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Jimmy Smith
20th Jun 2019
Another week, another new article heading, this one incorporating Classic album of the Week (it's their fault for showing me how to add categories). Jimmy Smith transformed the Hammond organ into a pukka jazz beast, so let's go Back to the Chicken Shack with Jimmy and also indulge in a brief(ish) history of the mighty B3, and its dark twin, the Leslie cabinet.
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Johannes Pramsohler on early trio sonatas
20th Jun 2019
The Paris-based violinist talks to David about his double-bill of new albums exploring the trio sonata in England and France, and the Italianate influences on its early evolution.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2019
19th Jun 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, with the top spot going to Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances's vivid accounts of Charpentier's Bible scenes.
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Cecilia Bartoli in L'Italiana in Algeri and other forthcoming highlights
18th Jun 2019
The Roman mezzo returns to her Rossinian roots in her role-debut as the irrepressible ‘Italian Girl’ abroad Isabella in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s contemporary staging, filmed at Salzburg last year.
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Cecilia Bartoli (Isabella), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà), Alessandro Corbelli (Taddeo), Rebeca Olvera (Elvira), Rosa Bove (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly) Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
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Hugo Ticciati on Purcell From The Ground Up
17th Jun 2019
The British-born violinist talks to David about his latest eclectic album with Ensemble O/Modernt, exploring a web of musical connections emanating from Purcell's chaconnes.
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Kayhan Kalhor
17th Jun 2019
Matt enjoys a collaboration between master kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and the dutch Rembrandt Frerichs Trio on their evocative new album.
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Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019)
16th Jun 2019
The Italian opera and film director, whose lavish, spectacular stagings remain in production in many of the world's major houses, has died aged 96.
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Vox Luminis explore cantatas by the Bach family
14th Jun 2019
David listens to the Belgian ensemble's latest album, tracing the evolution of the cantata through the older branches of the Bach family tree.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019
14th Jun 2019
New recordings from Renée Fleming, Herbert Blomstedt, Matthew Barley and Pieter Wispelwey, plus DVDs/Blu-rays of two operatic rarities: Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane and Mercadante’s Didone abbandonata.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019
14th Jun 2019
You never think it's going to happen to you, listening to British trad jazz comps and enjoying them.... find out more by joining Matt for a nice cup of tea at his weekly new-release drop-in centre.
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Fairweather-Brown All Stars, Sandy Brown's Jazz Band, Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet), The Dill Jones Trio, Kenny Baker's Dozen, Kenny Baker's Ensemble, Kenny Baker's Half Dozen, Fat John's Band, The John Dankworth Seven, George Chisholm & His Jive Five
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Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil
13th Jun 2019
The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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Matthew Barley (cello) Sinfonietta Riga
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Naked City
13th Jun 2019
The first in Matt's more self-indulgent, pretentiously titled Tangents series of articles. Join him back in 1989, for a sunday encounter with New York's finest improvisers at a rep theatre in the east midlands.
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Boxed Set Selections - June 2019
12th Jun 2019
A celebration of Brigitte Fassbaender at 80, Karajan’s Bruckner and Tchaikovsky re-mastered, Myaskovsky’s complete string quartets, and DVD collections from Glyndebourne and the Wiener Staatsoper.
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BBC Music Magazine - July 2019 Choices
11th Jun 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Rachel Podger, András Schiff, Julian Prégardien, and Markus Maskuniitty.
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Edition Peters: Silk Road Library
11th Jun 2019
In association with the Central Conservatory of Music Press in Beijing, Edition Peters have released six new orchestral works by China's leading contemporary composers inspired by the cultural exchange and rich legacy of the Silk Road.
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John Andrews on Arne's The Judgment of Paris
10th Jun 2019
The conductor talks to David about his new recording of Thomas Arne's long-forgotten work, inspired by the contest of the three goddesses in Greek mythology.
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New Music Book Publications - 10th June 2019
10th Jun 2019
Biographies of Richard Strauss and Alma Mahler; a reassessment of the music of Steve Reich; a lavishly-illustrated guide to music theory for children; a look at the music of the British landscape; and the story of the lives of the writing duo behind countless hit musicals on both stage and screen, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
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Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Live in Graz, 1961
10th Jun 2019
A fascinating document of this groundbreaking trio live in Switzerland in 1961, this offers plenty of nourishment for those willing to enter an abstract musical world.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2019
7th Jun 2019
Matt's usual pithy look at some of the latest releases, lacklustre attempts at humour, lots of vinyl and actually some pretty good releases.
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Samuel Barber's Vanessa from Glyndebourne
7th Jun 2019
The Pulitzer-winning 1958 opera receives a vividly cinematic staging from Keith Warner in its first outing on DVD and Blu-ray, filmed at the Sussex festival last summer.
