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Gustavo Dudamel conducts Dante, a new ballet by Thomas Adès
21st Apr 2023
Based on Dante's La Divina Commedia, Thomas Adès's three-part ballet receives a virtuosic performance from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with music that moves from the grotesque to the sublime, incorporating a touch of Franz Liszt along the way.
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New Music Book Publications - 10th April 2023
10th Apr 2023
Reflections on music and performance from tenor Ian Bostridge, a history of music across different cultures through the millennia, an exploration of how A=440 hertz became the international standard for concert tuning, the life and times of Dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock, a study of minstrels in late medieval England, and an examination of how Spanish folk music was collected during the early years of the Franco regime.
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New Music Book Publications - 27th March 2023
27th Mar 2023
A paperback edition of Steven Isserlis's book discussing Bach's Cello Suites, a guide to improvising fugues at the keyboard, the story of Nina Anisimova and her survival in the Soviet gulag, an approach to teaching choral singing using the Kodály concept, an assessment of British musical films after the Second World War, and an exploration of how science has helped to shape the evolution of music.
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Strauss and Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra
24th Mar 2023
The LSO and their Principal Guest Conductor present sumptuous, radiant performances of two virtuosic orchestral showpieces: Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Debussy's Jeux.
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New Music Book Publications - 13th March 2023
13th Mar 2023
An examination of errors and misprints in published editions of orchestral music, a biography of four largely-forgotten women composers, a guide to the violin and clarinet for children from the LSO, reception history of Haydn and Mozart during the nineteenth century, a study of music at British coronations from 1603 to the present, and a collection of Brian Eno's diaries.
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Antonio Pappano conducts Puccini's Turandot
10th Mar 2023
Sondra Radvanovsky and Jonas Kaufmann lead a stellar cast in a sumptuous account from Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Puccini's final opera.
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New Music Book Publications - 27th February 2023
27th Feb 2023
A study of the impact that singing can have on well-being, a companion to serialism, conversations with Black American composers, an exploration of Copland's visits to Latin America, a guide to the viola, a discussion of Kylie Minogue's debut album and its effect on the music industry, and an analysis of how listening to music affects the unconscious mind.
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New Music Book Publications - 6th February 2023
6th Feb 2023
A memoir of childhood from pianist Stephen Hough, an examination of the works of Beethoven, a biography of influential musicologist Edward J. Dent, an exploration of the importance of the symphony in Germany and the United States in 1933, an analysis of why dance matters, and paperback reissues of books on how the brain interprets musical patterns in different ways and the relationship between sound recording technology and American literature.
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John Wilson and Sinfonia of London perform music for strings by English composers
3rd Feb 2023
Following on from their 2021 album of English music for strings, John Wilson and his orchestra offer a spectacular selection of works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Herbert Howells, and Delius.
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New Music Book Publications - 23rd January 2023
23rd Jan 2023
An insight into the conducting profession, a discussion of the impact of Nietzsche on the composition of Mahler's first four symphonies, books on performers including Dame Nellie Melba, Edith Piaf, and Fred Astaire, and topics such as music and technology, Western music philosophy, Enlightenment thought in relation to the late works of Beethoven and Schubert, experimental music, and the concept of voice in late eighteenth-century Italy.
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New Music Book Publications - 9th January 2023
9th Jan 2023
Books on composers such as Brahms, Bach (Johann Sebastian as well as Carl Philipp Emanuel), Bliss, and Alan Bush, an insight into the life of pianist Igor Levit during lockdown, plus topics including seventeenth-century opera, women and music in Ireland, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley, and the liturgical traditions of the Old Hispanic Office in Early Medieval Iberia.
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The Takács Quartet perform string quartets by Ravel, Dutilleux, and Stephen Hough
6th Jan 2023
Stylish and refined performances of two pillars of the twentieth-century French quartet repertoire sit alongside a newly-composed gem by Stephen Hough.
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Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets
Takács Quartet
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New Music Book Publications - 14th November 2022
14th Nov 2022
An exploration of the relationship between music and homesickness in the works of Dvořák, Elgar, Bartók and Britten; a paperback edition of Oxford University Press's handbook of opera; a picture book introducing children to musical notation from Julie Andrews; a biography of choreographer, George Balanchine; and a collection of writings on jazz by Black journalists and critics.
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New Music Book Publications - 26th October 2022
26th Oct 2022
Essays on the music of Handel written in honour of Donald Burrows; a revised edition of a handbook of diction for singers; a paperback edition of Susan Tomes's guide to the history of the piano; essays on music by women composers in the first half of the twentieth century; activities to assist with teaching musical composition to young students; a biography of Bob Dylan; and a companion to the genre of German experimental music known as Krautrock.
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Hans Rott's Symphony in E major from Jakub Hrůša
21st Oct 2022
The Czech conductor and his Bamberg orchestra offer a magnificent account of a work not heard until more than a century after it was written, by a composer described by Gustav Mahler as "the founder of the new symphony".
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Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
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New Music Book Publications - 11th October 2022
11th Oct 2022
Two biographies of Ralph Vaughan Williams for his anniversary year; a survey of music in the Romantic age; a collection of puzzles and brainteasers from Classic FM; an introduction to Western music in the twentieth century; a history of Welsh music; books offering tips for viola and horn players; a look at the phenomenon of the execution ballad in Europe from 1500; and an account of the modern brass ensemble in twentieth-century Britain.
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Krystian Zimerman performs piano music by Szymanowski
30th Sep 2022
The Polish pianist offers a selection of pieces by his compatriot, in performances that are often highly idiosyncratic yet always thoughtful, intelligent, and full of staggering technical and expressive mastery.
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Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
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New Music Book Publications - 26th September 2022
26th Sep 2022
An exploration of the impact which The Beatles and James Bond had on British culture and constructions of masculinity, the story of the 1957 musical The Music Man and its creator Meredith Willson, an analysis of more than a century's worth of recorded performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, and a brief history of time-keeping devices in music.
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Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture in Full Score
23rd Sep 2022
Omni Music Publishing presents the full orchestral score of Jerry Goldsmith's complete music from the 1979 film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Find out more about this and other Omni publications here.
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Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson
15th Sep 2022
James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.
