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Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
25th Apr 2019
In 1959 Sonny Rollins decided he needed a break in order to grow as a musician and left the New York music scene. After two years of practising every day on the Williamsburg Bridge, accompanied only by the cry of seagulls and trains rolling by, he returned with this terrific album.
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Valentina Lisitsa on Tchaikovsky
24th Apr 2019
The Ukrainian pianist talks to David about her monumental latest recording project - the complete solo piano works of Tchaikovsky.
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Heather Harper (1930-2019)
23rd Apr 2019
The Belfast-born soprano, who sang in the premiere of Britten's War Requiem and created the role of Mrs Coyle in his Owen Wingrave, has died aged 88.
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Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, Coventry Festival Choir, Boys of Holy Trinity, Leamington and Holy Trinity, Stratford, Meredith Davies (CBSO), Benjamin Britten (Melos)
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Lang Lang Piano Book
23rd Apr 2019
Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang has just released his brand new publication Lang Lang Piano Book. This collaboration with British publisher Faber Music accompanies his eagerly awaited new solo album Piano Book with Universal Group and Deutsche Grammophon. Find out more about the pianist and his sheet music publications here.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2019 Choices
22nd Apr 2019
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, Imogen Cooper, Jodie Devos, and Edgar Moreau.
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Elliot Galvin - Modern Times
19th Apr 2019
My Recording of the Week is Elliot Galvin's hugely enjoyable Modern Times. I recently chatted with Elliot about his inspiration for recording direct to vinyl.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th April
19th Apr 2019
Plenty to get excited about this week - not least Eliott Galvin’s Modern Times my Recording of the Week plus Sheila Jordan, Wes Montgomery, Polly Gibbons, Hamds on Strings and Angelique Kidjo.
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Schumann from Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes
19th Apr 2019
The German bass-baritone brings near-Wagnerian intensity to Schumann's two great cycles of 1840, yet he and Andsnes are at their most spellbinding in the introspective songs.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th April 2019
19th Apr 2019
New releases from Vasily Petrenko, Valery Gergiev, Kristian Bezuidenhout and Pablo Heras-Casado, plus previously-unpublished Schumann and Wolf from Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten.
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Pēteris Vasks
18th Apr 2019
The Latvian composer talks to David about his new album of choral works, featuring two large-scale liturgical compositions and written as a centenary present to his country.
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Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds
18th Apr 2019
A conference of the finest players on the free music scene in the early seventies, Matt argues that Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds is one of the great seventies jazz albums.
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BBC Proms 2019 - Our Top Related Recordings
17th Apr 2019
Katherine picks out some highlights from this year's season (announced this morning) and recommends related recordings.
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2019
16th Apr 2019
An Offenbach bicentenary edition from Warner Classics, Sir John Eliot Gardiner's period-instrument accounts of Berlioz on Philips, and Carlo Maria Giulini's complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Decca.
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New Music Book Publications - 15th April 2019
15th Apr 2019
Biographies of composers such as Michael Tippett, Paul Dukas, Debussy, and Duruflé; discussions of the relationship between music and consciousness; an account of the life of pop icon Paul Simon; an examination of musical theatre in the context of issues of race, culture, and identity; and the official, comprehensive guide to this year's BBC Proms festival with full listings of every concert.
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Carolyn Sampson on Reason in Madness
15th Apr 2019
The soprano talks to Katherine about her Nietzsche-inspired recital of songs depicting vulnerable women by Debussy, Koechlin, Poulenc, Schumann and others, out now on BIS.
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Herlin Riley Perpetual Optimism
12th Apr 2019
Matt is buzzing off Herlin Riley's Perpetual Optimism. This addictive new album is our Recording of the Week - read on to find out why.
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Herlin Riley (drums)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2019
12th Apr 2019
Matt assesses the week's new jazz releases, with quality releases from Herlin Riley, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan.
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András Schiff plays late Schubert
12th Apr 2019
The Hungarian-born pianist brings introspective poetry to two late sonatas, the Four Impromptus D899 and the Drei Klavierstücke D946, recorded on his Franz Brodmann fortepiano from 1820.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2019
12th Apr 2019
New albums from Evgeny Kissin & the Emerson Quartet, Renaud Capuçon & David Fray, Boris Giltburg, Florilegium, and Les Vents Français.
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Tasmin Little reflects on her career
11th Apr 2019
In the wake of winning Personality of the Year at last night's BBC Music Magazine Awards, the British violinist chats to Katherine about her life in music and her plans for retirement.
