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Max Reger Complete Organ Works
31st Mar 2023
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Max Reger's birth. Breitkopf & Hartel have recently published a seven volume slip-case edition of Reger's Complete Organ Works; the perfect way to celebrate the 150th anniversary! Find out more.
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Tim Mead on Beauteous Softness
30th Mar 2023
The countertenor discusses his new album of songs by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey and William Webb with La Nuova Musica & David Bates (released last week on Pentatone).
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2023
29th Mar 2023
Bernard Haitink's complete studio recordings with the Concertgebouworkest, an anthology shedding 'New Light on French Romantic Women Composers' from the Palazzetto Bru Zane, and the Belcea Quartet's collected recordings on Warner Classics.
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Christopher Gunning (1944-2023)
29th Mar 2023
The English composer, whose output ranged from sweeping symphonies and concertos to award-winning music for a huge range of film and television productions, has died aged 78.
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James Bowman (1941-2023)
28th Mar 2023
The trailblazing English countertenor, who created the role of the Voice of Apollo in Britten's Death in Venice and opened up a wealth of new possibilities for his voice-type, has died aged 81.
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Britten: Death in Venice
Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), James Bowman (Voice of Apollo) English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
28th Mar 2023
Omni Music Publishing presents the full orchestral score of James Horner's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Find out more here.
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James Horner: Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
Full Score
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New Music Book Publications - 27th March 2023
27th Mar 2023
A paperback edition of Steven Isserlis's book discussing Bach's Cello Suites, a guide to improvising fugues at the keyboard, the story of Nina Anisimova and her survival in the Soviet gulag, an approach to teaching choral singing using the Kodály concept, an assessment of British musical films after the Second World War, and an exploration of how science has helped to shape the evolution of music.
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Episode 34: Golden Oldies - The Brodsky Quartet at 50
26th Mar 2023
Katherine is joined by cellist Jacqueline Thomas and viola-player Paul Cassidy for a whistle-stop tour through the quartet's first fifty years - including their landmark Shostakovich cycle in the 1990s and collaborations with Issey Miyake, Sting, Elvis Costello & Sir Paul McCartney
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th March 2023
24th Mar 2023
The latest new jazz releases include the late, great Pharoah Sanders live in Hamburg in 1980, Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant and prog-jazz nourishment from Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere.
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Billy Childs, The Winds of Change
24th Mar 2023
Celebrated pianist, composer and bandleader Billy Childs proves that he is still at the forefront of post-bop on his new album The Winds of Change, a collection loosely inspired by film noir soundtracks.
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The Winds of Change
Billy Childs (piano)
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Strauss and Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra
24th Mar 2023
The LSO and their Principal Guest Conductor present sumptuous, radiant performances of two virtuosic orchestral showpieces: Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Debussy's Jeux.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th March 2023
24th Mar 2023
Previously unreleased recordings by Jessye Norman, Stravinsky from Klaus Mäkelä in Paris, variations by Beethoven and others from Cédric Tiberghien, and Beethoven & Ravel from Martha Argerich in Israel.
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Cyrille Dubois on So Romantique!
23rd Mar 2023
The French light lyric tenor explains how he found his operatic niche as a lover rather than a fighter - and discusses his new album on Alpha Classics, featuring rarities by Louis Clapisson, Charles Luce-Verlet and Théodore Dubois alongside one or two old favourites...
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Fiddle Time Duets
23rd Mar 2023
Fiddle Time Duets is an exciting and attractive collection for violinists of all ages by the award-winning educational composers Kathy and David Blackwell. The duets are suitable for established beginners through to intermediate violinists. Find out more.
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Simon Mayor on Carolan
22nd Mar 2023
The mandolinist talks about his new album of music by the eighteenth-century Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan, featuring his own arrangements that meld together Baroque, folk and chamber styles.
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Chris Potter on the legacy of the Village Vanguard
21st Mar 2023
We spoke to the saxophonist and composer about Got the Keys to the Kingdom, his latest live album recorded at the prestigious Village Vanguard venue.
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Virginia Zeani (1925-2023)
21st Mar 2023
The Romanian-born soprano, who created the role of Blanche de la Force in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites and later enjoyed a distinguished teaching career, has died aged 97.
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Verdi: La Traviata
Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valery), William McAlpine (Alfredo Germont), Jess Walters (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora Bervoix), Leah Roberts (Annina), Michael Langdon (Grenvil), Forbes Robinson (Il barone Douphol), John Dobson (Gastone) Royal Opera House, Nello Santi
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2023 Choices
20th Mar 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'compellingly realised' world premiere recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces in its 1919 version from Ensemble Aedes and Mathieu Romano.
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Bobo Stenson Trio, 'Sphere'
17th Mar 2023
The Swedish pianist's latest trio album showcases the band's atmospheric stylings through re-interpretations of Scandinavian composers.
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays music by the Schumanns and Brahms
17th Mar 2023
The British pianist is on typically eloquent, empathetic form in a programme which includes Robert's Kreisleriana and Blumenstück, Clara's variations on a theme from his Bunte Blätter, and their friend Brahms's autumnal Intermezzi Op. 117.
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Schumann & Brahms
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
