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Charles Villiers Stanford Centenary Anniversary
29th Mar 2024
Charles Villiers Stanford, one of the great choral composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, died in March 1924. A number of publishers are marking the centenary of his death with new editions of his works. Find out more.
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Simon Johnson on the Easter Vigil at Westminster Cathedral
28th Mar 2024
The Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral talks about his new album on the Ad Fontes label, featuring music for the unique liturgy of the Easter Vigil.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
28th Mar 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the Anglo-Irish composer - known particularly for his sacred choral music but also a prodigious composer of chamber and orchestral works, songs, part-songs and more.
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Michiel Stekelenburg - Catharsis
27th Mar 2024
Guitarist / composer Michiel Stekelenburg takes us on a moving journey through his deepest inner emotions, looking for resolution and closure for himself, and offering up a compelling long player for us all to enjoy.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2024
26th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'deeply impressive' account of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the orchestra's own label.
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Péter Eötvös (1944-2024)
25th Mar 2024
The Hungarian composer and conductor, who adapted compositional approaches pioneered by Ligeti, Stockhausen and Boulez and drew on an eclectic range of global music traditions, has died at the age of 80.
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Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024)
25th Mar 2024
The great Italian pianist, whose impeccable technique was allied to an equally formidable intellect, has died in Milan aged 82.
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Paavo Järvi conducts Mendelssohn symphonies
22nd Mar 2024
The Estonian conductor and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present stylish, propulsive accounts of Mendelssohn's five symphonies, plus the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2024
22nd Mar 2024
A recital of Romantic orchestral songs from Véronique Gens, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Hervé Niquet, Bach's Kunst der Fuge from Masaaki Suzuki, orchestral works by Dani Howard from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Seal, and Brahms song transcriptions for solo piano from Rudolf Buchbinder.
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Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley - Journey To Where
22nd Mar 2024
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall in 2021, this collaboration between saxophonist and pianist is a charmingly sophisticated affair containing as many pleasingly interwoven musical references as you care to mention.
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Journey To Where
Trish Clowes (saxophone), Ross Stanley
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2024
22nd Mar 2024
This week's round-up includes a double instalment of double bass wizardry, a previously unreleased Alice Coltrane live recording, Kjetil Mulelid's music for ensemble, some rather out-there improvisations from Shiver & Matthew Bourne, and a collection of songs from vocalist Lauren Kinsella...
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Byron Janis (1928-2024)
20th Mar 2024
The American pianist and composer, renowned for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire and in particular of Chopin, has died.
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Beatrice Rana on Chopin and Beethoven
20th Mar 2024
The pianist talks about her new recording of Chopin's 'Funeral March' sonata and Beethoven's Hammerklavier Op. 106.
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Chopin & Beethoven: Sonatas
Beatrice Rana (piano)
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Vienna Octet Old and New
19th Mar 2024
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores two anthologies of chamber music which 'will bless your listening hours with countless joys'.
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New Sheet Music Titles - March 19th
19th Mar 2024
Piano music by Prokofiev, Grieg, and Bach; James Macmillan's Mass of St Edward the Confessor; Tarrega's transciption of Albeniz's Cadiz; early music gems for fingerstyle guitar; and pieces for flute by Ibert and Bonis.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2024 Choices
18th Mar 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Timothy Ridout's 'deft salute' to fellow viola-player Lionel Tertis on Harmonia Mundi.
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Happy Birthday, Courtney Pine!
18th Mar 2024
Presto Music celebrates the 60th birthday of British jazz giant and multiple MOBO winner Courtney Pine OBE, CBE.
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Chopin and Beethoven from Beatrice Rana
15th Mar 2024
The Italian pianist presents an unusual pairing of sonatas - a sensitive, light performance of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 complemented by a masterful and fearless Hammerklavier.
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Chopin & Beethoven: Sonatas
Beatrice Rana (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2024
15th Mar 2024
Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos, Strauss & Mahler from Rafael Payare in Montreal, and a nocturnal recital from Elīna Garanča & friends.
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From The Lone Ranger to Rigoletto
14th Mar 2024
In the fifth instalment of our Recollections series, Richard Inverne recounts how impersonating the masked hero to the strains of Rossini’s William Tell Overture as a toddler paved the way to falling in love with bel canto, Verdi, Puccini and more...
