Classical Recommendations
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Joyce DiDonato - Stella di Napoli
5th Jul 2014
The American mezzo explores the highways and byways of Neapolitan bel canto for her next project…
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Manon Lescaut from Covent Garden
3rd Jul 2014
Plans are afoot for a DVD release of Jonathan Kent's current production from the Royal Opera House, starring Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann as the doomed lovers.
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Kristine Opolais (Tatyana), Lena Belkina (Olga), Artur Rucinski (Onegin), Dmitri Korchak (Lensky), Günther Groissböck (Gremin), Margarita Nekrasova (Filipyevna), Helene Schneiderman (Larina), Emilio Sanchez (Triquet), Toni Navarrate (Guillot), Aldo Heo (Captain), Simon Lim (Zaretsky) Orquestra De La Comunitat Valenciana & Cor De La Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber
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Presto CD - British Music Collection - Part 1
24th Jun 2014
Chris introduces the latest crop of Presto CDs, focusing on the British Music Collection from the archives of Philips, Decca and Argo.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2014
21st Jun 2014
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, which hit the news-stands yesterday.
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Callas Remastered
18th Jun 2014
Warner 'photoshop' La Divina's complete studio recordings for reissue in a beautiful boxed set later this year…
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Presto CD - Critics' Choice
10th Jun 2014
Introducing the next batch of Presto CDs, focussing on 26 discs from the renowned Critics' Choice series, including a number of BBC Radio 3 Building a Library top recommendations.
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Alisa Weilerstein: 'Me, myself and I'…
4th Jun 2014
The American cellist is going solo for her next project on Decca Classics…
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Paul Lewis's next project…
29th May 2014
The British pianist turns his attention to Schumann and Mussorgsky.
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Presto CD - Gramophone Awards Collection
27th May 2014
Chris introduces the next batch of Presto CDs, focussing on 35 discs from the renowned Gramophone Awards Collection.
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Chailly returns to Brahms
22nd May 2014
Following the huge success of his Brahms symphonies, the Italian conductor is currently recording the Serenades in Leipzig.
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Igor Levit records Bach
17th May 2014
The Russian-German pianist tackles the Six Partitas, BWV 825–830.
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Presto CD - launched today!
14th May 2014
Chris introduces Presto CDs, our new manufacture-on-demand service which supplies physical copies of discs which are otherwise deleted.
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Alessandrini records Monteverdi's Vespers
7th May 2014
Early music expert and conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini is set to turn his hand to a new recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 for Naive.
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Bryan Hymel signed by Warner Classics
30th Apr 2014
The remarkable young American tenor will make his solo recording début with a disc of his trademark French heroic repertoire.
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
Bryan Hymel (Énée), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Didon), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre), Fabio Capitanucci (Chorebe), Hanna Hipp (Anna), Brindley Sherratt (Narbal), Ed Lyon (Hylas), Ji-min Park (Iopas) Royal Opera House, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir David McVicar
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Maometto Secondo from Garsington
23rd Apr 2014
The Buckinghamshire-based opera festival release Rossini's Turkish-Venetian epic as their first commercial recording.
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Steinbacher records Strauss
17th Apr 2014
German violinist Arabella Steinbacher joins the Strauss 150th anniversary celebrations with pianist Robert Kulek.
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Music for Holy Week
16th Apr 2014
A brief round-up of recent releases focusing on Passiontide and Easter.
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Hyperion launch The Classical Piano Concerto series
10th Apr 2014
Major recording project to begin with Dussek from Howard Shelley this summer.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014
8th Apr 2014
Alisa Weilerstein wins the coveted Disc of the Year at the 2014 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
