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Lucie Horsch on Vivaldi
1st Dec 2016
The Dutch recorder-player talks to Katherine about her debut disc on Decca.
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Diana Damrau releases for 2017
30th Nov 2016
Next year will bring DVDs of operas by Bizet, Salieri and Donizetti, plus a Meyerbeer recital disc in the spring, all on Warner Classics and Erato.
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico Ashton), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo Di Ravenswood), David Lee (Lord Arturo Bucklaw), Nicolas Testé (Raimondo Bidebent), Marie Mclaughlin (Alisa) & Andrew Lepri Meyer (Normanno) Münchener Opernchor & Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 Chopin Piano Competition, performs Chopin
25th Nov 2016
James enjoys International Chopin Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho's debut studio album, featuring (unsurprisingly!) Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades.
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2016 Choices
24th Nov 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices - a round-up of the month's best releases in the operatic, concerto, instrumental, vocal and other genres.
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Matthias Goerne records Bach, Schumann and Wagner
22nd Nov 2016
The German bass-baritone embarks on three new projects on Harmonia Mundi in 2017.
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia Varak (Siegrune), Okka von der Damerau (Grimgerde), Laura Nykänen (Rossweise) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Discs of the Year 2016 - our top 100
18th Nov 2016
Our top 100 Discs of the Year are revealed in full…
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Lisa Batiashvili performs Violin Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
18th Nov 2016
James listens to the Georgian violinist's new double-bill of concertos, with the Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim.
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Anne Sofie von Otter on So Many Things
17th Nov 2016
The Swedish mezzo talks to Katherine about her eclectic new album with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, out now on Naïve.
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Decca sign up young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
15th Nov 2016
The 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year and RPS Society Award winner will make his debut on the label with Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.
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Matthias Goerne sings Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre
11th Nov 2016
Katherine listens to the next instalment in Naxos's Ring Cycle, conducted by Jaap van Zweden.
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Graham Ross on 'Remembrance'
10th Nov 2016
David talks to the musical director of Clare College choir about his new disc of Remembrance-themed choral works.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2016
9th Nov 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Bach French Suites from a veteran pianist on Deutsche Grammophon leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016)
7th Nov 2016
A tribute to the Hungarian pianist and conductor who died in November 2016 aged 64.
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Elīna Garanča sings dramatic arias for mezzo-soprano
4th Nov 2016
Katherine enjoys the Latvian mezzo's new recital disc of dramatic arias.
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Joyce DiDonato on 'In War and Peace'
3rd Nov 2016
The great American mezzo answers our questions, on camera, about her 'most personal project to date'.
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John Rutter on his new violin concerto
3rd Nov 2016
The popular British composer talks to David about his new album, featuring the world-premiere performance of his new violin concerto with strings and upper-voice choir.
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Joyce DiDonato on 'In War and Peace'
3rd Nov 2016
The great American mezzo answers our questions about her 'most personal project to date'.
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Isabelle Faust plays Mozart's Violin Concertos
28th Oct 2016
David enjoys Isabelle Faust's new complete set of Mozart's Violin Concertos with Il Giardino Armonico.
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Steven Osborne on Beethoven
27th Oct 2016
The Scottish pianist talks to Katherine about his new recording of the Hammerklavier Sonata on Hyperion.
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 90, 101 & 106
Steven Osborne (piano)
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John Butt on Bach's Christmas Oratorio
24th Oct 2016
David talks to the Dunedin Consort's director about his latest recording of choral Bach.
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Mary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5. Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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