe and Artur Schnabel feature in this week's round up of new releases.
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Katarina Dalayman (Ortrud), Evgeny Nikitin (Friedrich von Telramund), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich der Vogler) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Dutch National Opera Chorus, Mark Elder
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International Classical Music Awards 2017 - The Winners!
1st Apr 2017
Congratulations to the winners of this year's ICMA Awards, which are being celebrated this evening in Leipzig.
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New Release Round-up - 31st March 2017
31st Mar 2017
Amongst this week's highlights are Edward Gardner conducting Elgar, Yeygeny Sudbin playing Beethoven Piano Concertos, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from La Nuova Music, and Alina Ibragimova continues her cycle of Mozart sonatas.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2017
29th Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's highlights, headed by an 'expertly executed and deeply committed' revisitation of the St Matthew Passion…
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2017
26th Mar 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including 175th anniversary editions from the Wiener Philharmoniker and New York Philharmonic.
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New Release Round-up - 24th March 2017
24th Mar 2017
Box sets devoted to the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the New York Philharmonic's 175th anniversary and the Takács Quartet's Beethoven recordings are released this week, alongside Schubert duets on fortepiano from Andreas Staier and Alexander Melnikov, and cello concertos by Elgar and Tchaikovsky played by Johannes Moser.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2017 Choices
22nd Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's picks, with Vaughan Williams from Andrew Davis and the Bergen Philharmonic as Recording of the Month.
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Andris Nelsons' Bruckner 3 and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2017
Katherine introduces some personal 'ones to watch' from the current crop of future releases, from Monteverdi to Skempton.
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New Release Round-up - 17th March 2017
17th Mar 2017
Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Bach organ works from Masaaki Suzuki, and songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan feature this week, alongside sets marking the collaboration between John Williams and Steven Spielberg, and the Wiener Philharmoniker's 175th anniversary.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2017 Choices
14th Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's picks, with Shostakovich from Frank Peter Zimmermann, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Alan Gilbert leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-up - 10th March 2017
10th Mar 2017
Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach's St. Matthew Passion and The Sixteen perform James Macmillan's new setting of the Stabat Mater in this week's selection of new releases. Benjamin Appl's first disc for Sony also features, alongside chamber music from the Goldner String Quartet and violist Antoine Tamestit.
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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New Release Round-up - 3rd March 2017
3rd Mar 2017
Sibelius from Osmo Vänskä, Mahler from Mariss Jansons, and the conclusion of Chandos's series of Charles Ives feature this week, alongside Rossini arias and duets from Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Jean Rondeau's disc of harpsichord concertos by members of the Bach family.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2017
1st Mar 2017
Chris introduces this month's highlights, with the final instalment of an outstanding Tchaikovsky series leading the way as Recording of the Month…
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New Release Round-up - 24th February 2017
24th Feb 2017
Rachmaninov piano trios with Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov, Beethoven sonatas from violinist James Ehnes, and Elgar from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko are featured in this week's round-up.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2017
17th Feb 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including tributes to Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm and Arturo Toscanini.
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Telemann: A Portrait
Frederic de Roos (recorder), Marc Minkowski (bassoon), Patrick Beuckels (flute), Stephane Van Dijck (Evangelist), Eric Frithjof (Jesus), Caroline Pelon (soprano), Vincent Darras (countertenor), Tobias Rapp (tenor), Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Greta de Reyghere (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Henri Ledroit (countertenor) Ricercar Consort, Syntagma Amici, Lingua Franca, Ensemble Eolus, La Pastorella, Les Agremens, Wieland Kuijken
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