Latest News: Classical
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Interview,
Mishka Rushdie Momen on Variations 20th November 2019Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen talks to David about her debut recording, which draws together a variety of musical responses to a theme by Schumann and includes world premieres by Vijay Iyer and Nico Muhly.
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Favourites,
Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans 20th November 2019Books and recordings for lovers of medieval, Renaissance and baroque music.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - November 2019 19th November 2019Beethoven anniversary editions from Deutsche Grammophon, Warner and Naxos, plus Masaaki Suzuki’s complete Bach secular cantatas, Bruckner from Berlin, and a celebration of Andris Nelsons's time in Birmingham.
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Favourites,
Gifts for... Children (and grandchildren) 19th November 2019A selection of recordings and books to introduce children of all ages to the delights of classical music.
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Interview,
Margaret Bonds's The Ballad of the Brown King 18th November 2019David talks to Malcolm J Merriweather and Ashley Jackson about their world premiere recording of a miniature oratorio by Margaret Bonds, exploring the legend of an African king journeying to visit the new-born Jesus.
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Favourites,
Gifts for... Pianists and piano fans 16th November 2019From 2019's best new recordings and box sets, to informative books, insightful interviews and beautiful sheet music, we select our top gifts for piano players and piano lovers alike.
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Recording of the Week,
La Serenissima's The Godfather 15th November 2019La Serenissima explore the network of friendships and collaborations that helped bring together German and Italian styles during the Baroque, with concertos by Telemann, Pisendel, Brescianello and others.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019 15th November 2019New albums from Alexandre Tharaud, Angela Gheorghiu, Vilde Frang and Iván Fischer, plus previously unreleased archive recordings of John Barbirolli and The Hallé and a portrait of the French composer and organist Fernand de La Tombelle.
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Interview,
Christophe Rousset on Lully and Gounod 14th November 2019The French harpsichordist and conductor talks to Katherine about recording Lully's 1677 opera Isis (out now on Aparté) and the original 1859 version of Gounod's Faust, released in September on Bru Zane.
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Presto CD,
New Decca titles added to our Presto CD catalogue 13th November 2019Including recordings from András Schiff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Dutoit, Sir Georg Solti and Riccardo Chailly.
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Favourites,
Gifts for... Exploring classical music's great composers 13th November 2019In our next gift guide we recommend new box sets, books and sheet music exploring popular composers as well as those further off the beaten track.
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Interview,
Kati Debretzeni on Bach's Violin Concertos 11th November 2019Violinist Kati Debretzeni talks to David about her new recording of Bach violin concertos - originals and adaptations - with John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists.
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Favourites,
Gifts for... Opera Lovers 8th November 2019In the first of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the opera-lover in your life: from the latest recordings to the best books about opera.
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Recording of the Week,
Bliss from Sarah Connolly, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra 8th November 2019Davis continues his advocacy for the English composer with three relatively late works - the dramatic scena The Enchantress (written for Kathleen Ferrier), the Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, and the 1963 cantata Mary of Magdala.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2019 8th November 2019New albums from Alison Balsom, Jakub Józef Orliński, Roberto Alagna and Benjamin Bernheim, plus a rare outing on DVD and Blu-ray for Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, starring Stéphane Degout as the Prince of Denmark.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices November 2019 6th November 2019Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'spectacular and stirring' account of Purcell's King Arthur from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli on Signum.
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Interview,
Laurie Stras on Brumel's Lamentations 5th November 2019Musicologist and conductor Laurie Stras talks to David about her new album From Darkness into Light, which includes the first recording of Brumel's Lamentations - rediscovered by Stras after having been thought largely lost.
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Interview,
Christoph Croisé on his Russian Album 4th November 2019The award-winning young cellist talks to Katherine about his second album on Avie, featuring sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - October 2019 1st November 2019Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, with Handel's Brockes-Passion from the Academy of Ancient Music in first place...
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet 1st November 2019The serial award-winners surpass even their own high standards with searing accounts of the Second, Seventh and Eighth String Quartets on Supraphon.