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New Release Round-up - 24th February 2017
24th Feb 2017
Rachmaninov piano trios with Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov, Beethoven sonatas from violinist James Ehnes, and Elgar from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko are featured in this week's round-up.
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Stanisław Skrowaczewski
22nd Feb 2017
The Polish-American conductor, particularly acclaimed in Bruckner, has died aged 93.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2017
17th Feb 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including tributes to Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm and Arturo Toscanini.
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Telemann: A Portrait
Frederic de Roos (recorder), Marc Minkowski (bassoon), Patrick Beuckels (flute), Stephane Van Dijck (Evangelist), Eric Frithjof (Jesus), Caroline Pelon (soprano), Vincent Darras (countertenor), Tobias Rapp (tenor), Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Greta de Reyghere (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Henri Ledroit (countertenor) Ricercar Consort, Syntagma Amici, Lingua Franca, Ensemble Eolus, La Pastorella, Les Agremens, Wieland Kuijken
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Grammy Awards 2017
13th Feb 2017
Chris introduces the classical winners and nominees from last night's ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Victoria Livengood (Woman with Hat), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Scott Scully (Marquis), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Joshua Guerrero (Count Almaviva), Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Renée Rapier (Cherubino), Patti LuPone (Samira) LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon
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New Release Round-up - 3rd February 2017
3rd Feb 2017
Italian opera overtures, preludes, and intermezzi from Riccardo Chailly and Filarmonica della Scala, chamber music from Höör Barock and the Leonore Piano Trio, and new recordings of works by Philip Glass and Ligeti feature in this week's round-up.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2017
2nd Feb 2017
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'flexible but coherent' account of Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.
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Sokolov's Rachmaninov 3 and other tempting treats
31st Jan 2017
Chris cherry-picks some highlights from the forthcoming releases, including a rare concerto disc from the elusive Russian pianist.
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Recordings of the Year 2016 - Photo Gallery
15th Jan 2017
A selection of our 2016 winners with their awards!
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2017 Choices
13th Jan 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with a peerless Mozart Mass leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-up - 13th January 2017
13th Jan 2017
Brahms from the new Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, film music from William Alwyn and a staged version of Handel's oratorio Theodora starring Katherine Watson and Philippe Jaroussky are just some of the highlights this week.
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The Year 1917 – Music in Turbulent Times
Shlomo Mintz (violin), Anny Mory, Patricia Parker, John Mitchinson, Paul Hudson, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero Francesc, Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ian Bostridge (tenor), Boston Symphony Orchestr, Anna Prohaska (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philippe Cassard, Monique Haas (piano), Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, English Bach Festival Percussion Ensemble, English Bach Festival Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Julius Drake (piano), William Steinberg, Eric Schneider (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano), Louis Frémaux, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Neeme Järvi
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2017
11th Jan 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with one of our own top 10 discs of 2016 leading the way as Record of the Month…
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The 1980s: 25 Great Recordings
5th Jan 2017
The third of a series where we look at the greatest recordings of each decade. See what made our top 25 for the 1980s.
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Concert champêtre, Les Biches and other works
Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Tacchino, Aimée Van der Weile, Francis Poulenc & Jacques Fevrier Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maîtrise d'enfants de la Radiodiffusion Française, Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Jacques Jouineau & Henriette Roget, Pierre Dervaux
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Heinrich Schiff (1951-2016)
23rd Dec 2016
The Austrian Cellist and Conductor has died at the age of 65.
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Pappano records Saint-Saëns for Warner
22nd Dec 2016
Martha Argerich will join the Santa Cecilia Orchestra for Le carnaval des animaux.
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Presto Personal Favourites from 2016
16th Dec 2016
The Editorial team pick out their "ones that got away" from 2016 - the discs that slipped through the net but which we feel deserve a mention in despatches…
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2016
6th Dec 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with the latest instalment of a distinguished Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle leading the way as Recording of the Month.
