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Olivier Messiaen
13th Jun 2014
David casts his ear over recordings of Messiaen, and picks out some particular gems.
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Marie Fel - Rameau's Muse
11th Jun 2014
Carolyn Sampson on her new disc of French baroque music with Ex Cathedra.
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Presto CD - Critics' Choice
10th Jun 2014
Introducing the next batch of Presto CDs, focussing on 26 discs from the renowned Critics' Choice series, including a number of BBC Radio 3 Building a Library top recommendations.
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Bernstein's West Side Story
9th Jun 2014
Katherine enjoys a wonderful, fresh new recording of Bernstein's modern re-telling of the story of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story.
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Gustav Mahler
6th Jun 2014
James rifles through the huge amount of outstanding Mahler performances on disc, and offers his selection of the very best.
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Julian Bliss on the art of transcription
5th Jun 2014
David talks to the young British clarinettist about his new disc on Signum Classics, which features works by Debussy, Françaix, Glinka, Milhaud & Prokofiev.
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Alisa Weilerstein: 'Me, myself and I'…
4th Jun 2014
The American cellist is going solo for her next project on Decca Classics…
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Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco with Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo
2nd Jun 2014
Katherine reviews a new recording of Verdi’s Giovanna d'Arco from last year’s Salzberg Festival, with Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo.
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Gioacchino Rossini
30th May 2014
Katherine sifts through some favourite recordings of one of her favourite composers…
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Paul Lewis's next project…
29th May 2014
The British pianist turns his attention to Schumann and Mussorgsky.
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Presto CD - Gramophone Awards Collection
27th May 2014
Chris introduces the next batch of Presto CDs, focussing on 35 discs from the renowned Gramophone Awards Collection.
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Violin Concertos by Stanford and Milford
26th May 2014
David listens to Rupert Marshall-Luck’s performances of two unusual violin concertos, on the independent EM Records label.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
23rd May 2014
David explores recordings of iconic Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Chailly returns to Brahms
22nd May 2014
Following the huge success of his Brahms symphonies, the Italian conductor is currently recording the Serenades in Leipzig.
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Gil Shaham's Music to Drive Away Loiterers
21st May 2014
David asks violinist Gil Shaham about his latest release, the intriguingly-titled "Music to Drive Away Loiterers".
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schumann
19th May 2014
Chris listens to the Berlin Philharmoniker's début recording on their own record label – the complete symphonies of Schumann, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
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Igor Levit records Bach
17th May 2014
The Russian-German pianist tackles the Six Partitas, BWV 825–830.
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Edward Elgar
16th May 2014
James offers his thoughts on some of the very best recordings of the music of Sir Edward Elgar.
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Chad Hoopes plays Adams and Mendelssohn
15th May 2014
Young American violinist Chad Hoopes talks to David about his latest disc of violin concerti by Mendelssohn and Adams.
