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St David's Day - Music from Wales
1st Mar 2024
A selection of music from Wales - Welsh and English songs for voice and piano, orchestral works, choral music and more.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st March 2024
1st Mar 2024
Smetana's Má Vlast from Semyon Bychkov & the Czech Philharmonic, a live recording of Wagner's Parsifal from Vienna (starring Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Ludovic Tézier), Saint-Saëns from Lang Lang, and Donizetti's L'esule di Roma from Carlo Rizzi on Opera Rara.
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FIRE! - Testament
1st Mar 2024
The raucous Scandinavian trio go back to basics, tearing up the rulebook and starting all over again in the expressionistic fashion they know best!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st March 2024
1st Mar 2024
Our Round-Up this week presents emotive Finnish jazz, a new turn for the British masters, some Dutch pizzazz and two organists, both alike in dignity but completely opposing in style...
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The Unsung Composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood
29th Feb 2024
In the fourth instalment of our Recollections series, Briana Hilton delves into the legacies of three giants of film music: Max Steiner, Franz Waxman and Bernard Herrmann.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - The Singing Nun
28th Feb 2024
On a new recording, the singing Ethiopian nun mesmerises with her hauntingly beautiful piano compositions, deeply rooted in Ethiopian spiritual and folk traditions.
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OperAria: The Ideal Vocal Coach
28th Feb 2024
All sixteen volumes of OperAria are now available to purchase! Find out more.
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2024
27th Feb 2024
This month's heavyweights include Copland's collected recordings of his own works on Columbia, an anthology of Nordic symphonies, Gianandrea Noseda's Beethoven cycle with the National Symphony Orchestra, and a celebration of John Williams released by Universal Music France.
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Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engset, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Niklas Willén, Petter Sundkvist, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engset
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Bartók, Janáček and Szymanowski from Piotr Anderszewski
26th Feb 2024
The pianist talks about his new album of piano works from Central Europe, featuring Bartók Bagatelles, the second book of Janáček's On an Overgrown Path and Szymanowski Mazurkas.
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Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
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Episode 48: Doubling Brahms - Busoni and his violin concerto with Francesca Dego
24th Feb 2024
The violinist talks about her new recording of violin concertos by Brahms and Busoni on Chandos - explaining why she was drawn to the Italian composer's music, how his violin concerto reveals his profound admiration for Brahms's, and what happens when a wife-and-husband musician couple take to the stage together.
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Janáček's Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra
23rd Feb 2024
Amanda Majeski is riveting as the doomed heroine grasping for happiness in the face of a loveless marriage (and a monstrous mother-in-law) in provincial Russia, with Rattle expertly balancing the score's elemental power and claustrophobic intensity.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd February 2024
23rd Feb 2024
Bruckner from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stravinsky & Falla from Pablo Heras-Casado & the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen & Arcangelo, and Gershwin from Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Michael Feinstein.
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Joel Ross - nublues
23rd Feb 2024
On his exceptional fourth album for Blue Note, the vibraphonist explores the ins-and-outs of the blues with the help of a fresh mindset and an equally reflective band.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd February 2024
23rd Feb 2024
This week's selection of highlights delivers the new generation of Japanese jazz, young London-based guitar talent, an Italian master, lost takes from a R&B legend and some Danish electro-mania that'll make you freak out...
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Chopin from Yunchan Lim and other forthcoming highlights
22nd Feb 2024
The youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition makes his debut on Decca with the complete Chopin Études, with other stand-outs for the spring including new operas based on Stephen King's The Shining and Michael Cunningham's The Hours.
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Austin Peralta's Legendary Spacewalk
22nd Feb 2024
As a deluxe edition of his magnum opus Endless Planets is released on vinyl for the very first time, we take a look back at the all-too-brief life and career of the visionary American piano prodigy.
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Austin Peralta
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Early Music Round-Up - February 2024
20th Feb 2024
A double-bill of French Baroque Te Deums from Ensemble Les Surprises and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, a second helping of Locke's adventurous consort music from Phantasm, magnificent English rediscoveries from Solomon's Knot, world-premiere recordings of Barbara Strozzi from Giulia Bolcato and REMER Ensemble, and more.
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Three Guitars for the Starter
20th Feb 2024
Picking up a guitar for the first time is a capital experience that becomes the genesis for a lifelong expedition into music. The guitar is great fun and also allows the player to be introduced to musicianship and to increase one's musical knowledge in a fun and rewarding way.
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New Sheet Music Titles - February 20th
20th Feb 2024
Classical Chillout; Lang Lang Music Theory books; an array of new Chester Music and Henle editions; Lyrical Flute Miniatures; and Edition Peters Grade 8 Violin Anthology.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - February 2024
20th Feb 2024
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the February 2024 issue include new music from Ambrose Akinmusire, Joey Alexander, Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna, Paul Dunmall, Mary Halvorson, Jasper Høiby, Ethan Iverson, Verneri Pohjola, Anaïs Reno and Julia Werup, as well as archive releases from Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mildred Bailey, Oscar Peterson and Phil Upchurch.
