Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Schumann from John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO 20th September 2019The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir John Eliot Gardiner begin their Schumann cycle with exhilarating, agile performances of the Second and Fourth symphonies.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019 20th September 2019New albums from Jordi Savall, Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Behle and Pablo Heras-Casado, plus a monumental account of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts, conducted by John Nelson and recorded live at St Paul’s Cathedral on the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death in March.
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Interview,
Ermonela Jaho on Le Willis 19th September 2019The Albanian soprano talks to Katherine about singing the role of Anna on Sir Mark Elder's recording of Puccini's first opera in its original one-act incarnation, released tomorrow on Opera Rara.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - September 2019 18th September 2019Wilhelm Furtwängler’s complete recordings on Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, Beethoven sets from Wilhelm Kempff, Igor Levit and Ronald Brautigam, and the fruits of a 2018 Hamburg festival centring on the artistry of Martha Argerich.
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Interview,
The Queen's Six on The Last Rose of Summer 17th September 2019Bass Simon Whiteley of The Queen's Six talks to David about their new album of British and Irish folksong arrangements.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2019 16th September 2019Chris introduces this month’s selection, headed by the Beethoven and Sibelius violin concertos from Christian Tetzlaff, Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
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Interview,
Wu Wei on Silk Baroque 15th September 2019The sheng virtuoso discusses his fusion project with Holland Baroque (released earlier this summer on Pentatone), which features Chinese traditional tunes alongside music by Rameau, Telemann and Vivaldi.
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Recording of the Week,
Soirée from Magdalena Kožená and friends 13th September 2019The Czech mezzo is joined by her husband and assorted colleagues for a programme of songs for voice and chamber ensemble by Ravel, Brahms, Stravinsky, Chausson, Strauss, Dvořák and Janáček.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019 13th September 2019New albums from Jan Lisiecki, Michael and Daniel Barenboim, Igor Levit, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, plus a Rossini rarity starring Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Interview,
Robin Ticciati on Duruflé and Debussy 12th September 2019The conductor talks to Katherine about his third recording of French repertoire with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, which pairs the Duruflé Requiem with Debussy's Nocturnes.
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Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on The Sound of Silence 11th September 2019The guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album, conceived during his recovery from a hand injury which put his career on hold for several years.
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2019 - the top three in each category 11th September 2019The final contenders in each of the ten genres were revealed this morning…
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Coming Soon,
A Farinelli homage from Cecilia Bartoli and other forthcoming highlights 10th September 2019The Italian mezzo pays tribute to the most celebrated castrato of them all, plus a Viennese whirl with Jonas Kaufmann, Beethoven from Leonidas Kavakos and Masaaki Suzuki, and Purcell's King Arthur from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Libertà! 9th September 2019The French conductor talks to Katherine about recording three 'mosaics' of music which Mozart composed or encountered during the period leading up to his life-changing collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte, including extracts from his abandoned operas Lo sposo deluso and L'oca del Cairo, and music by Salieri, Paisiello and Soler.
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Recording of the Week,
Works by Richard Strauss from Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6th September 2019Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in thrillingly-detailed and impassioned performances of four orchestral works by Richard Strauss.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2019 6th September 2019New albums from Imogen Cooper, Emmanuelle Bertrand, The Sixteen and Mr McFall's Chamber, plus Simon Rattle's inaugural concert as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra on DVD and blu-ray.
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Interview,
Andrew Manze on Vaughan Williams 5th September 2019The conductor talks to David about his recently-concluded series of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Onyx, and the postscript to the cycle which will be released in October...
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Announcement,
Hyperion downloads now available! 4th September 2019Hyperion and Helios recordings are now available to download (including over 400 in Hi-Res); to celebrate this new addition to the Presto catalogue, David picks out some highlights from Hyperion's forty-year history.
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Awards,
Opus Klassik Awards 2019 3rd September 2019Chris rounds up the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards, which will be presented at the Konzerthaus Berlin next month.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - August 2019 2nd September 2019Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for August, with Mahan Esfahani's Bach Toccatas on Hyperion in first place...