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Rory Macdonald on Our Gilded Veins
1st Jul 2024
The conductor discusses his new album of contemporary orchestral works with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, released last month on Linn and featuring music by Anna Clyne, Sir James MacMillan, Martin Suckling & Jay Capperauld.
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Boxed Set Selections - June 2024
30th Jun 2024
June heavyweights include a celebration of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at 80, Osmo Vänskä's complete set of Mahler symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra, and anthologies dedicated to Josef Krips and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
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Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Lynn Harrell (cello), Roger Vignoles (piano), José Carreras (tenor), Wiener Kammerorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music,Boston Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, György Fischer, Colin Davis, Jeffrey Tate, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Georg Solti, Seji Ozawa, André Previn, Leonard Bernstein
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New Release Round-Up - 28th June 2024
28th Jun 2024
Gaspard Le Roux from William Christie & Justin Taylor, Tudor keyboard music from Mishka Rushdie Momen, French opera overtures from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi, and Wagner's Parsifal from the 2023 Bayreuth Festival (conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, with Andreas Schager in the title-role).
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Wagner: Parsifal
Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Derek Welton (Amfortas), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel) Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado
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Golda Schultz on Mozart's Women
27th Jun 2024
The South African soprano (who is currently singing Fiordiligi at Covent Garden) discusses her new Mozart album on Alpha Classics, why the three Da Ponte operas feel 'more relevant than ever' today, and the role which 'changed her as a person' - even though she never wants to sing it again...
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Bernard Herrmann
26th Jun 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the American composer and conductor, best known for his impressive roster of enormously successful film scores.
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Opus Klassik Awards 2024
25th Jun 2024
Revealed in advance of October's ceremony at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the winners of this year's 'Deutscher Musikpreis' awards include Anna Prohaska, Isabelle Faust, Reginald Mobley and Klaus Mäkelä.
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BBC Music Magazine - July 2024 Choices
25th Jun 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a recording of The Dream of Gerontius 'that every Elgarian should have' from Paul McCreesh & Gabrieli on Signum, with Nicky Spence in the title-role.
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Episode 51: Nunconventional - The Poor Clares of Arundel on their second album for Decca
24th Jun 2024
Sisters Aelred and Graca of the Poor Clares talk about their recently-released album My Peace I Give You, and look back at the community's recorded debut Light For The World in 2020.
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Horns, Handley and the Heavens - My Life In Music
24th Jun 2024
Our Head of Digital David Smith introduces some of the recordings that have moulded his musical tastes - from Romantic orchestral heavyweights to early sacred music.
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Episode 50: A Close-Up Look – Heloïse Werner on her latest solo album
22nd Jun 2024
The singer and composer talks about her second solo album on Delphian, with vocal works ranging from medieval to contemporary (including several of her own adventurous compositions).
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English Song Recitals from Robin Tritschler and James Gilchrist
21st Jun 2024
Tritschler joins forces with Malcolm Martineau, Sean Shibe and Philip Higham to pay tribute to Peter Pears on Signum, whilst Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook bring unaffected eloquence to a collection of songs by Roger Quilter on Chandos.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2024
21st Jun 2024
Mahler on period instruments from the Mahler Academy Orchestra and Philipp von Steinaecker, Schubert and Desyatnikov from Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, rarely-heard Verdi from Freddie De Tommaso, and the final instalment of Mozart concertos from Robert Levin.
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Charles-François Gounod
20th Jun 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the French Romantic composer, known for his operas, sacred music and songs.
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Gounod: Faust (1859 version)
Benjamin Bernheim (Faust), Véronique Gens (Marguerite), Andrew Foster-Williams (Méphistophélès), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Valentin), Juliette Mars (Siebel), Ingrid Perruche (Marthe), Anas Séguin (Wagner/Un mendiant) Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir, Christophe Rousset
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Fair Play on Presto Music streaming
20th Jun 2024
Fair Play on Presto Music streaming ensures fair compensation for all artists and composers
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Paul Agnew on Rameau's Platée from Garsington
19th Jun 2024
During the final stretch of rehearsals for Louisa Muller's new production of Rameau's tragicomic opera (which opened to rave reviews at the end of May), we paid the conductor a visit at the Wormsley Estate to find out more about what makes this score such a weird and wonderful treat - and why we don't see more French Baroque opera on UK stages...
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Rameau: Platée (Blu-ray)
Mathias Vidal (Thespis), Nahuel Di Pierro (Un Satyre/Citheron), Marc Mauillon (Momus), Julie Fuchs (Thalie/La Folie), Tamara Bounazou (L'Amour/Clarine), Lawrence Brownlee (Platée), Jean Teitgen (Jupiter), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Mercure), Adrianna Bignani Lesca (Junon), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeurs de l'Opera National de Paris, Marc Minkowski
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Robin Tritschler on Songs for Peter Pears
18th Jun 2024
The Irish tenor discusses his tribute to Peter Pears (released last Friday on Signum Classics), which includes song-cycles by Lennox Berkeley, Geoffrey Bush, Arthur Oldham, and of course Pears's life-partner Benjamin Britten.
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From Bach to Westlake … and Bach
17th Jun 2024
In the latest instalment of our Recollections series, retired South African Anglican priest and amateur trumpet-player Mike McCoy reflects on some of the recordings which have shaped his musical tastes - featuring artists including Wendy Carlos and Wolfgang Gönnenwein....
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Jodie Devos, 1988-2024
17th Jun 2024
We are sorry to share news of the untimely death of celebrated coloratura soprano, Jodie Devos, who recorded for the Alpha label.
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Magdalena Kožená performs orchestral songs by Martinů, Dvořák, and Hans Krása
14th Jun 2024
The Czech mezzo presents an enchanting selection of songs in which she demonstrates her impressive range of tone colours, with sumptuous support from the Czech Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2024
14th Jun 2024
'Songs of Death and Resurrection' from Samuel Hasselhorn, a tribute to Peter Pears from Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau & friends, collaborations with Michael Berkeley, and a second album of music by Kenneth Fuchs from Sinfonia of London & John Wilson.
