Latest News: Classical, Favourites
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A St George's Day tour of England (in thirty-nine steps!) 23rd April 2024
A selection of music from, or inspired by, the thirty-nine historical English counties.
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Louis Spohr (1784-1859) 16th April 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the early Romantic violin innovator - composer of eighteen violin concertos, thirty-six string quartets and more, and developer of two invaluable musical inventions: the chinrest and the rehearsal mark.
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Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) 28th March 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the Anglo-Irish composer - known particularly for his sacred choral music but also a prodigious composer of chamber and orchestral works, songs, part-songs and more.
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Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 13th March 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the arch-Romantic Lieder composer - best known for his intense, harmonically adventurous Mörike-Lieder, Italienisches Liederbuch and Spanisches Liederbuch.
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Bedřich Smetana at 200 2nd March 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the great Czech Romantic composer - best known for his stirring pictorial tone poem Má vlast and opera The Bartered Bride.
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St David's Day - Music from Wales 1st March 2024
A selection of music from Wales - Welsh and English songs for voice and piano, orchestral works, choral music and more.
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Verbier Festival Gold on Deutsche Grammophon 17th January 2024In anticipation of the Swiss festival's thirtieth birthday later this year, we shine a spotlight on some of the outstanding live recordings which have recently been made available through their partnership with Deutsche Grammophon.
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Carl Friedrich Abel at 300 11th January 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by perhaps the last of the great viola da gamba players, in a slightly belated celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans 11th December 2023From new recordings by Pygmalion, Phantasm and the Tallis Scholars to histories of the Academy of Ancient Music and seventeenth-century opera, browse our selection of books and recordings for lovers of Renaissance and baroque music.
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Gifts for...Pianists and piano-lovers 28th November 2023From 2023's best new recordings and box sets to recent books and deluxe sheet music, we select our top gifts for pianists and pianophiles alike.
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Gifts for... Opera-Lovers 15th November 2023In the first of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the opera-lover in your life, from the latest complete recordings and recital-albums to the best recent books about opera.
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The Academy of Ancient Music at 50 23rd October 2023
As the Academy of Ancient Music celebrates its 50th anniversary season, Music Director Laurence Cummings looks back at some of his favourite recordings from the orchestra’s discography.
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Peter Maxwell Davies: A postcard from Hoy, and a farewell to Stromness 9th September 2023
An account of a miniature Presto Pilgrimage over the summer holiday, in search of the former home of Peter Maxwell Davies in the Orkney Islands.
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William Byrd, 400 years on 4th July 2023
A selection of some of the best recent recordings of music by the giant of English early music, for the 400th anniversary of his death.
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Music for the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III 6th May 2023
A selection of music for royal occasions, and recordings from the composers and artists featured at the King's Coronation - from Parry and Purcell to Weir and Williams.
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John Eliot Gardiner at 80 20th April 2023
A look back over the conductor's long and illustrious recording career - from Monteverdi operas and Bach cantatas to Romantic rediscoveries and more.
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Music for Holy Week 6th April 2023
A selection of recent recordings of music inspired by Holy Week - from early to contemporary, religious to humanist, and with a mix of choral, solo vocal, and instrumental works.
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Rachmaninoff at 150 1st April 2023
A selection of some of the finest recent recordings of the Russian colossus, to mark his 150th anniversary.
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St Patrick's Day - Music from Ireland 17th March 2023
A selection of music from Ireland - Baroque odes, piano concertos, chamber music, art songs, opera and more.
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Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans 15th November 2022
From new recordings from Pygmalion, Mahan Esfahani and the Marian Consort to magnificent new editions of Tudor keyboard music, browse our selection of books and recordings for lovers of Renaissance and baroque music.
