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Presto CD - Argo
15th Nov 2014by Chris O'Reilly
Here's the latest batch of our Manufacture On Demand titles, focusing on Argo recordings.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2014
14th Nov 2014by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, which hit the shops earlier this week.
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Ton Koopman at 70
13th Nov 2014by David Smith
David talks to early-music maestro Ton Koopman about the completion of his Buxtehude series, looking back over his career as he passes his seventieth birthday.
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Beethoven from the Elias String Quartet
11th Nov 2014by David Smith
A new complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets performed by the Elias String Quartet, on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
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Jos van Immerseel conducts Carmina Burana
10th Nov 2014by James Longstaffe
James listens to Jos van Immerseel's new recording of the chamber version of Carl Orff's famous Carmina Burana.
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Johannes Brahms - Orchestral & Choral Works
7th Nov 2014by James Longstaffe
James surveys recordings of orchestral and choral works by Brahms, and selects some of his favourites.
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A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo
5th Nov 2014by David Smith
David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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World premiere recording of Hasse's opera, Siroe Re di Persia
3rd Nov 2014by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to the first ever recording of J A Hasse’s exotic opera, featuring vocal fireworks from Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Julia Lezhneva.
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Presto CD - DG Archiv
2nd Nov 2014by Chris O'Reilly
Introducing twenty newly-available baroque and Classical recordings from our Manufacture On Demand range.
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Mahan Esfahani on Rameau
1st Nov 2014by David Smith
David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Music for Hallowe'en
31st Oct 2014by David Smith
David picks out some great recordings on the theme of all things Hallowe'en... discs that go bump in the night!
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Verlaine settings
30th Oct 2014by Katherine Cooper
The countertenor returns to late-Romantic French song for his next project on Erato.
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Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim perform piano duos
27th Oct 2014by James Longstaffe
James listens to the new duet disc from two of today's greatest pianists – Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich.
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Vincenzo Bellini
25th Oct 2014by Katherine Cooper
Katherine selects some favourite recordings of works by the bel canto composer.
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Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the RLPO
23rd Oct 2014by David Smith
Onyx Classics announce the commencement of a new cycle of Vaughan Williams's symphonies.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2014
23rd Oct 2014by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, headed up by Igor Levit's superb new Bach disc on Sony.
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Lawrence Zazzo on A Royal Trio
21st Oct 2014by Katherine Cooper
The countertenor talks to Katherine about his new disc of music commissioned by The Royal Academy of Music in the 1720s.
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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn and Schumann
20th Oct 2014by James Longstaffe
James listens to John Eliot Gardiner and the LSO's new disc of Mendelssohn and Schumann, with pianist Maria João Pires.
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Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells
17th Oct 2014by David Smith
David picks out some top recordings of two great twentieth-century English composers, Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells.
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Presto CD - DG Recordings
16th Oct 2014by Chris O'Reilly
The latest batch of our Manufacture On Demand titles - over fifty landmark recordings from the DG archives!