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International Opera Awards - The Winners!
8th May 2017
The results of last night's ceremony at the London Coliseum.
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk (Herman), Tatiana Serjan (Lisa), Larissa Diadkova (Countess), Alexey Shishlyaev (Tomskij and Plutus), Alexey Markov (Yeletzki) Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Ravel Concertos from Steven Osborne and other forthcoming delights
5th May 2017
Franck from Faust, Prokofiev from Petrenko, and Handel from Hallenberg are also looming on the horizon for May and June!
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Glyndebourne announces 2018 season
3rd May 2017
Revivals of two award-winning Handel productions, a new Pelléas et Mélisande, and the festival premiere of Samuel Barber's Vanessa.
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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (DVD)
Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
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New Release Round-up - 21st April 2017
21st Apr 2017
Semyon Bychkov conducts Franz Schmidt, Christian Gerhaher sings Brahms, chamber music from Tasmin Little and a collection of Johan Botha's live performances at the Wiener Staatsoper are included in this week's new releases.
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Roderick Williams sings a new work by Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
21st Apr 2017
Katherine very much enjoys baritone Roderick Williams in a new work by Howard Skempton: a setting of Coleridge's poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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BBC Proms 2017 - Our Top Related Recordings!
20th Apr 2017
Katherine picks out some highlights from this year's season (announced this afternoon) and recommends related recordings.
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2017
13th Apr 2017
Schumann from Matthias Goerne, Brahms from Arcadi Volodos and Richard Strauss from Munich are among this month's highlights.
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Manfred Honeck on Spring in Vienna
12th Apr 2017
Katherine talks to the Austrian conductor about the Wiener Symphoniker's Easter concerts, and in particular last year's programme which was recently released on Solo Musica.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Mendelssohn and other forthcoming highlights
7th Apr 2017
Meyerbeer, Antheil, Saint-Saëns, Paganini and Dvorak are also on the menu for late April and May…
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Jonas Kaufmann takes on Das Lied von der Erde - all of it!
7th Apr 2017
Katherine listens to the great German tenor's ambitious project - the whole of Mahler's mighty orchestral song-cycle.
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New releases for Lent and Easter
5th Apr 2017
With a slew of new recordings of music inspired by Holy Week out this month, we've selected a handful of favourites for your delectation.
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Nicky Spence on Buxton Orr
4th Apr 2017
Katherine talks to the Scottish tenor about unearthing the songs of the Glasgow-born composer for his new disc on Delphian.
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International Classical Music Awards 2017 - The Winners!
1st Apr 2017
Congratulations to the winners of this year's ICMA Awards, which are being celebrated this evening in Leipzig.
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New Release Round-up - 31st March 2017
31st Mar 2017
Amongst this week's highlights are Edward Gardner conducting Elgar, Yeygeny Sudbin playing Beethoven Piano Concertos, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from La Nuova Music, and Alina Ibragimova continues her cycle of Mozart sonatas.
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Beatrice Rana on the Goldberg Variations
28th Mar 2017
Katherine talks to the Italian pianist about tackling Bach's monumental cycle on tour and in the recording studio.
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Paul McCreesh conducts Haydn's The Seasons
24th Mar 2017
Katherine listens to Paul McCreesh's boisterous and vivid recording of Haydn's The Seasons, with the Gabrieli Consort and Players and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra and Choir.
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Beatrice Rana on the Goldberg Variations
20th Mar 2017
The Italian pianist talks to us about tackling Bach's monumental cycle on tour and in the recording studio.
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Andris Nelsons' Bruckner 3 and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2017
Katherine introduces some personal 'ones to watch' from the current crop of future releases, from Monteverdi to Skempton.
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach's St Matthew Passion
17th Mar 2017
Katherine listens to the venerable Bach expert's new account of the inimitable St Matthew Passion, with the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir.
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Kasper Holten on Das Liebesverbot
11th Mar 2017
With his new production of Die Meistersinger opening at Covent Garden tonight, Katherine talks to the director about his recent staging of Wagner's neglected early comic opera.
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Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (DVD)
Manuela Uhl (Isabella), Christopher Maltman (Friedrich), Peter Lodahl (Lucio), Ilker Arcayürek (Claudio), Ante Jerkunica (Brighella) Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Madrid, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
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