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BBC Music Magazine - May 2022 Choices
10th May 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä's 'electrifying and revelatory' Sibelius cycle with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on Decca.
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Harry Bicket on Handel's La Resurrezione
9th May 2022
The conductor talks about his new recording of Handel's unusual oratorio dramatising the post-Easter story.
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Farewells from Jakub Józef Orliński & Michał Biel
6th May 2022
The Polish countertenor and pianist fly the flag for their native country in a beguiling recital of songs by Karel Szymanowski, Henryk Czyż, Stanisław Moniuszko, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Tadeusz Baird.
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Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano)
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New Release Round-Up - 6th May 2022
6th May 2022
Strauss from Andris Nelsons, Vivaldi & Bach from Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo Alessandrini, Rachmaninov from Steven Osborne, and Schoenberg from the Gringolts Quartet.
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Dylan Perez on Samuel Barber
5th May 2022
The American pianist discusses recording his compatriot's complete songs on Resonus, with a line-up of singers including Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, and his husband Nicky Spence.
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Samuel Barber: The Complete Songs
Dylan Perez (piano), Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Fleur Barron (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts (baritones), William Thomas (bass) Navarra String Quartet
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2022
3rd May 2022
South African soprano Golda Schultz emerges as a compelling story-teller on her debut recording of songs by five female composers, whilst Véronique Gens and Sandrine Piau pay vivid tribute to two French baroque divas of an earlier generation.
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Paul Hillier on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass
3rd May 2022
The conductor of Theatre of Voices talks about his new recording of a striking, atmospheric work by Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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The Presto Chart - April 2022
2nd May 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for April, with Raphaël Pichon's recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion with Pygmalion on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2022
30th Apr 2022
This month's heavyweights include extensive anthologies celebrating Dimitri Mitropoulos and Kurt Masur, 150th birthday-editions of Vaughan Williams and Scriabin, and a set of recordings from Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Festival.
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Weber's Der Freischütz from René Jacobs
29th Apr 2022
The Belgian conductor's restoration of the original libretto's prologue lends a wonderful symmetry and coherence to Weber's supernatural Singspiel, whilst German actor Max Urlacher is properly spine-chilling in the expanded role of the demon Samiel.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th April 2022
29th Apr 2022
Dora Pejačević from Peter Donohoe and Sakari Oramo, eighteenth-century operatic heroines from Patricia Petibon, Heinz Holliger's 'dream-opera' Lunea, and a Dante-inspired recital from Mirco Palazzi and Marco Scolastra.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022: The Winners!
28th Apr 2022
A live update from tonight's ceremony at Kings Place, including details of the Recording of the Year and Personality of the Year Awards...
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Annelien Van Wauwe on FLOW
27th Apr 2022
The Belgian clarinettist discusses her recent recording of the Mozart concerto and a new yoga-inspired commission by Wim Henderickx - and explains how her own daily yoga-practice has transformed her approach to making music.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2022
26th Apr 2022
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'breathtakingly extravagant display of intellect and imagination' from Mitsuko Uchida in Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
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Daniel Hyde on Lenten, Passiontide and Easter music from King's
25th Apr 2022
The Director of Music at King's College discusses the Choir's new album, featuring music for Easter and the period leading up to it.
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Olga Neuwirth's Orlando
22nd Apr 2022
The Austrian composer's Virginia Woolf-inspired opera delights in blurring boundaries of all kinds, with an astonishing central performance from mezzo Kate Lindsey in the shape-shifting title-role.
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Neuwirth: Orlando (DVD)
Kate Lindsey (Orlando), Anna Clementi (Narrator), Eric Jurenas (Guardian Angel), Justin Vivian Bond (Orlando’s Child), Leigh Melrose (Greene/Shelmerdine), Constance Hauman (Queen/Purity/Friend of Orlando’s Child), Agneta Eichenholz (Sasha/Chastity) Wiener Staatsoper, Matthias Pintscher, Polly Graham
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd April 2022
22nd Apr 2022
Rossini from Florian Sempey, Rameau from Marc Minkowski, vintage Vaughan Williams from Sir Adrian Boult, and Schubert from Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson.
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Jonathan Radford on the rise of the saxophone
20th Apr 2022
The saxophonist talks about the pioneering Rudy Wiedoeft, who played a crucial role in promoting and popularising his instrument early in the twentieth century.
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Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022)
19th Apr 2022
The radical English composer, famous particularly for his operas on mythological themes, has died aged 87.
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Radu Lupu (1945-2022)
19th Apr 2022
The Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, widely regarded as one of the most eloquent musicians of the late twentieth century, has died aged 76.
