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Veronica Swift - This Bitter Earth
19th Mar 2021
Vocalist Veronica Swift's second record with Mack Avenue tackles some much wider-spread themes such as sexism, racism and misinformation on her excellent follow-up to 2019's Confessions.
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Julian Perkins on John Eccles's Semele
18th Mar 2021
The conductor and keyboardist talks about his recent recording of John Eccles's tragic Semele with the Academy of Ancient Music.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th March 2021
18th Mar 2021
Futuristic jazz-hop, improvised electroacoustic music and classical guitar works composed by Pat Metheny are among our favourite recent releases in this week's round-up.
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Joyce DiDonato's Winterreise and other forthcoming highlights
17th Mar 2021
A novel take on Schubert's Winter Journey from the American mezzo and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, plus Schoenberg from Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Vaughan Williams from Antonio Pappano, and Péter Eötvös's new violin concerto from its dedicatee Isabelle Faust.
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James Levine (1943-2021)
17th Mar 2021
The American conductor and pianist, who served as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera for forty years before his career ended amid allegations of sexual abuse, has died aged 77.
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Renaud Capuçon on Elgar
16th Mar 2021
The French violinist talks to Katherine about recording the Violin Concerto and Sonata with Sir Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra, and Stephen Hough.
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Grammy Winners 2021
15th Mar 2021
Chris introduces the winning classical albums from this year's ceremony, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
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Grammy Winners 2021
15th Mar 2021
Matt introduces the winning jazz albums from this year's ceremony, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
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Michael Janisch on managing Whirlwind Recordings
13th Mar 2021
We sat down with bassist and Whirlwind Recordings label boss Michael Janisch to discuss his beginnings in music, and how managing a label can present new challenges every year.
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French Piano Duets from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne
12th Mar 2021
In a true meeting of musical minds, the two superb pianists team up once again for a delectable programme of miniatures by Fauré, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Debussy and Ravel.
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French duets
Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 12th March 2021
12th Mar 2021
Ives symphonies from Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the world premiere recording of Ludomir Różycki's 1944 Violin Concerto, and Strauss, Berg and Zemlinsky from Sandrine Piau.
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Cameron Graves - Seven
12th Mar 2021
Growing up in LA's bustling rock and metal scene, Cameron Graves channels these influences into his intense new album, Seven.
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Julian Perkins on Stephen Dodgson
11th Mar 2021
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world première recording of the 1979 chamber-opera Margaret Catchpole, which tells the story of a Suffolk servant-girl who was deported to Australia for stealing a horse in the late eighteenth century.
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Celebrating Astor Piazzolla's 100th Anniversary
11th Mar 2021
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. A composer whose works revolutionised the traditional tango into a new style termed Nuevo Tango, incorporating elements from both jazz and classical music. Find out more here.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 11th March 2021
11th Mar 2021
A live set of Anthony Braxton, solo saxophone pieces and world-fusion jazz are amongst our picks for this week's new release round-up.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2021
10th Mar 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by Hilary Hahn's 'Paris' album (featuring music by Chausson, Prokofiev and Rautavaara) on Deutsche Grammophon.
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James Newby on I Wonder as I Wander
9th Mar 2021
The young British baritone talks to Katherine about his career to date, and his debut recording of songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten on BIS.
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New Music Book Publications - 8th March 2021
8th Mar 2021
A psychological analysis of legendary opera singer, Maria Callas; a study of the songs of Fanny Hensel; an exploration of Lutheran themes present in the music of Bach; an examination of ten conductors' annotated scores of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony; a new edition of Nicholas Cook's classic introduction to music; and handbooks on music and philosophy, and community music.
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Episode 13: Symphonic Titans - Bruckner & Mahler with Peter Quantrill
7th Mar 2021
Bruckner and Mahler are the focus of this week's show, as Paul Thomas is joined by Gramophone writer Peter Quantrill to assess a couple of recent box-sets devoted to each composer.
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Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler's Tenth Symphony
5th Mar 2021
The Minnesota Orchestra and their Music Director give a tumultuous, emotional account of Mahler's final, unfinished symphony, in the performing version by Deryck Cooke.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
