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BBC Music Magazine - March 2022 Choices
17th Feb 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Jennifer Kloetzel and Robert Koenig's set of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano on Avie...
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ABRSM: Signature Series
17th Feb 2022
ABRSM's Signature Series is a range of authoratative performing editions of piano works, researched and edited by leading scholars. Find out more here.
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Benjamin Appl on Winterreise
16th Feb 2022
The German baritone talks to Katherine about his new recording of Schubert's great song-cycle (released on Alpha Classics last Friday) and his relationship with his late mentor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
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Schubert on Tape
14th Feb 2022
Edna Stern talks about her new album of Schubert, in which she deliberately turns back the clock on today's recording techniques to capture a more authentic performance.
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Schubert on Tape
Edna Stern (piano)
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Episode 27: A Life in Notes - The Art of Music Biography
13th Feb 2022
This week three eminent music biographers join Paul for a round-table discussion on the art of writing a music biography.
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A Life in Notes - The Art of Music Biography
13th Feb 2022
Three eminent music biographers join Paul for a round-table discussion on the art of writing a music biography.
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Episode 27: A Life in Notes - The Art of Music Biography
13th Feb 2022
This week three eminent music biographers join Paul for a round-table discussion on the art of writing a music biography.
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Andris Nelsons completes his Bruckner cycle with the Gewandhausorchester
11th Feb 2022
The Latvian conductor and his Leipzig ensemble complete their cycle of Bruckner symphonies with radiant, dramatic performances of Symphonies 1 and 5.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th February 2022
11th Feb 2022
Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth, Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda, consort music by John Jenkins from Phantasm, and Winterreise from Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu.
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Kit Downes, Petter Eldh & James Maddren, 'Vermillion'
11th Feb 2022
Pianist Kit Downes teams up with some familiar collaborators to explore the fertile ground of jazz piano trio music, with some eccentric twists along the way.
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Kit Downes, Petter Eldh & James Maddren
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Mitsuko Uchida's Diabelli Variations and other forthcoming highlights
10th Feb 2022
Other stand-out releases for March and April include Franco-Italian recitals from tenors Benjamin Bernheim and Pene Pati, Rachmaninov from Asmik Grigorian, and Sibelius from the young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th February 2022
10th Feb 2022
The latest jazz releases include a live recording of soul vocalist Omar with QCBA, duo recordings by Tony Overwater & Atzko Kohashi playing Coltrane, and Søren Kristiansen & Thomas Fonnesbæk playing the music of Oscar Peterson and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
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Lynn Arnold and Charles Matthews on Vaughan Williams and more
9th Feb 2022
David talks to the piano duo about their recent album, including a transcription of Vaughan Williams's London Symphony and Maconchy's Preludio, Fugato e Finale
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George Crumb (1929-2022)
8th Feb 2022
The American composer, whose major works include Black Angels, Vox Balaenae and Ancient Voices of Children, has died aged 92.
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Sonny Rollins, 'Saxophone Colossus'
8th Feb 2022
The highlight of Sonny Rollins' mid-50s sessions deservingly remains one of his most long-enduring recordings, as well as an essential listen of the hard bop era.
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Sonny Rollins
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John Wilson on Ravel
7th Feb 2022
The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.
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New Music Book Publications - 7th February 2022
7th Feb 2022
A collection of essays rethinking topics connected with JS Bach; a study of Beethoven's piano sonatas; an examination of the music of Elliott Carter; an exploration of the consumption of food and drink in operas; a biography of Russian pianist Maria Yudina; an assessment of music during the Cultural Revolution in China; an introduction to the links between poetry and song; and an analysis of the representation of Australian Aboriginal music and dance on public stages.
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New choral music from Iceland and England
4th Feb 2022
A double-bill of contemporary works for choir - Icelandic splendour from Graham Ross and the choir of Clare College, and Westminster commissions from Dove, Weir and Martin.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th February 2022
4th Feb 2022
Beethoven from Angela Hewitt, Bach from Leonidas Kavakos, Handel's Apollo e Dafne from Il Pomo d'Oro, and John Williams from the Berliner Philharmoniker (with the composer himself at the helm).
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Immanuel Wilkins, 'The 7th Hand'
4th Feb 2022
Immanuel Wilkins follows up his celebrated debut Omega with an equally ambitious project, exploring spiritual and free jazz sounds in pursuit of what the saxophonist calls 'vesselhood'.
