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Nicole Car - The Kiss
3rd Mar 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the Australian soprano about her new disc of opera arias on ABC Classics.
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Magdalena Kožená
2nd Mar 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the Czech mezzo about her new disc of Monteverdi, released last week on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2016
1st Mar 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by Steven Isserlis's Elgar and Walton Concertos on Hyperion.
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Mark Elder conducts Donizetti's Le Duc d'Albe
26th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys Donizetti's Flanders-set epic Le Duc d'Albe, conducted by Mark Elder.
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Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe
Angela Meade (Hélène d’Egmont), Michael Spyres (Henri de Bruges), Laurent Naouri (Le Duc d'Albe), Gianluca Buratto (Daniel Brauer), David Stout (Sandoval), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (Carlos), Robin Tritschler (Balbuena), Dawid Kimberg (Un Tavernier) Hallé & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
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Presto CD - 75 more Philips titles
25th Feb 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Artists include Jessye Norman, Frans Brüggen, Alfred Brendel, and Guarneri Quartet.
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Five new projects from Opera Rara
23rd Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
A Rossini masterpiece revisited, and rarities by Bellini, Gounod, Offenbach and Donizetti.
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Steven Isserlis plays cello concertos by Elgar and Walton
19th Feb 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris listens to Isserlis's new recording of perhaps the most famous cello concerto ever written.
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Bach on the Marimba: Trio SR9
18th Feb 2016by David Smith
David talks to Trio SR9 about their new collection of Bach arrangements for one, two and three marimbas.
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Renaud Capuçon on Lalo, Sarasate and Bruch
18th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the French violinist about his new recording of three of the most popular works for violin and orchestra, out now on Erato.
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Hans Abrahamsen - Let me tell you
17th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the Danish composer about his Ophelia-inspired work for soprano and orchestra, written for Barbara Hannigan.
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Winter Dreams from Vasily Petrenko on Onyx
16th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
Following their acclaimed Shostakovich cycle, the RLPO and their Russian conductor turn their attention to Tchaikovsky.
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ORA performs choral music inspired by William Byrd
12th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to ORA's debut disc, featuring newly-commissioned 'reflections' of Byrd's greatest works.
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St John Passion from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
11th Feb 2016by Katherine Cooper
René Jacobs conducts Bach's masterpiece for the first time on disc - coming soon on Harmonia Mundi.
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Presto CD - 75 new DG titles
10th Feb 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Artists include Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan and James Levine.
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ORA - Upheld by Stillness
9th Feb 2016by David Smith
David talks to ORA's founder, Suzi Digby, about her ambitious new choral project.
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David Goode performs organ works by J.S. Bach
5th Feb 2016by David Smith
David listens to the first volume of David Goode's complete Bach organ series, featuring the mighty Toccata and Fugue in D minor and more.
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Robert King on Handel's Israel in Ägypten
4th Feb 2016by David Smith
David talks to the conductor about his latest reconstruction project, which brings Handel and Mendelssohn together.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2016
3rd Feb 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices and Recording of the Month.
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Presto CD - new Oiseau Lyre and DG Archiv titles
30th Jan 2016by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock and John Eliot Gardiner.
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Bach: Magnificat
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (alto), Paul Elliot (tenor), David Thimas (bass), James Bowman (countertenor) Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood
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John Wilson conducts music by Aaron Copland
29th Jan 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to the first volume of John Wilson's Copland project with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.