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Iestyn Morris on Romances
13th Jul 2023
The countertenor talks about his new recording of Russian Romances with pianist Nigel Foster on Quartz Records.
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Iestyn Morris (countertenor), Nigel Foster (piano)
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2023
12th Jul 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'superb', 'charismatic' account of Handel's Serse with Emily D’Angelo in the title role...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Bärenreiter
12th Jul 2023
Bärenreiter is celebrating its 100th birthday! For the duration of the anniversary year Bärenreiter have presented us with nineteen jubilee editions.
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Nordic Jazz
12th Jul 2023
Our latest genre guide explores the best jazz Norway has to offer, from the early days of ECM-pioneer Jan Garbarek plus legendary vocalists Karin Krog and Radka Toneff, all the way to contemporary masters of the field such as Mette Henriette and Daniel Herskedal.
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Kirill Troussov on his EP of violin duos with Julia Fischer
11th Jul 2023
The violinist discusses his recently-released EP, pairing Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano with Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins.
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Bach's Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
10th Jul 2023
A second Bach recording from the Icelandic pianist is among the stand-out releases for the autumn, alongside Rachmaninoff concertos from Yuja Wang in Los Angeles, Fauré from Marc-André Hamelin, and a cinematic album from Jonas Kaufmann...
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New Music Book Publications - 10th July 2023
10th Jul 2023
The 2024 Boosey & Hawkes music diary, a biography of Arthur Bliss, an examination of the impact of the Strauss dynasty on Habsburg Vienna, a study of how the concepts of music theory can be applied within the genre of ethnomusicology, a history of American television music, a collection of art and illustrations by the late songwriter Scott Hutchison, and a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the recent theatrical hit, Back to the Future: The Musical.
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Episode 38: Belle de nuit – Chatting to Emmanuel Despax about 'Après un rêve'
8th Jul 2023
The pianist discusses his new album, weaving together a nocturnal theme, a deeply personal poetic connection, and the French piano repertoire of the 'belle époque'.
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Choral works by the late Kaija Saariaho
7th Jul 2023
The Helsinki Chamber Choir under Nils Schweckendiek perform choral music by Saariaho that explores a wide range of subjects – from atmospheric invocations of night and Roman mythology to the seasons of the year and spacefaring science fiction.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th July 2023
7th Jul 2023
Dvořák and Coleridge-Taylor from the Takács Quartet, Shostakovich from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz from the Silesian Quartet, and Mendelssohn & more from young Australian violinist Christian Li.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 7th July, 2023
7th Jul 2023
This week's round-up includes a career-spanning boxset from Alan Skidmore plus new releases from John Carroll Kirby, Soft Machine, Vincente Archer and Svaneborg Kardyb, as well as an adventurous final recording from Peter Brötzmann.
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Donny McCaslin - I Want More
7th Jul 2023
For his third solo album since collaborating on David Bowie's Blackstar, saxophonist Donny McCaslin ramps up the energy in a boisterously unrestrained race for space.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2023
6th Jul 2023
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Asmik Grigorian, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sean Shibe and Abel Selaocoe.
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Karim Sulayman on Broken Branches
5th Jul 2023
Tenor Karim Sulayman talks about his recently-released eclectic album of works for guitar and voice with Sean Shibe.
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Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)
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William Byrd
4th Jul 2023
A selection of some of the best recent recordings of music by the giant of English early music, for the 400th anniversary of his death.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - July 2023
4th Jul 2023
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the July 2023 issue include new music from Laila Biali, Avishai Cohen, Lorenzo De Finti, Louis Hayes and Meshell Ndegeocello, as well as reissues and archival releases from Malombo Jazz Makers, Joy and The Jazz Doctors.
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Laila Biali with Larnell Lewis & George Koller, Laila Biali (piano, fender rhodes), Larnell Lewis (drums), George Koller (bass), Ben Wittman (percussion, drums), Kelly Jefferson (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone), Laila Biali with George Koller feat. Anat Cohen, Anat Cohen (clarinet), Laila Biali with Larnell Lewis & George Koller feat. Kurt Elling, Kurt Elling (vocals), Laila Biali with Larnell Lewis & George Koller feat. Emilie-Claire Barlow, Emilie-Claire Barlow (vocals), Laila Biali with George Koller feat. Grégoire Maret, Grégoire Maret (accordion), Laila Biali with Larnell Lewis & George Koller feat. Caity Gyorgy, Caity Gyorgy (vocals), Michael Davidson (vibraphone)
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The Presto Chart - June 2023
3rd Jul 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with British conductor Alpesh Chauhan's debut recording of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasias on Chandos in first place...
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Chris Woods on Fingerstyle Guitar
3rd Jul 2023
With multiple albums and tours across the globe, Chris Woods has certainly mastered the art of fingerstyle guitar playing. Chris spoke to us recently about his latest publication First 50 Fingerstyle Patterns, fingerstyle and percussive acoustic guitar technique, his music education podcast, and more. Read the full interview here.
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Selections from Bernard Herrmann's only opera, Wuthering Heights
30th Jun 2023
Soprano Keri Fuge and baritone Roderick Williams join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under Mario Venzago to perform highlights from a neglected work by a composer known mostly for his film scores, based on the novel by Emily Brontë.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th June 2023
30th Jun 2023
CPE Bach from Keith Jarrett, choral works by the late Kaija Saariaho, Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
