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BBC Music Magazine - December 2023 Choices
27th Nov 2023
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'a timely showcase of an exceptionally talented composer' - namely a quartet of orchestral works by Dobrinka Tabakova, released on The Hallé's own label in October.
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Delius's A Mass of Life from Sir Mark Elder and the Bergen Philharmonic
24th Nov 2023
Elder's beautifully-judged approach to pacing and balance makes the strongest case possible for a score which he describes as 'Delius's magnum opus', aided by Roderick Williams on typically eloquent form in the huge central role of Zarathustra.
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Give Back Friday 2023
24th Nov 2023
For four days we will be donating 5% of all the revenue we receive to three local charities whose aims are closely aligned with our own: Help Musicians, Leamington Music and Gabrieli Roar.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th November 2023
24th Nov 2023
A new arrangement of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from Thomas Guthrie & Barokksolistene, Beethoven's Missa solemnis from Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations, a comprehensive version of Handel's Messiah from John Nelson & The English Concert, and Schumann from Isabelle Faust & friends.
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Classical Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2023
23rd Nov 2023
The first meeting of the Presto Awards committee is over, and it's time to reveal the 100 recordings which have most impressed our editorial team this year...
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Sean Shibe on Profesión - Barrios, Villa-Lobos and Ginastera
22nd Nov 2023
The guitarist talks about his album of Latin American guitar music, inspired by the artistic manifesto by Barrios from which it takes its name.
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Sean Shibe (guitar)
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Grammy Nominations 2024
21st Nov 2023
The shortlist for next year's Awards was revealed last week - read on for full details of the contenders in the nine classical categories.
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New Streaming Service Features!
20th Nov 2023
Read on to find out about our new streaming service features, including curated playlists, pre-release content and a recently played albums section!
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Episode 44: Take me to your Lieder - Schubert in English with Roderick Williams, Rowan Pierce and Christopher Glynn
18th Nov 2023
Baritone, soprano and pianist offer their perspectives on the latest instalment in Signum Classics's series, which features Jeremy Sams's translations of Schubert Lieder.
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Saint-Saëns symphonic poems from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
17th Nov 2023
A selection of Saint-Saëns's luscious orchestral pieces - familiar and less-known, and including a real treasure from the very dawn of the cinematic era - get the Les Siècles treatment, leaping off the page thanks to intelligent and sensitive performances on period instruments.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th November 2023
17th Nov 2023
Satie and Cage from Bertrand Chamayou, South American guitar music from Sean Shibe, Grażyna Bacewicz's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Carolyn Sampson's hundredth recording...
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The King's Singers on Wonderland
16th Nov 2023
Patrick Dunachie and Jonathan Howard talk about the King's Singers' new album - including an unexpected change of direction for Joe Hisaishi and some revealing observations about the group's members...!
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Gifts for... Opera-Lovers
15th Nov 2023
In the first of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the opera-lover in your life, from the latest complete recordings and recital-albums to the best recent books about opera.
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Puccini: Turandot
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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Rob Cowan on Artur Rodziński
14th Nov 2023
Our new guest-contributor explores the Polish-American conductor's complete Columbia recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra - including a 'driven and impassioned' Shostakovich Five, and the world premiere recording of the Berg Violin Concerto.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2023
13th Nov 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'polished and beautifully-presented' recording of Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde on Opera Rara, conducted by Paul Daniel and starring Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez and Josh Lovell.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter's Virtuosi
10th Nov 2023
The violinist and her ensemble of virtuoso string players present a dazzingly eclectic programme of works by Vivaldi, Bach, Bologne, and André Previn.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi (CD & Download Edition)
Elias David Moncado (violin), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Mohamed Hiber (violin), Lionel Martin (cello), Samuel Nebyu (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Margarita Balanas (cello), Dominik Wagner (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Mutter's Virtuosi
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New Release Round-Up - 10th November 2023
10th Nov 2023
Brahms concertos from Simon Trpčeski, a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen, Arvo Pärt's Littlemore Tractus and more from Tõnu Kaljuste in Tallinn, and the beginning of a Beethoven cycle from the Doric Quartet.
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Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart
9th Nov 2023
In the wake of the second instalment of his Mozart symphonies series with Il Pomo d'Oro, the Russian conductor and harpsichordist recounts how he fell under the composer's spell aged four - and was thrown in at the deep end to conduct the Overture to Le nozze di Figaro just eight years later...
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Ryland Davies (1943-2023)
8th Nov 2023
The Welsh light lyric tenor, a superb Mozart singer who later enjoyed a rich and varied career in character-roles, has died aged 80.
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Robert Hollingworth on Benevoli's multi-choir magnificence
7th Nov 2023
The director of I Fagiolini talks about his new album, featuring a four-choir work of unparalleled Baroque splendour by the seventeenth-century Italian composer Orazio Benevoli.
