Latest News: Classical
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2023 16th June 2023Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's choral music from London Choral Sinfonia, Kurt Weill's Propheten from Dennis Russell Davies, Mexican songs and chamber music from Mr McFall’s Chamber & Jamie MacDougall, and Bach motets from Solomon's Knot.
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Interview,
The Bevan Family Consort on Vidi Speciosam 15th June 2023Five Bevans joined us at our store in Leamington Spa last month to launch their new album of sacred choral music on Signum - and share some anecdotes about growing up in a large musical family...
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Video Interview,
Paavo Järvi on Haydn's 'London' symphonies 14th June 2023The conductor talks about his recently-launched Haydn project, his upcoming milestone with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and why "there is absolutely zero difference between Haydn and Bruckner"...
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Coming Soon,
Monteverdi from Raphaël Pichon and other forthcoming highlights 13th June 2023A studio recording of the Vespro della Beata Vergine from Pygmalion is among the stand-out releases for late summer, with other highlights including Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and the Ysaÿe solo sonatas from Hilary Hahn.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2023 12th June 2023Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'meticulously plotted' German Baroque requiem from Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier...
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Recording of the Week,
A Grand Concert of Music by Mr Charles, the Hungarian (lately arriv'd from Paris) 9th June 2023Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra recreate a performance that took place Dublin in 1742 - after the triumphant success of Messiah's premiere, an enterprising rival from overseas boldly puts on concerts featuring Handel's other works, right under his nose...
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2023 9th June 2023Eric Coates from the BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, Bach's Art of Fugue from Cuarteto Casals, two recent orchestral works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and a second Liszt recital from Italian pianist Saskia Giorgini.
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Presto CD,
New Presto CD Titles from Sony Classical 8th June 2023The latest batch of Presto CD's from Sony Classical are an eclectic mix of the avant-garde and scores from Hollywood and Broadway.
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Interview,
Karina Canellakis on Bartók 6th June 2023The American conductor talks about her debut recording on Pentatone with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic - and explains why the repertoire on the album required such high levels of trust and caffeine...
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Obituary,
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) 5th June 2023The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died at the age of 70 in her adoptive home of Paris.
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2nd June 2023Featuring Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda and The Tempest, the British conductor's debut recording is the stuff dreams are made on, combining passion and precision to thrilling dramatic effect.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 2nd June 2023 2nd June 2023Byrd from The Gesualdo Six, Bruckner from Thomas Dausgaard in Bergen, works by Tan Dun, Turnage, Glass and Heggie from the New Century Chamber Orchestra & Daniel Hope, and Handel's Serse (with Emily D'Angelo in the title-role) from Harry Bicket & The English Concert.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - May 2023 1st June 2023Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for May, with Spanish violinist María Dueñas's Beethoven and Beyond on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - May 2023 1st June 2023A spine-tingling programme of macabre ballads from Georg Nigl and Olga Pashchenko, weird and wonderful Royer from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, and a swashbuckling quartet of Venetian violin concertos from Chouchane Siranossian and the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
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Interview,
Isata Kanneh-Mason's Childhood Tales 31st May 2023The pianist discusses growing up in a 'house full of music' in Nottingham, and her new album of works by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy and Dohnányi (out now on Decca Classics).
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - May 2023 30th May 2023May heavyweights include Herbert Blomstedt's collected recordings on Decca, a comprehensive Smetana anthology on Brilliant, and Lorin Maazel's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Recording of the Week,
A new Haydn symphony series from Paavo Järvi 26th May 2023Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie launch an exciting new Haydn project, embracing music that's peppered with moments of wry humour.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2023 26th May 2023Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO, Childhood Tales from Isata Kanneh-Mason, spirituals and songs by Black composers from American countertenor Reginald Mobley, and Schubert from Marek Janowski in Dresden.
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Interview,
María Dueñas on Beethoven and Beyond 25th May 2023The Spanish violinist discusses her debut recording of the Beethoven concerto (plus shorter pieces by Spohr, Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, Ysaÿe and Wieniawski), and explains why she felt it was important to bring 'something of herself' to the work by writing her own cadenzas.
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Interview,
Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero 24th May 2023The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.