Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Biber's Rosary Sonatas from Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti 17th February 2023Inspired by a dance project for the stage, Beyer and her fellow musicians rediscover the vitality of Biber's cycle of devotional sonatas.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 17th February 2023 17th February 2023Verdi from Riccardo Chailly and the musicians of the Teatro alla Scala, a soul-searching song recital from Kitty Whately and Joseph Middleton, Schumann from Fabrizio Chiovetta, and courtly chamber music of the French Baroque from Philippe Jaroussky, Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata.
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Interview,
Rory McCleery on Vicente Lusitano 16th February 2023The Marian Consort's director talks about the ensemble's recent album of choral polyphony by Vicente Lusitano, the earliest-known classical composer of African ancestry.
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Interview,
Simon Callaghan on Reinecke 15th February 2023The British pianist and academic talks about his latest contribution to Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series, featuring three works by a German composer whose many illustrious students included Grieg, Albéniz and Janáček...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2023 14th February 2023Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Toutes les nuits - a 'stunning, intelligently paced' album of nocturnal Renaissance songs from Romain Bockler, Bor Zuljan and Dulces Exuviae on Ricercar.
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Interview,
Véronique Gens on singing Poulenc's Elle 13th February 2023The French soprano reflects on undertaking the biggest challenge of her career to date, and explains why La voix humaine is 'unique in the whole history of music'...
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Recording of the Week,
Voyage intime from Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch 10th February 2023The French soprano and pianist are beguiling companions on this 'intimate journey' via songs by Schubert, Liszt, Wolf, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Duparc and Debussy.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 10th February 2023 10th February 2023Beethoven piano concertos from Boris Giltburg, Bach arrangements from Holland Baroque, Bonds sacred works from The Dessoff Choirs & Malcolm J Merriweather and an avian selection from La Rêveuse.
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Interview,
Julian Podger on the music of Dufay 9th February 2023The director of Gothic Voices talks about the group's new album of choral works from Florentine collections, including two of Dufay's most famous motets - Nuper rosarum flores and O tres piteulx.
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Interview,
Beatrice Rana on Clara & Robert Schumann 8th February 2023In the wake of her recording of the Schumanns' piano concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Italian pianist reflects on the 'powerful, open and beautiful' relationship between the couple.
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Awards,
Grammy Winners 2023 6th February 2023Chris introduces the winning classical albums from this year's ceremony, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
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Early Music Round-up,
Early Music Round-Up - February 2023 6th February 2023Majestic works for brass and choir from InAlto and Lambert Colson, innovative Monteverdi madrigals from Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo Alessandrini, rediscovered Rameau from Alexis Kossenko and friends, a bumper crop of anniversary recordings of Byrd and Weelkes, and more.
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Presto CD,
New Sony Classical titles on Presto CD 4th February 2023Period instrument groups Tafelmusik & L'Archibudelli feature alongside venerable greats Bruno Walter & Isaac Stern in the latest additions to our Presto CD range from Sony Classical.
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Recording of the Week,
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London perform music for strings by English composers 3rd February 2023Following on from their 2021 album of English music for strings, John Wilson and his orchestra offer a spectacular selection of works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Herbert Howells, and Delius.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 3rd February 2023 3rd February 2023Clara & Robert Schumann's piano concertos from Beatrice Rana, Mompou from Stephen Hough, the first instalment of a Mozart symphonies cycle from Il Pomo d'Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev, and Czech harpsichord concertos from Mahan Esfahani.
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - January 2023 1st February 2023A rip-roaring night in Paris with Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth, a superb recital for unaccompanied works for viola by female composers from Rosalind Ventris, and the world premiere recording of a likeable operatic rom-com by George Alexander Macfarren.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - January 2023 1st February 2023Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, with András Schiff's all-Bach recital Clavichord on ECM in first place...
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Coming Soon,
Turandot from Antonio Pappano and other forthcoming highlights 31st January 2023Sondra Radvanovsky and Jonas Kaufmann head the cast in a new studio recording of Puccini's final opera, with other spring highlights including the debut recording of Djibouti-born guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre, and a brief history of the French ténor de grâce from Cyrille Dubois.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - January 2023 Choices 30th January 2023Chris introduces this issue's selection, with a 'stunningly virtuosic' Stravinsky programme from the BBC Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis on Chandos in pride of place...
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Recording of the Week,
Well-tempered Bach on the clavichord from András Schiff 27th January 2023An oft-neglected early keyboard instrument finally gets its moment in the sun in an intimate programme of Bach that plays to its strengths, built around the two-part and three-part inventions.