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Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler

16th Sep 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.

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Berio: Sinfonia & Berio/Mahler: 10 Frühe Lieder

Matthias Goerne (baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn symphonies with the LSO

9th Sep 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to John Eliot Gardiner's latest volume of Mendelssohn with the LSO.

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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 'Italian'

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Anna Netrebko sings Verismo arias

2nd Sep 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine listens to the Russian soprano's latest disc, featuring arias by Puccini, Cilea, Leoncavallo and more.

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Bach's Goldberg Variations from harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani

26th Aug 2016by David Smith

David listens to the Iranian harpsichordist's long-awaited first recording of JS Bach.

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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside perform Schubert Lieder

19th Aug 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine listens to Roderick Williams' Schubert recital disc, with pianist Iain Burnside.

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Der Wanderer: Schubert Lieder

Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis perform Requiems by Fux and Kerll

12th Aug 2016by David Smith

David listens to the Grammy Award-winning ensemble's recording of two rarely-heard Austrian Requiems.

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Fux & Kerll: Requiems

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

New volumes in Hyperion's Classical Piano Concerto and Romantic Violin Concerto series

5th Aug 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine listens to a double-bill of new concerto releases from Hyperion, with soloists Howard Shelley and Bartłomiej Nizioł.

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The Classical Piano Concerto Volume 3: Franz Xaver Mozart & Clementi

Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) Sinfonieorchester St Gallen

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Osmo Vänskä completes his cycle of Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra

29th Jul 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to the final volume of Osmo Vänskä's Sibelius cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, comprising Nos. 3, 6 and 7.

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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3, 6 & 7

Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Donizetti's Poliuto from Glyndebourne

22nd Jul 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine enjoys a double-bill of innovative Roman-themed operatic productions from Glyndebourne 2015.

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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (DVD)

Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Matthew Rose (Collatinus), Michael Sumuel (Junius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca) & Louise Alder (Lucia) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo Hussain (conductor) & Fiona Shaw (stage director)

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Richard Egarr performs Bach's French Suites

15th Jul 2016by David Smith

David listens to Richard Egarr's performance of Bach's 'French' Suites, BWV812-817.

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Bach, J S: French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV812-817

Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette

8th Jul 2016by James Longstaffe

James enjoys Berlioz's dramatic setting of Shakespeare's immortal love-story with Valery Gergiev and the LSO.

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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Evgeny Nikitin (bass) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Guildhall School Singers, Valery Gergiev

Piano and Vocal music by Erik Satie

1st Jul 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to a double helping of works by Satie, whose 150th anniversary falls this year.

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Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 1

Noriko Ogawa (piano)

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James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection

24th Jun 2016by David Smith

David listens to James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection, with the Hebrides Ensemble and Brindley Sherratt.

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James MacMillan: Since it was the day of preparation…

Brindley Sherratt (bass) Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals

Vocal Music by Brahms

17th Jun 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine listens to a double-bill of Brahms, featuring Matthias Goerne, Magdalena Kožená, Thomas Quasthoff and more.

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Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

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Tchaikovsky Symphonies conducted by Vasily Petrenko

10th Jun 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to Vasily Petrenko's triple-bill of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 5

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

3rd Jun 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine listens to the recording of the Austrian conductor's final public performances.

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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Laura Aikin (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Johannes Chum (tenor) & Ruben Drole (bass) Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Andris Nelsons conducts symphonies by Shostakovich

27th May 2016by James Longstaffe

James enjoys Andris Nelsons' take on three of Shostakovich's greatest symphonies with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Richard Egarr conducts Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore

20th May 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine enjoys a new recording of a well-loved light-opera classic, with Richard Egarr and Scottish Opera (and featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor!)

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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore

Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator) Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr

Beethoven Symphonies from Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker

13th May 2016by James Longstaffe

James listens to Simon Rattle's new complete Beethoven cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)

Annette Dasch (soprano), Eva Vogel (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Dimitry Ivashchenko (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle

John Wilson conducts music by Gershwin

6th May 2016by Katherine Cooper

Katherine enjoys the John Wilson Orchestra's latest album, featuring film music by George Gershwin.

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Gershwin in Hollywood

Louise Dearman, Matthew Ford, Louise Dearman & Matthew Ford The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson

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