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Presto CD - 62 new titles from Mercury Living Presence, ASV, Argo and more
19th Nov 2015
Chris introduces the latest batch of Presto CDs - featuring twentieth-century music from the Black Box label, light music from White Line and a host of other gems to be rediscovered.
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Gershwin in Hollywood
17th Nov 2015
The John Wilson Orchestra record classic Gershwin live at the Royal Albert Hall for Warner Classics.
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Robert Craft (1923-2015)
16th Nov 2015
David remembers the venerable Stravinskian Robert Craft, who has died at the age of 92.
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Seong-Jin Cho: Winner of the 2015 Chopin Piano Competition
13th Nov 2015
David listens to the young South Korean pianist's debut recording on DG.
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Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
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Presto CD – over 70 more DG titles
12th Nov 2015
Chris introduces over 70 more DG titles, featuring legendary artists such as Kathleen Battle, Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and more.
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Nelson Goerner on Chopin
11th Nov 2015
David talks to the pianist about the competition circuit, duetting with Martha Argerich, and his forthcoming recordings of Beethoven and Chopin.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2015
9th Nov 2015
Chris introduces this month's Crème de la crème…
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Sibelius Symphonies from Okko Kamu and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra
6th Nov 2015
James listens to Sibelius from Okko Kamu and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
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Vasily Petrenko on Scriabin
5th Nov 2015
David talks to the conductor about the launch of his Scriabin project with the Oslo Philharmonic.
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Mendelssohn in Egypt
4th Nov 2015
Robert King records Mendelssohn's 1833 orchestration of Handel's oratorio.
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Mark Elder conducts Gounod's La Colombe
30th Oct 2015
Katherine listens to Gounod's charming comic opera, with farce and avian nonsense aplenty.
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Presto CD - over 100 new titles
29th Oct 2015
Reissues from the ASV, White Line, Gaudeamus and Chamber Orchestra of Europe labels.
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Delphian Records sign The Syred Consort
27th Oct 2015
Debut recording of Lotti premieres will be released in April 2016.
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Alina Ibragimova plays violin concertos by Bach
23rd Oct 2015
David listens to the latest album from the young star violinist, featuring five violin concertos by JS Bach.
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Presto CD - over 100 new Philips titles
22nd Oct 2015
Featured artists include Alfred Brendel, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Bruggen and Bernard Haitink.
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Chopin Competition Winner - Seong-Jin Cho
21st Oct 2015
Debut release on Deutsche Grammophon just a few weeks away…
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Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
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Brazilian Adventures with Ex Cathedra
20th Oct 2015
Conductor and musicologist Jeffrey Skidmore talks to David about his latest CD of Latin American Baroque rarities, and about musical heritages lost and found.
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Igor Levit plays music by Bach, Beethoven, and Rzewski
16th Oct 2015
Katherine listens to three sets of variations from the formidable Russian-German pianist Igor Levit.
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Igor Levit plays Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski
Igor Levit (piano)
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Presto CD - 50 more DG Archiv titles
15th Oct 2015
Chris introduces the latest batch of Presto CDs, focusing on the early-music catalogue of DG Archiv.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2015
13th Oct 2015
Masaaki Suzuki's recital of Bach organ works, recorded by BIS in Groningen, leads the pack this month…
