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Madeleine Mitchell on Violin Conversations
26th Jun 2023
The violinist discusses her new album featuring works by composers including Thea Musgrave, Errollyn Wallen, Howard Blake and the late Joseph Horovitz.
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Episode 37: Brahms In The Time Machine – Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem with Lionel Meunier
24th Jun 2023
Founder and director of early music ensemble Vox Luminis talks about his hunt for Baroque-era precursors to Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem.
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A new album of orchestral works by Florence Price from Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Chineke!
23rd Jun 2023
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Chineke! present benchmark new recordings of two major works by Florence Price – capturing both the sweep and grandeur of her large-scale movements and the lively fun of her dance-like conclusions.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd June 2023
23rd Jun 2023
Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas's debut recording on Delphian, Mozart violin sonatas from Renaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong, Verdi's Un ballo in maschera from Marek Janowski, and Forbidden Fruits from Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu.
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Anna Bonitatibus on Monologues
22nd Jun 2023
The Italian mezzo discusses her new album of works which 'occupy a middle-ground between opera and art-song', including music by Zingarelli, Rossini, Donizetti, Viardot-García and Wagner - and her plans to shine a new light on the latter composer's Wesendonck Lieder...
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Monologues
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Adele d'Aronzo (piano)
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2023 Choices
21st Jun 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'immensely assured' first album on Chandos from trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, featuring virtuosic paraphrases on themes from operas by composers including Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini.
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Gregorian chant-inspired contemporary choral music by Henrik Ødegaard
20th Jun 2023
The Norwegian composer talks about his new album of choral works, performed by Vox Clamantis with Jaan-Eik Tulve.
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Music By Henrik Ødegaard
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
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Eva Zaïcik and David Haroutunian on 'Mayrig: To Armenian Mothers'
19th Jun 2023
The mezzo-soprano and violinist explore some of the themes from their recent album, based around reflections on motherhood in the Armenian classical tradition and in particular the works of Komitas and Aprikian.
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L'Heure espagnole from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
16th Jun 2023
Period instruments lend a delicious piquancy and wit to Ravel's Franco-Spanish farce about a libidinous clock-maker's wife intent on making the most of her husband's absence, with a stylish cast led by French mezzo Isabelle Druet.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2023
16th Jun 2023
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's choral music from London Choral Sinfonia, Kurt Weill's Propheten from Dennis Russell Davies, Mexican songs and chamber music from Mr McFall’s Chamber & Jamie MacDougall, and Bach motets from Solomon's Knot.
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The Bevan Family Consort on Vidi Speciosam
15th Jun 2023
Five Bevans joined us at our store in Leamington Spa last month to launch their new album of sacred choral music on Signum - and share some anecdotes about growing up in a large musical family...
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Vidi Speciosam
The Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross
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Paavo Järvi on Haydn's 'London' symphonies
14th Jun 2023
The conductor talks about his recently-launched Haydn project, his upcoming milestone with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and why "there is absolutely zero difference between Haydn and Bruckner"...
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Monteverdi from Raphaël Pichon and other forthcoming highlights
13th Jun 2023
A studio recording of the Vespro della Beata Vergine from Pygmalion is among the stand-out releases for late summer, with other highlights including Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and the Ysaÿe solo sonatas from Hilary Hahn.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2023
12th Jun 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'meticulously plotted' German Baroque requiem from Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier...
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A Grand Concert of Music by Mr Charles, the Hungarian (lately arriv'd from Paris)
9th Jun 2023
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra recreate a performance that took place Dublin in 1742 - after the triumphant success of Messiah's premiere, an enterprising rival from overseas boldly puts on concerts featuring Handel's other works, right under his nose...
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New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2023
9th Jun 2023
Eric Coates from the BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, Bach's Art of Fugue from Cuarteto Casals, two recent orchestral works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and a second Liszt recital from Italian pianist Saskia Giorgini.
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New Presto CD Titles from Sony Classical
8th Jun 2023
The latest batch of Presto CD's from Sony Classical are an eclectic mix of the avant-garde and scores from Hollywood and Broadway.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Henry Jackman, Tyler Bryant (guitar), Vicci Wardman (viola), Caroline Dale (cello), Chris Laurence (bass), Richard Watkins (french horn), Richard Edwards (trombone), Hugh Webb (harp), Elyse Marchant (vocal)
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Karina Canellakis on Bartók
6th Jun 2023
The American conductor talks about her debut recording on Pentatone with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic - and explains why the repertoire on the album required such high levels of trust and caffeine...
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Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
5th Jun 2023
The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died at the age of 70 in her adoptive home of Paris.
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Kaija Saariaho: 70 Years
Gerald Finley, Wilhelmina Smith, Kaija Saariaho, John Storgårds, Pauliina Ahola, Juhani Liimatainen, Tapio Tuomela, Anu Komsi, Anssi Karttunen, Meta4, Karen Vourc'h, Ernst Kovacic, Steven Dann, Dawn Upshaw, Camilla Hoitenga, Héloïse Dautry, Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Karita Mattila, Martin Katz, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Avanti Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Hannu Lintu, Sakari Oramo, Christoph Eschenbach, Marko Letonja, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
2nd Jun 2023
Featuring Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda and The Tempest, the British conductor's debut recording is the stuff dreams are made on, combining passion and precision to thrilling dramatic effect.
