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Latin Jazz - Part One
23rd May 2023
Our latest Jazz Genre Guide explores some of the essential recordings made amongst the early years of Latin Jazz as musicians took influence from the rich cultures of Cuba and Brazil during the post-war period.
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South Of The Border: The Verve Latin-Jazz Sides
Charlie Parker, Machito Orchestra, Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra, Roy Haynes (drums), Luis Miranda (conga), Teddy Kotick (upright bass), Walter Bishop, Jr. (piano), Jose Mangual (bongos), Charlie Parker Sextet, Charlie Parker Septet, Flip Phillips
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Michael Waldron on Sword in the Soul
22nd May 2023
Conductor Michael Waldron shares some of his thoughts on Francis Grier's contemporary Passion oratorio 'Sword in the Soul', which he conducts on a new recording with the London Choral Sinfonia alongside works by Park, Bednall and Elgar.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th May 2023
19th May 2023
This week sees a new spiritual jazz release from New Zealand and a live recording from tenor titan George Coleman. Two guitar-trio albums come from Nordic ECM-exponent Jacob Young plus the Berlin-based newcomer Gur Liraz. Also, Hermeto Pascoal's bombastious debut receives a reissue for the first time in over four decades!
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Christophe Rousset conducts Spontini's La vestale
19th May 2023
The first-ever period-instrument recording of Spontini's 1807 opera emphasises the score's debt to the French declamatory tradition, with Marina Rebeka on ravishing form in the title-role and Stanislas de Barbeyrac showing his true heroic colours as the Roman soldier Licinius.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th May 2023
19th May 2023
Bruch & Price concertos from Randall Goosby, a snapshot of Mozart's time in Mannheim from the Freiburger Barockorchester, Liszt orchestral songs from Thomas Hampson and friends, and the Bevan Family Consort's debut album of sacred choral music (including works by Palestrina, Tallis, Holst & Stanford).
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Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke - Lean In
19th May 2023
A welcome return from two contemporary jazz greats, whose individual styles combine to create a sincere blend of emotional clarity and kinship.
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Lean in
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke
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Lara Downes on Love at Last
18th May 2023
The pianist and activist talks about her new album, pulling together piano miniatures from all around the world, past and present, in response to challenging times.
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Love at Last
Lara Downes (piano, voice)
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Ingrid Haebler (1929-2023)
17th May 2023
The Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper broke the news on Sunday that the Austrian pianist and early pioneer of period instrument performance had died at the age of 93.
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Missy Mazzoli on Dark with Excessive Bright
16th May 2023
In the wake of the first full-length album of her orchestral music on BIS, the American composer talks about the writers and musicians who've inspired her work...
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New Music Book Publications - 15th May 2023
15th May 2023
Biographies of Barber and Rachmaninoff, an introduction for children to the cello and flute, an analysis of the compositions of Ferruccio Busoni, a final collection of essays by the late musicologist Richard Taruskin, and an overview of the groundbreaking work carried out by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2023
15th May 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the final instalment of Les Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew's 'compelling' Gesualdo series on Harmonia Mundi...
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Broken Branches from Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe
12th May 2023
The Lebanese-American tenor and Scottish guitarist join forces for a multifaceted yet deeply personal recital, that ranges across cultural and geographical boundaries and explores the idea of diaspora in music.
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Broken Branches
Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)
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New Release Round-Up - 12th May 2023
12th May 2023
Legrenzi motets from Rinaldo Alessandrini, Nielsen from Edward Gardner & James Ehnes, Beethoven's complete piano concertos from Garrick Ohlsson & Donald Runnicles, and orchestral works & Lieder by Franz Schreker from Christoph Eschenbach (with soloists Chen Reiss & Matthias Goerne) in Berlin.
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Kasper Tranberg - Nobody's Heart
12th May 2023
Our pick this week is an immaculately emotive and detail-laden album from a trio headed by the Danish trumpeter.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th May 2023
12th May 2023
This week's new releases see several high-profile collaborations between musicians and cultures from as far as Mali & Iran, Puerto Rico & Israel, Poland & Pakistan and Britain & Croatia.
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Tessa Lark on The Stradgrass Sessions
11th May 2023
The violinist talks about her new album, which sees her collaborate with an eclectic mix of musicians and explore everything from Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata No. 5 to Michael Cleveland's infectious fiddle-tunes.
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Menahem Pressler (1923-2023)
10th May 2023
The German-born Israeli-American pianist, who co-founded the enormously successful Beaux Arts Trio and remained its lynchpin for over half a century, has died aged 99.
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Stan Tracey Quartet, 'Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood'
10th May 2023
In light of a new vinyl reissue of this seminal British jazz release, we take a look at how the 1965 recording captures the Welsh poet's imaginative genius.
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Grace Bumbry (1937-2023)
9th May 2023
The trailblazing American dramatic mezzo, who was the first Black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, has died aged 86.
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Gerhard Stolze (Walther), Franz Crass (Biterolf), Gerhard Paskuda (Heinrich), Theo Adam (Reinmar) Orchesta of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Is Beethoven worth eight times Mahler?
8th May 2023
Both composers have left an indelible mark on the world of music. However, when it comes to music streaming, are they equally valuable?
