Latest News: Classical, Box Set Selections
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - January 2019 9th January 2019A comprehensive collection of César Franck, anthologies celebrating two great French female pianists, and DVD boxes exploring the careers of Claudio Abbado and Sergiu Celibidache.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - December 2018 26th December 2018Our Boxing Day boxes include portraits of Claudio Abbado, Maria Yudina and Willi Boskovsky, plus the complete piano music of Sergei Bortkiewicz.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - November 2018 22nd November 2018Jaap van Zweden’s Ring Cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Colin Davis’s complete recordings of Berlioz with the London Symphony Orchestra, and collections celebrating Carlos Kleiber, Henryk Szeryng, Riccardo Chailly and Claudio Abbado.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - October 2018 16th October 2018The definitive Bach boxed set, an anniversary anthology from Deutsche Grammophon, and comprehensive collections of works by Hummel and François Couperin.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - September 2018 25th September 2018A collection of complete live performances from the great Swedish dramatic soprano Birgit Nilsson, plus anthologies from Gramophone Award-winners Neeme Järvi and Blue Heron, and a sumptuous set of Cecilia Bartoli's Rossini recordings.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - August 2018 21st August 2018Three centenary tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Marie-Claire Alain’s first complete Bach cycle newly remastered, and celebrations of Neeme Järvi, Oscar Levant, Claudio Abbado and George Szell.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - June 2018 6th June 2018A collection of RCA Victor and Columbia recordings celebrating Bernstein the pianist, Beethoven cycles from Philippe Herreweghe and Quartetto di Cremona, and boxes devoted to Tchaikovsky, Gounod and Reger.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - May 2018 15th May 2018A centenary celebration of Birgit Nilsson, two sixtieth-birthday collections from Harmonia Mundi, a budget box of Massenet operas, and an anthology of early performances of Debussy.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - April 2018 16th April 2018Collections from artists including Leonard Bernstein, Monique Haas, Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, plus a comprehensive new WF Bach anthology on Brilliant Classics.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - March 2018 13th March 2018A birthday celebration of Christa Ludwig in song, two fascinating collections of Russian rarities, and a complete Beethoven symphonies cycle with a difference…
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - February 2018 25th February 2018February heavyweights include anniversary tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Claude Debussy, The King's Singers, and Christa Ludwig.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - January 2018 10th January 2018This month's collections include Karl Böhm's complete vocal recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, a comprehensive Debussy anniversary box, and an 80th- birthday tribute to Swiss soprano Edith Mathis.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - December 2017 26th December 2017Our Boxing Day boxes include portraits of Mariss Jansons, Maria Callas and Eileen Joyce, plus comprehensive anthologies of recorder and trumpet concertos.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - November 2017 21st November 2017This month's stand-out heavyweights include comprehensive tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti and Herbert von Karajan.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - October 2017 24th October 2017Chris picks out some highlights from this month's boxes, including sets commemorating the ninetieth birthdays (in memoriam) of a great cellist and soprano and the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of The King's Singers.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - September 2017 21st September 2017Chris rounds up the best of the month's heavyweights, including a collection of recent Royal Opera House productions and tributes to Vladimir Ashkenazy and Paul Badura-Skoda.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - August 2017 23rd August 2017Chris introduces the picks of this month's heavyweights, including collections focusing on Maria Callas, Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Serkin and Joshua Bell.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - July 2017 26th July 2017Chris introduces the best of this month's heavyweights, including elaborate birthday tributes to two veteran pianist-conductors…
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - June 2017 19th June 2017Chris highlights the best of this month's collections, including tributes to André Cluytens, Karl Böhm, Dinu Lipatti and Gundula Janowitz at 80.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - May 2017 22nd May 2017Chris introduces the best of this month's collections, including anthologies of recordings by Riccardo Muti, Arthur Grumiaux, Narciso Yepes and Christopher Hogwood.