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Vivaldi from Lucie Horsch
19th May 2016by David Smith
Decca are set to introduce a 16-year-old Dutch recorder player with an album of Vivaldi, due out in October.
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Richard Egarr on HMS Pinafore
19th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
The conductor and harpsichordist talks to Katherine about his new, historically-informed recording of Gilbert & Sullivan on Linn.
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator) Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
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Presto CD - 33 new Decca titles
18th May 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include Pascal Rogé, András Schiff, Herbert Blomstedt and Kathleen Ferrier.
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Malcolm Martineau on Decades in Song
17th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the pianist about his new survey of the song literature of the nineteenth century, launching this Friday on Vivat.
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Beethoven Symphonies from Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
13th May 2016by James Longstaffe
James listens to Simon Rattle's new complete Beethoven cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Howard Skempton's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
12th May 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Coleridge setting will be recorded on NMC this autumn, with Roderick Williams as the protagonist.
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Bruno Monsaingeon on the Menuhin Centenary
11th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the great French documentary-maker about his relationship with Yehudi Menuhin.
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John Wilson conducts music by Gershwin
6th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys the John Wilson Orchestra's latest album, featuring film music by George Gershwin.
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Jonathan Harvey – 'Deo'
4th May 2016by David Smith
David talks to Andrew Nethsingha of St John's Cambridge about his new disc of choral works by Jonathan Harvey.
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John Wilson on Gershwin in Hollywood
2nd May 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the conductor about his new disc, recorded live at the Albert Hall and released on Warner Classics this week.
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Presto CD - 8 New Mercury Living Presence Titles
29th Apr 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include Antal Dorati, Paul Paray and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.
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Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien perform Violin Sonatas by Mozart
29th Apr 2016by David Smith
David listens to Alina Ibragimova's new collection of Mozart Violin Sonatas, accompanied by Cédric Tiberghien.
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John Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
27th Apr 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the American composer about his 'grand opera buffa', which has just been released on CD for the first time by Pentatone.
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Corigliano, J: The Ghosts of Versailles
Victoria Livengood (Woman with Hat), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Scott Scully (Marquis), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Joshua Guerrero (Count Almaviva), Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Renée Rapier (Cherubino), Patti LuPone (Samira) LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2016
25th Apr 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, led by Daniel Barenboim's Elgar 1 with the Staatskapelle Berlin as Disc of the Month.
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Choral Music by Antonio Lotti from the Syred Consort
22nd Apr 2016by David Smith
David listens to the Syred Consort's new disc of choral works by Lotti, including the first complete recording of the Mass from which his famous Crucifixus comes.
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Shakespeare settings from Bostridge and Pappano
21st Apr 2016by Katherine Cooper
The tenor's 400th anniversary tribute to The Bard will be released on Warner Classics in September.
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Adès: The Tempest
Simon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo) The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Adès
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Katt - Organ Works
20th Apr 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The Czech organist Katerina Chroboková talks about her new recording of Bach, Messiaen & Pärt, and the art of improvisation.
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Presto CD - 75 Philips titles
19th Apr 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include Frans Brüggen, Bernard Haitink and Mitsuko Uchida.
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Paul Lewis performs Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1
15th Apr 2016by James Longstaffe
James enjoys Paul Lewis's take on Brahms's concerto, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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BBC Proms 2016 - Our Top 20 Related Recordings!
13th Apr 2016by Chris O'Reilly
The 2016 BBC Proms season has just been announced, and so we've spent the afternoon compiling some pre-season listening homework…