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Richard Wagner
1st Mar 2015
James selects some of his favourite audio and video recordings of the music of Richard Wagner from amongst the many outstanding available accounts.
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Presto CD - More Mercury Living Presence
28th Feb 2015
35 new titles, from artists including Byron Janis, Henryk Szeryng Antal Doráti, and The Romeros.
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Pappano records Aida in Rome
25th Feb 2015
Anja Harteros and Jonas Kaufmann head a stellar cast on this forthcoming recording with the Santa Cecilia orchestra.
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French Opera Arias from Bryan Hymel and Piotr Beczala
23rd Feb 2015
Katherine enjoys a double-whammy of new releases from two young star tenors - Bryan Hymel and Piotr Beczala.
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Presto CD - Philips
21st Feb 2015
21 new titles, from artists including Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, and the Guarneri Quartet.
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JS Bach Choral & Vocal Works
20th Feb 2015
This week it's David's turn to attempt the impossible - whittling down the huge and distinguished choral discography of JS Bach and picking out the very best.
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St Matthew Passion (period choice)
Deborah York, Julia Gooding (sopranos), Magdalena Kozená, Susan Bickley (mezzo-sopranos), Mark Padmore - Evangelist, James Gilchrist (tenors), Peter Harvey - Jesus, Stephan Loges (basses) Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
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An early Christmas with Stile Antico
19th Feb 2015
Flemish and German festive music from the outstanding young vocal ensemble.
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John McCabe (1939-2015)
17th Feb 2015
David remembers the English composer-pianist, who has died aged 75.
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Presto CD - Westminster
17th Feb 2015
18 titles, focusing primarily on great orchestral recordings from the 1950s and 60s.
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Schnittke from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
16th Feb 2015
James listens to Alfred Schnittke's bold, polystylistic Third Symphony, performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski.
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Giuseppe Verdi
14th Feb 2015
Katherine attempts to whittle her list of favourite Verdi recordings into double figures…
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Verdi: Aida
Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (Ramfis), Luigi Roni (Il Re di Egitto), Madelyn Renée (Una Sacerdotessa), Ernesto Gavazzi (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel
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A road-trip with the Aurora Orchestra
13th Feb 2015
David talks to the Orchestra's conductor Nicholas Collon about their innovative new American-inspired album.
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The 2015 Grammy Awards.
9th Feb 2015
Announcing the winners and finalists of the eight classical categories at this year's awards…
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Zemlinsky String Quartets from the Brodsky Quartet
9th Feb 2015
Katherine enjoys string quartets by the Romantic composer Alexander Zemlinsky, performed by the Brodsky Quartet.
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Zemlinsky: String Quartets
Brodsky Quartet
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Presto CD - DG Archiv
7th Feb 2015
Introducing 36 newly-released titles from Deutsche Grammophon Archiv…
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Orchestral & Choral Works
6th Feb 2015
James attempts the Herculean task of choosing his favourite recordings of orchestral and choral works by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Flight of Angels
4th Feb 2015
David talks to Harry Christophers about his new disc of polyphonic gems from the Spanish Renaissance with The Sixteen.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2015
3rd Feb 2015
Chris introduces the crème de la crème from this month's issue, including Piotr Anderszewski's Bach English Suites, which scoops Recording of the Month…
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Brahms Serenades from Riccardo Chailly
2nd Feb 2015
James listens to Riccardo Chailly's latest disc of Brahms with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester.
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Brahms: Serenades
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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Presto CD - DG Originals
31st Jan 2015
Introducing 19 newly-released titles from Deutsche Grammophon Originals.
