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Shakespeare 400: The Complete Works on Argo
4th Aug 2016
Decca's Kevin Long talks to us about the first CD release of The Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players' landmark recordings of the 1950s and 60s.
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Steven Osborne on Britten
2nd Aug 2016
Ahead of his Proms performance tonight, the pianist talks to Katherine about the Piano Concerto.
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Bantock's Omar Khayyám on Lyrita
29th Jul 2016
Katherine talks to the label's trustee (and self-confessed 'reformed Bantock sceptic'!) Adrian Farmer about new and forthcoming releases.
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Osmo Vänskä completes his cycle of Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra
29th Jul 2016
James listens to the final volume of Osmo Vänskä's Sibelius cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, comprising Nos. 3, 6 and 7.
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3, 6 & 7
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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'Beloved Friend': Semyon Bychkov's Tchaikovsky Project
26th Jul 2016
New series on Decca will kick off in October with Romeo & Juliet and the Pathétique Symphony.
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David Wordsworth on Lennox Berkeley
22nd Jul 2016
The conductor talks to Katherine about the premiere recording of the Stabat mater, out today on Delphian Records.
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Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Donizetti's Poliuto from Glyndebourne
22nd Jul 2016
Katherine enjoys a double-bill of innovative Roman-themed operatic productions from Glyndebourne 2015.
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (DVD)
Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Matthew Rose (Collatinus), Michael Sumuel (Junius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca) & Louise Alder (Lucia) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo Hussain (conductor) & Fiona Shaw (stage director)
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André Isoir (1935-2016)
21st Jul 2016
The French organist André Isoir, renowned for his Bach recordings of the 1970s and 80s, died yesterday at the age of 81.
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Shakespeare's Globe
20th Jul 2016
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse announces launch of its own label, with first release scheduled for September.
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Measure For Measure
Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Juliet), Kurt Egyiawan (Angelo), Trevor Fox (Pompey), Mariah Gale (Isabella), Dennis Herdman (Froth / Friar Thomas), Rosie Hilal (Mariana), James Lailey (Abhorson / Friar Peter), Joel MacCormack (Claudio), Petra Massey (Mistress Overdone), Dean Nolan (Elbow / Barnadine), Brendan O’Hea (Lucio), Paul Rider (Escalus) & Dominic Rowan (Duke Vincentio) Dominic Dromgoole (director)
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2016
19th Jul 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed up by the Silesian Quartet's complete Bacewicz on Chandos.
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Richard Egarr performs Bach's French Suites
15th Jul 2016
David listens to Richard Egarr's performance of Bach's 'French' Suites, BWV812-817.
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Craig Hella Johnson's 'Considering Matthew Shepard'
14th Jul 2016
A complex and challenging new choral work by Craig Hella Johnson is set for release on Harmonia Mundi in the autumn.
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Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette
8th Jul 2016
James enjoys Berlioz's dramatic setting of Shakespeare's immortal love-story with Valery Gergiev and the LSO.
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Christopher Purves on Glyndebourne's Saul
5th Jul 2016
Katherine talks to the bass-baritone about singing the title-role in Barrie Kosky's staging of Handel's oratorio.
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Handel: Saul (DVD)
Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (director)
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Piano and Vocal music by Erik Satie
1st Jul 2016
James listens to a double helping of works by Satie, whose 150th anniversary falls this year.
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In Memoriam David Trendell
30th Jun 2016
David talks to Gareth Wilson about The Choir of King's College London's tribute to the choral director, who died in 2014.
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In Memoriam
Choir of King’s College London, Gareth Wilson
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Joyce DiDonato - In War and Peace
27th Jun 2016
The American mezzo's new collection of baroque opera arias will be released on Erato in November.
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James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection
24th Jun 2016
David listens to James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection, with the Hebrides Ensemble and Brindley Sherratt.
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Presto CD - 84 new Philips
23rd Jun 2016
Featured artists include Bernard Haitink, Alfred Brendel and Clara Haskil.
