Latest News: Classical
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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.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 27th January 2023 27th January 2023Schubert and Beethoven from Mark Padmore & Mitsuko Uchida, Marais from Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexandre Tharaud, French ballet music from Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth, and Bruckner from Paavo Järvi & the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
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Interview,
Matthew Schellhorn on the piano music of Herbert Howells 26th January 2023The pianist talks about his second volume of piano works by Howells, consisting almost entirely of world premiere recordings.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - January 2023 25th January 2023January heavyweights include the Emerson Quartet's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, all of the Argo & L’Oiseau-Lyre recordings made by the The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford and Simon Preston, and Jörg Demus's Bach recordings on Westminster.
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Awards,
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2023: Shortlist 24th January 2023The nominations are just in and voting is open...
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Interview,
Christopher Tin on The Lost Birds 22nd January 2023The composer talks about his new work, calling attention to declining bird biodiversity through settings of Romantic poetry.
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Recording of the Week,
Elgar's 'Viola Concerto' from Timothy Ridout 20th January 2023The young British viola-player's account of the Cello Concerto as transcribed by Lionel Tertis is a compelling addition to the piece's distinguished discography on its own terms, with sensitive support from the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th January 2023 20th January 2023Joseph Jongen from Ivan Ilić, Mozart from Peter Donohoe, Mahler from Claudia Huckle and Nicky Spence, and veteran Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi in concert.
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Interview,
Ivan Ilić on Joseph Jongen 19th January 2023Ahead of the release of his recording of two sets of Préludes on Chandos tomorrow, the Serbian-American pianist talks to Katherine about the Belgian composer and teacher's 'huge appetite for contrast'.
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Awards,
International Classical Music Awards 2023 19th January 2023The ICMA results were revealed yesterday, with winners including Ermonela Jaho, Alessandro Marangoni, Mahan Esfahani, and Asmik Grigorian.
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Interview,
Ian Venables on the first recordings of his Requiem 18th January 2023The composer talks to David about his Requiem, recorded on Somm Records in 2020 by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral, and more recently in its full orchestral version by the choir of Merton College Oxford and the Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2023 17th January 2023Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Signor Gaetano - Mexican tenor Javier Camarena's 'hugely enjoyable and unusually satisfying' recital of arias from Donizetti's Italian operas on Pentatone.
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Interview,
Dussek on Dussek 16th January 2023Pianist Michael Dussek talks about his new album of innovative music by his ancestor Jan Ladislav, and of the influence it had on Chopin.
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Recording of the Week,
Véronique Gens in Poulenc's La Voix Humaine 13th January 2023The great French tragedienne tackles a role that’s surely been beckoning for years, and the results are every bit as compelling as you'd expect - with the Orchestre National de Lille providing some telling insights into the other side of this fraught phone-conversation...
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th January 2023 13th January 2023Elgar's 'Viola Concerto' from Timothy Ridout, Beethoven from Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lully's Psyché from Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset, and an album commemorating the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes from The King's Singers & Fretwork.