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Puccini's Il Trittico from Salzburg
28th Jul 2023
Asmik Grigorian stakes her claim as one of the finest singing actresses of today in Christof Loy’s coherent, uncluttered staging of Puccini’s trilogy of one-act operas - culminating in a devastating interpretation of Suor Angelica.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th July 2023
28th Jul 2023
Romantic horn concertos from Martin Owen (conducted by John Wilson), Mahler song-cycles from Dame Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton, Book Two of The Well-Tempered Clavier from Ewa Pobłocka, and lute-songs old and new from Carolyn Sampson & Matthew Wadsworth.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st July 2023
21st Jul 2023
Mendelssohn from Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Bach from Bojan Čičić, a Spanish recital from violinist Francisco Fullana, and fourteen-year-old treble Malakai Bayoh's debut on Decca.
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Reginald Mobley on Because
20th Jul 2023
Ahead of his Proms performance of the programme at The Sage this weekend, the American countertenor discusses his album of spirituals and songs by Black composers with jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon, released on Alpha Classics in May.
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Because
Reginald Mobley (counter-tenor), Baptiste Trotignon (piano)
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Robyn Allegra Parton on Burnished Gold
19th Jul 2023
The British soprano discusses her Klimt-inspired debut solo album on Orchid Classics, exploring music by composers associated with the Viennese Secession movement and featuring songs by Joseph Marx, Alma Mahler, the teenage Erich Korngold and Johanna Müller-Hermann.
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Burnished Gold
Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)
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Iestyn Morris on Romances
13th Jul 2023
The countertenor talks about his new recording of Russian Romances with pianist Nigel Foster on Quartz Records.
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Romances
Iestyn Morris (countertenor), Nigel Foster (piano)
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2023
12th Jul 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'superb', 'charismatic' account of Handel's Serse with Emily D’Angelo in the title role...
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Bach's Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
10th Jul 2023
A second Bach recording from the Icelandic pianist is among the stand-out releases for the autumn, alongside Rachmaninoff concertos from Yuja Wang in Los Angeles, Fauré from Marc-André Hamelin, and a cinematic album from Jonas Kaufmann...
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New Release Round-Up - 7th July 2023
7th Jul 2023
Dvořák and Coleridge-Taylor from the Takács Quartet, Shostakovich from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz from the Silesian Quartet, and Mendelssohn & more from young Australian violinist Christian Li.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th June 2023
30th Jun 2023
CPE Bach from Keith Jarrett, choral works by the late Kaija Saariaho, Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Presto Editor's Choices - June 2023
29th Jun 2023
An eclectic album exploring temptation and taboo from Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu, high-octane Khachaturian from the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie and Frank Beermann, and a beguiling recital of Lieder from fin-de-siècle Vienna from Robyn Allegra Parton and Simon Lepper.
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Elgan Llŷr Thomas on Unveiled
28th Jun 2023
In the wake of the release of his debut album featuring a bold new translation of Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets (plus music by Tippett, Gipps and Thomas himself), the Welsh tenor discusses queer representation in opera and song - and why he feels that 'it's about time we started adding other stories into the mix'...
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Madeleine Mitchell on Violin Conversations
26th Jun 2023
The violinist discusses her new album featuring works by composers including Thea Musgrave, Errollyn Wallen, Howard Blake and the late Joseph Horovitz.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd June 2023
23rd Jun 2023
Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas's debut recording on Delphian, Mozart violin sonatas from Renaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong, Verdi's Un ballo in maschera from Marek Janowski, and Forbidden Fruits from Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu.
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Anna Bonitatibus on Monologues
22nd Jun 2023
The Italian mezzo discusses her new album of works which 'occupy a middle-ground between opera and art-song', including music by Zingarelli, Rossini, Donizetti, Viardot-García and Wagner - and her plans to shine a new light on the latter composer's Wesendonck Lieder...
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Monologues
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Adele d'Aronzo (piano)
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L'Heure espagnole from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
16th Jun 2023
Period instruments lend a delicious piquancy and wit to Ravel's Franco-Spanish farce about a libidinous clock-maker's wife intent on making the most of her husband's absence, with a stylish cast led by French mezzo Isabelle Druet.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2023
16th Jun 2023
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's choral music from London Choral Sinfonia, Kurt Weill's Propheten from Dennis Russell Davies, Mexican songs and chamber music from Mr McFall’s Chamber & Jamie MacDougall, and Bach motets from Solomon's Knot.
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The Bevan Family Consort on Vidi Speciosam
15th Jun 2023
Five Bevans joined us at our store in Leamington Spa last month to launch their new album of sacred choral music on Signum - and share some anecdotes about growing up in a large musical family...
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Vidi Speciosam
The Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross
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Monteverdi from Raphaël Pichon and other forthcoming highlights
13th Jun 2023
A studio recording of the Vespro della Beata Vergine from Pygmalion is among the stand-out releases for late summer, with other highlights including Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and the Ysaÿe solo sonatas from Hilary Hahn.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2023
9th Jun 2023
Eric Coates from the BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, Bach's Art of Fugue from Cuarteto Casals, two recent orchestral works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and a second Liszt recital from Italian pianist Saskia Giorgini.
