Latest News: Classical, Recording of the Week
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Recording of the Week,
Yo-Yo Ma records Bach's Cello Suites for the third and final time 17th August 2018The Chinese-American cellist returns to works which he describes as his 'constant musical companions' in interpretations of uncommon freshness and spontaneity.
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Recording of the Week,
Music by Haydn and Schoenberg from cellist Alisa Weilerstein 10th August 2018James listens to energetic, vital accounts of Haydn's two cello concertos from Alisa Weilerstein, coupled with an expressively radiant performance of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht.
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Recording of the Week,
Rachmaninov's Études-tableaux from Steven Osborne 3rd August 2018Katherine is mesmerised by the Scottish pianist’s introspective but evocative accounts of Rachmaninov’s two sets of ‘study-pictures’, out now on Hyperion.
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Recording of the Week,
Wagner's Die Meistersinger from Bayreuth, directed by Barrie Kosky 27th July 2018Katherine reviews the Australian director's complex but illuminating 2017 production, which places the composer himself at the heart of the action.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi Double Concertos from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima 20th July 2018Adrian Chandler and his acclaimed team of baroque instrumentalists present a sparkling selection of Vivaldi's unique double concerti.
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Recording of the Week,
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito from Yannick Nézet-Séguin 13th July 2018Marina Rebeka and Joyce DiDonato strike sparks off one another as Vitellia and Sesto in a terrific new recording of Mozart's final opera, with Rolando Villazón as the idealistic emperor against whom they conspire.
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich Symphonies 4 & 11 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra 6th July 2018Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer highly characterful and stunningly-performed accounts of Shostakovich's Fourth and Eleventh Symphonies.
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Recording of the Week,
John Adams's Doctor Atomic, conducted by the composer 29th June 2018John Adams conducts Gerald Finley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the first audio recording of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic.
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Recording of the Week,
Buxtehude's Abendmusiken from Vox Luminis 22nd June 2018Two first-rate early music ensembles join forces to recreate the atmosphere of Buxtehude's legendary secular-sacred concert series in Lübeck.
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Recording of the Week,
Haydn's 'Lamentatione' from Giovanni Antonini 15th June 2018The Milanese conductor continues his mammoth survey of Haydn's complete symphonies with the 'Lamentatione' and 'Alleluia', performed by the Kammerorchester Basel.
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Recording of the Week,
Francesco Piemontesi performs piano music by Franz Liszt 8th June 2018James listens to a turbulent account of the Première année in Liszt's piano cycle Années de pèlerinage from Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi.
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Recording of the Week,
Xiayin Wang performs piano concertos by Ginastera 1st June 2018Chandos's survey of Ginastera's orchestral music concludes with the Piano Concerto No. 1 and other works performed by pianist Xiayin Wang and the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena.
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Recording of the Week,
Philippe Jaroussky sings Gluck's Orfeo 25th May 2018The French countertenor placates the Furies with singing of celestial purity on this world premiere recording of the 1774 Neapolitan version of Gluck's most popular opera.
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Recording of the Week,
String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel from the Jerusalem Quartet 18th May 2018The Jerusalem Quartet offer masterfully controlled and impressively dynamic accounts of the String Quartets by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
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Recording of the Week,
Otello from the Royal Opera House, starring Jonas Kaufmann 11th May 2018The German tenor sings his first 'Lion of Venice' in Keith Warner's 2017 production, opposite Marco Vratogna and Maria Agresta.
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Recording of the Week,
Federico Colli plays Domenico Scarlatti 4th May 2018The Leeds International Piano Competition winner makes his debut on Chandos with a bold, inquisitive recital of the Neapolitan composer's keyboard sonatas.
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Recording of the Week,
Ravel from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 27th April 2018The conductor and his period-instrument orchestra conjure a world of enchantments in two scores inspired by fairy-tales: Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) and the early Shéhérazade overture.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester perform Bruckner 20th April 2018James enjoys magnificently sonorous performances of two symphonies by Anton Bruckner.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi's Four Seasons from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque 13th April 2018The British violinist breathes new life into the most popular of baroque violin concerti with these vivid one-per-part accounts which exude wit and affection.
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Recording of the Week,
Paul Lewis performs piano sonatas by Haydn 6th April 2018James listens to the first instalment in a survey of Haydn's piano sonatas by Paul Lewis.