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BBC Music Magazine - June 2022 Choices
8th Jun 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'mesmerising' debut recording of Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland from the Castalian String Quartet on Delphian.
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Franz Welser-Möst on Richard Strauss
7th Jun 2022
The Austrian conductor talks to Katherine about his lifelong affection for the composer's music, his new recording of Macbeth, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel with the Cleveland Orchestra, and why their home at Severance Hall is 'the absolute perfect setting' for some of Strauss's most magical moments...
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - June 2022
6th Jun 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the June 2022 issue include Trish Clowes' A View With a Room, Mary Halvorson's two new records, and Jeremy Pelt.
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New Presto CD titles from the Decca & DG catalogues
6th Jun 2022
Performances from Andras Schiff and music of the First Viennese School feature in the latest additions to the Presto CD range.
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John Williams conducts Anne-Sophie Mutter in his new Violin Concerto
3rd Jun 2022
John Williams continues his collaboration with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, joining forces with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere recording of his Violin Concerto No. 2.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd June 2022
3rd Jun 2022
Bolcom rags from Marc-André Hamelin, Hahn from Pavel Kolesnikov, Schumann from Pablo Heras-Casado, and the world premiere recording of Handel's pasticcio Caio Fabriccio from London Early Opera.
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Steve Davis, 'Bluesthetic'
3rd Jun 2022
Steve Davis' latest album with Smoke Sessions reunites the trombonist with a quintet of close collaborators from his long career, as they tackle a quality set of originals underpinned by a love of blues and swing.
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Steve Davis
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2022
2nd Jun 2022
Starkly beautiful Purcell, Strozzi, Eccles and Park from Helen Charlston and Toby Carr, plus a vivid, vulnerable Violetta from Lisette Oropesa on Pentatone's new Traviata, and punch-packing Rachmaninov from Steven Osborne on Hyperion.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd June 2022
2nd Jun 2022
New music from Mats Gustafsson, a reissue of a Bill Evans classic, and the latest instalment of Jazz Is Dead are amongst our picks for new jazz releases this week.
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The Presto Chart - May 2022
1st Jun 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Brahms quintets from the Pavel Haas Quartet and guests Boris Giltburg and Pavel Nikl on Supraphon in first place...
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Thomas Trotter: Encores for Organ
1st Jun 2022
New from Oxford University Press, Encores for Organ is a collection of twelve varied pieces arranged by celebrated recitalist Thomas Trotter. Find out more about this publication and other recent organ sheet music here.
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Guitar works by John Brunning
31st May 2022
Composer John Brunning and guitarist Xuefei Yang talk about working together on an album of John's works for the guitar.
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Shabaka, 'Afrikan Culture'
31st May 2022
The London multireedist of Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming fame releases his first full solo project, a short album of meditative woodwind music.
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New Music Book Publications - 30th May 2022
30th May 2022
A guide to Mahler's Second Symphony; a biography of Malcolm Arnold; a look at the life and works of the late Stephen Sondheim; a discussion of the development of the symphony throughout history; a collection of mind-expanding musical ideas from broadcaster Tom Service; a memoir from pianist Jeremy Denk; and the relationship between cinema and the music of Franz Liszt.
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Jakub Józef Orliński on Farewells
30th May 2022
The Polish countertenor discusses his new album of songs by his compatriots, why he thinks his native language is 'a big, beautiful playground' for singers, and how his friendship with pianist Michał Biel began with 'a story of rejection!'.
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Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano)
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Sopranista from Samuel Mariño
27th May 2022
The young Venezuelan's silvery timbre and stratospheric high notes provide thrills aplenty in arias by Mozart, Saint-Georges, Cimarosa and Gluck - most of them composed for soprano castratos.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th May 2022
27th May 2022
Rameau from György Vashegyi, Lisette Oropesa in La traviata, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, and a box-set of the complete Vaughan Williams symphonies with Richard Hickox & Sir Andrew Davis.
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Andrés Thor, 'Hereby'
27th May 2022
The globe-trotting Icelandic guitarist's new album is a masterclass of the Metheny-style guitar trio, bringing the rawness of classic rock acts to the time-honoured tradition.
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Andrés Thor
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Golda Schultz on This Be Her Verse
26th May 2022
The South African soprano discusses her debut solo recording - a 'love-letter to women in music' featuring songs by Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Rebecca Clarke and Nadia Boulanger, plus a new commission by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Lila Palmer.
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Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2022
26th May 2022
The latest jazz releases include the solo artist debut of Shabaka Hutchings, child prodigy Joey Alexander on Mack Avenue, and Ubuntu Music's Aid for Ukraine.
