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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail
13th Jul 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to Yannick Nézet-Séguin's new performance of Mozart's cross-continental comedy.
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Presto CD - 52 new ASV titles
11th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
A large batch of ASV titles, including the light music range White Line - and a cornucopia of sound-effects discs!
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Franco Fagioli goes to hell and back
9th Jul 2015by Katherine Cooper
Argentine countertenor begins partnership with Deutsche Grammophon by recording the title-role in Gluck's Orfeo.
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American choral works from Stephen Layton and Polyphony
6th Jul 2015by David Smith
David enjoys Polyphony's timely celebration of choral Americana, featuring works by Thompson, Barber, Bernstein and Copland.
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Presto CD - 50 new Deutsche Grammophon titles
4th Jul 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Conductors include Karl Böhm, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Bernstein and James Levine.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin records Le nozze di Figaro
2nd Jul 2015by Katherine Cooper
Cast to include Christiane Karg and Luca Pisaroni as the bride and bridegroom…
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Diana Damrau (Konstanze), Anna Prohaska (Blonde), Rolando Villazón (Belmonte), Paul Schweinester (Pedrillo), Franz-Josef Selig (Osmin) &Thomas Quasthoff (Selim) Vocalensemble Rastatt & Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Markus Stenz conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
29th Jun 2015by James Longstaffe
James listens to Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln's new recording of Schoenberg's colossal epic.
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Barbara Haveman (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker) Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Domkantorei Köln, Männerstimmen des Kölner Domchores, Vokalensemble Kölner Dom, Chor des Bach-Vereins Köln, Kartäuserkantorei Köln, Markus Stenz
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Véronique Gens - La chanson bien douce
27th Jun 2015by Katherine Cooper
The French soprano records mélodies by, Duparc, Hahn and Chausson.
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Presto CD - 35 new Gaudeamus and Oiseau-Lyre titles
26th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Featured artists include The Cardinall’s Musick, The Academy of Ancient Music and The New London Consort.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2015
24th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices, headed up by Alina Ibragimova's Ysaÿe Sonatas on Hyperion…
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Christiane Karg sings concert arias by Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Mozart
22nd Jun 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys Christiane Karg's new recital disc, featuring Classical and early Romantic concert arias.
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José Serebrier on Dvorak
18th Jun 2015by David Smith
David talks to the conductor about his recently-completed Dvorak set, out now on Warner Classics.
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Russian Emigrés and Henry Purcell
17th Jun 2015by David Smith
Two new discs on the way from Vivat - Purcell's chamber music with the King's Consort and contemporary Russian works from Alissa Firsova.
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Walter Weller (1939-2015)
16th Jun 2015by David Smith
David remembers the conductor and violinist Walter Weller, who has died aged 75.
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Marek Janowski conducts Strauss's Symphonia Domestica
15th Jun 2015by James Longstaffe
James listens to Richard Strauss's rarely heard tone-poem, performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski.
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The 1960s: 25 Great Recordings
13th Jun 2015by Chris O'Reilly
The first of a new series where we look at the greatest recordings of each decade. See what made up our top 25 for the 1960s.
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Alina Ibragimova on Ysaÿe
12th Jun 2015by David Smith
The violinist talks about the Belgian composer's sonatas for unaccompanied violin, which she has just recorded on Hyperion.
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Two major song projects coming up from Delphian Records
10th Jun 2015by Katherine Cooper
The enterprising young Scottish label follow their acclaimed Rachmaninov with Medtner and Schubert.
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Nielsen Concertos with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic
8th Jun 2015by David Smith
David listens to three concertos by Carl Nielsen, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert.
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Stile Antico celebrate their tenth birthday
7th Jun 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to two members of the early music ensemble about their first decade - and future plans…