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Jazz New Release & Reissues Round-Up - 18th August 2022
18th Aug 2022
The latest jazz new releases, including Emma-Jean Thackray, Mike Westbrook and Tom Harrell.
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Michael Waldron on Colourise
17th Aug 2022
The director of London Choral Sinfonia discusses their new album, featuring the world premiere recordings of Lennox Berkeley's Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons and Vaughan Williams's arrangement of the Five Mystical Songs for voice, choir, piano and strings .
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Igor Levit's Tristan and other forthcoming highlights
16th Aug 2022
Other stand-out releases for the autumn include French bel canto arias from Lisette Oropesa, Szymanowski from Krystian Zimerman, Coleridge-Taylor from Chineke!, and a Kurtág-inspired musical autobiography from Víkingur Ólafsson.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 'Live at Ronnie Scott's 1963'
16th Aug 2022
This rare live recording enjoys a loving reissue from Gearbox Records, featuring Roland Kirk playing with a trio of local British musicians; Stan Tracey, Malcolm Cecil and Ronnie Stephenson.
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Symétrie Publications
16th Aug 2022
Symétrie publishes a selection of baroque, French romantic and contemporary music. Setting themselves the task of promoting the rediscovery of French musical heritage, Symétrie offers a wide choice of lesser-known works by French composers. Find out more here.
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New Music Book Publications - 15th August 2022
15th Aug 2022
A paperback edition of Nicholas Kenyon's examination of the power of music to bring people together in times of crisis; essays on the Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann; writings on French music from Berlioz to Boulez by Roger Nichols; an analysis of the stage works of Philip Glass; a study of the relationship between opera and politics in the reign of Queen Anne; and a companion to Caribbean Music.
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Anna Harvey and Mark Austin on the songs of Warlock and Howe
15th Aug 2022
The mezzo-soprano and pianist talk about their new album of English song from two unique musicians - the Tudor-inspired Peter Warlock and the contemporary composer Frederick Howe.
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Songs by Warlock and Howe
Anna Harvey, Mark Austin
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American tenor Jonathan Tetelman's debut recording
12th Aug 2022
Featuring arias by Cilea, Massenet, Verdi, Ponchielli and Mascagni, the Chile-born tenor's first album for Deutsche Grammophon reveals a powerful dark-hued voice that's allied to real interpretative subtlety.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th August 2022
12th Aug 2022
Martinů from Roger Norrington, Britten and Bridge played on a viola previously owned by both composers, piano duets by four British composers, and a final helping of Mozart from the Armida Quartett.
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Clark Terry & Big B-A-D Band, 'Live in Holland 1979'
12th Aug 2022
This archival recording by Clark Terry and his classic Big B-A-D Band showcases the trumpeter on top form with a selection of arrangements by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Phil Woods and more.
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Hal Leonard Discovery Choral Series
12th Aug 2022
Hal Leonard's Discovery Series is perfectly adapted to the classroom with chart hits and rock & pop classics arranged into varying levels of difficulty. Browse some of our all-time favourites from the series here.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 11th August 2022
11th Aug 2022
The latest jazz releases include duets by Barre Phillips and György Kurtág Jr, jazz vocalist Noriko Miyamoto reissued on Barely Breaking Even, and a new offering from Norwegian prog-rockers Motorpsycho.
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Francesco Corti on Bach
10th Aug 2022
The harpsichordist and conductor talks about the pleasures and challenges of reconstructing a harpsichord concerto from a single page of music - and how Bach's resourcefulness resonates with his own 'very Italian common-sense practical side!'.
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The Bad Plus on the band's new chapter
10th Aug 2022
We sat down with Reid Anderson, David King, Chris Speed and Ben Monder to chat about the latest incarnation of The Bad Plus, their new self-titled album, and plans for the band going forward.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2022
9th Aug 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'deliciously honest' account of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth on Harmonia Mundi.
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5 Essential Jaco Pastorius recordings
9th Aug 2022
We recommend some of our favourite recordings by the enigmatic electric bassist, from his solo records to contributions in studio sessions.
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Joel von Lerber on Légende and harp rivalries
8th Aug 2022
The Swiss harpist talks about his new album of nineteenth-century solo harp repertoire, the instrument's development over that period, and the struggle over which design would win out as its modern form.
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Légende
Joel von Lerber (harp)
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Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch from Carolyn Sampson, Allan Clayton and Joseph Middleton
5th Aug 2022
All three artists are wonderfully attuned to the wit and warmth of Wolf's set of 46 delectable miniatures, with Middleton's characterful postludes proving in a joy in themselves...
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New Release Round-Up - 5th August 2022
5th Aug 2022
Bach concertos from Masato Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan, Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 15 from Christian Lindberg, the Emperor Quartet's complete Britten recordings, and Vaughan Williams for brass band.
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Kokoroko, 'Could We Be More'
5th Aug 2022
Following up their successful 2019 self-titled EP, the London octet draw on their love of Afrobeat and contemporary jazz sounds for their diverse debut full-length album.
