Latest News: Classical, Recording of the Week
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Recording of the Week,
Haydn String Quartets performed by the London Haydn Quartet 27th January 2017David enjoys the London Haydn Quartet's performances of Haydn's Opp. 54 & 55.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies 20th January 2017James listens to the culmination of Vasily Petrenko's Tchaikovsky cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - symphonies Nos. 3, 4, and 6.
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Recording of the Week,
Diana Damrau sings in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers from the Met 13th January 2017Katherine enjoys a new staging of Bizet's glorious exotic opera, starring Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien.
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Recording of the Week,
Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony 6th January 2017Katherine listens to Bernard Haitink's new recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Gerald Finley sings Sibelius songs 30th December 2016Katherine listens to baritone Gerald Finley's collection of brooding, melancholy orchestral songs by Sibelius.
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Recording of the Week,
Jack Liebeck performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 2 23rd December 2016James listens to Jack Liebeck and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Bruch's Second Violin Concerto and other concertante works.
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2016 16th December 2016The Editorial team pick out their "ones that got away" from 2016 - the discs that slipped through the net but which we feel deserve a mention in despatches…
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Recording of the Week,
Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart's Don Giovanni 9th December 2016Katherine listens to a powerful new account of Mozart's troubling masterpiece, with MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach's Christmas Oratorio from John Butt and Handel's Messiah from Andrew Davis 2nd December 2016David listens to a contrasting double-bill of festive oratorios, with the Dunedin Consort and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Symphony Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 Chopin Piano Competition, performs Chopin 25th November 2016James enjoys International Chopin Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho's debut studio album, featuring (unsurprisingly!) Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades.
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Recording of the Week,
Lisa Batiashvili performs Violin Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius 18th November 2016James listens to the Georgian violinist's new double-bill of concertos, with the Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim.
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Recording of the Week,
Matthias Goerne sings Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre 11th November 2016Katherine listens to the next instalment in Naxos's Ring Cycle, conducted by Jaap van Zweden.
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Recording of the Week,
Elīna Garanča sings dramatic arias for mezzo-soprano 4th November 2016Katherine enjoys the Latvian mezzo's new recital disc of dramatic arias.
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Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust plays Mozart's Violin Concertos 28th October 2016David enjoys Isabelle Faust's new complete set of Mozart's Violin Concertos with Il Giardino Armonico.
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Recording of the Week,
The Tallis Scholars perform two Masses by Josquin 21st October 2016David listens to the Tallis Scholars' new double-bill of Josquin masses, including the mysterious and unorthodox 'Dice Mass'.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach and Telemann cantatas from Philippe Jaroussky 14th October 2016Katherine listens to the star countertenor's bewitching performances of solo cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
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Recording of the Week,
Daniil Trifonov performs Liszt's complete Concert Etudes 7th October 2016Katherine listens to the Russian pianist's jaw-dropping account of Liszt's supremely challenging Etudes.
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Recording of the Week,
Münchner Philharmoniker launch their own label with music by Bruckner and Mahler 30th September 2016James introduces the Münchner Philharmoniker's new label with a double-bill of stirring Romantic masterworks conducted by Valery Gergiev.
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Recording of the Week,
Iván Fischer conducts music by Tchaikovsky and Borodin 23rd September 2016David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's powerful account of Tchaikovsky's tragic masterpiece.
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Recording of the Week,
Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler 16th September 2016James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.