Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Bach Fugues from Onyx and the Emersons 16th June 2008A British brass quintet and American string quartet (who recently recorded an impressive account of The Art of Fugue) tackle fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Recording of the Week,
Time to re-evaluate Miaskovsky 2nd June 2008A 16-CD of the Russian composer’s complete symphonies and orchestral works gives Chris a chance to explore the remarkable legacy of the ‘father of the Soviet symphony’.
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Recording of the Week,
Superb Scholl sings Dowland and his circle 26th May 2008The German countertenor captivates in a programme of lute and consort songs by the great Elizabethan ‘poet of melancholy’, John Dowland, with lutenist Julian Behr and Swiss-based viol quartet Concerto di Viole.
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Recording of the Week,
Fiesta! - Dudamel and the Venezuelans 19th May 2008The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra scintillate in a programme of Latin American showpieces including music by Revueltas, Romerto, Ginastera and Castellanos.
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Recording of the Week,
A La Bohème for all 5th May 2008Anna Netrebko is the Parisian seamstress with the cold hands and Rolando Villazón is the poet who finds her door-key on this new recording from Bertrand de Billy and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven and Period Instruments 28th April 2008Belgian conductor Jos van Immerseel and his Amsterdam-based group Anima Eterna impress in an historically-informed cycle of the complete Beethoven symphonies, which will be an Editor’s Choice in the next issue of Gramophone…
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Recording of the Week,
The Jerusalem Quartet 21st April 2008The former BBC New Generation Artists display ‘excitement and vitality’ in Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and Quartettsatz.
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Recording of the Week,
Nigel Kennedy 14th April 2008The maverick violinist impresses in ‘rhythmically driven and playful’ Beethoven, but fails to convince in a Mozart concerto which sees him take up an electric violin for the cadenza…
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Recording of the Week,
Paul Lewis's Beethoven 7th April 2008Ahead of the release of the final instalment of his acclaimed cycle on Harmonia Mundi, Chris offers an overview of the Liverpool-born pianist’s ‘utterly compelling’ traversal of the complete sonatas.
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Recording of the Week,
Ingrid Fliter 31st March 2008The Gilmore Award-winning Argentine pianist makes her EMI debut with an all-Chopin recital which showcases her ‘contrasts of tonal colours, dynamic range and lyricism’.
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Recording of the Week,
Mel Bonis 24th March 2008A new recording of two piano quartets by the French female composer (1858-1937) from the Mozart Piano Quartet makes a strong case for this one-time classmate of Debussy.
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Recording of the Week,
Stunning new Haydn Creation from Paul McCreesh 17th March 2008An ‘uplifting, overwhelming, charming and comforting’ account of Haydn’s most popular oratorio, sung in a new English adaptation, with soloists including Miah Persson and Mark Padmore.
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Recording of the Week,
Hilary Hahn plays Schoenberg and Sibelius 10th March 2008The American violinist’s ‘beautiful sound and technical brilliance’ make a strong impact in two twentieth-century concertos with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Recording of the Week,
Rattle and Gergiev on Mahler 3rd March 2008 -
Recording of the Week,
Handel Organ Concertos 25th February 2008 -
Recording of the Week,
Late Mozart Symphonies 18th February 2008 -
Recording of the Week,
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project 11th February 2008The latest product of the Chinese-American cellist’s East-meets-West project includes music by Bloch, Lou Harrison, Prokofiev and Mongolian composer Byambasuren Sharav.
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Recording of the Week,
Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel 4th February 2008In response to its frequent use in television and film, Chris ponders the Estonian composer’s 1978 composition ‘mirror/s in the mirror’ and alights upon a favourite recording.
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Recording of the Week,
Undeservedly neglected music - John Marsh and Juan de Araujo 28th January 2008Ex Cathedra explore the rich legacy of a sixteenth-century Spanish composer who spent much of his career in South America, whilst the London Mozart Players focus on the music of an English lawyer who was also one of the most prolific English composers of the eighteenth century.
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Recording of the Week,
Francis Xavier and Jordi Savall 7th January 2008The viol player, conductor and musicologist pays homage to the sixteenth-century saint and Catholic missionary, who was a co-founder of the Jesuit Order.