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Joyce DiDonato's EDEN
25th Feb 2022
Featuring music by composers including Ives, Cavalli, Handel, Gluck and Wagner (plus a ravishing new commission by Rachel Portman), the American mezzo's eclectic new concept-album with Il Pomo d'Oro explores our relationship with 'the grammar of the earth'.
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EDEN
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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New Release Round-Up - 25th February 2022
25th Feb 2022
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart violin sonatas from Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi, Salonen and Ravel from Nicolas Altstaedt, and Sebastián Durón's zarzuela Coronis from Le Poème Harmonique.
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Jaakko Kuusisto (1974-2022)
24th Feb 2022
The Finnish violinist, conductor, composer and politician has died at the age of 48.
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Josephine Veasey (1930-2022)
24th Feb 2022
The British dramatic mezzo, who excelled in Wagner and Berlioz, has died aged 91.
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Laurence Dreyfus on the consort music of John Jenkins
23rd Feb 2022
The director of acclaimed consort Phantasm talks about their new album of intricate, yet intimate, Renaissance works for viols.
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Jenkins: Four-Part Consorts
Phantasm
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2022
22nd Feb 2022
February heavyweights include French organist Olivier Latry's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, The Choir of King’s College Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury's complete Argo recordings, and anthologies celebrating the legacies of Zoltán Kocsis and Blandine Verlet.
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Carmen Giannattasio on Opera Rara
21st Feb 2022
The Italian soprano reminisces about recording the title-roles in Ermione and La donna del lago (both recently reissued on the label's Rossini 1819 box-set) and discusses 'stepping into the second phase of my life as a singer' as she moves away from bel canto and towards verismo repertoire...
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Rossini in 1819
Ermione - Carmen Giannattasio (Ermione), Rebecca Bottone (Cleone), Patricia Bardon (Andromaca), Colin Lee (Oreste), Paul Nilon (Pirro), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry La donna del lago - Gregory Kunde (Rodrigo di Dhu), Carmen Giannattasio (Elena), Patricia Bardon (Malcolm Groeme), Kenneth Tarver (Giacomo V), Douglas d’Angus (Robert Gleadow), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maurizio Benini Bianca e Falliero, Majella Cullagh (Bianca), Jennifer Larmore (Falliero), Barry Banks (Contareno), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Capellio), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
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Owain Park on Fading
20th Feb 2022
The consort's director Owain Park talks about their contemplative album from 2020, inspired by ancient monastic services and meditating on themes of darkness and light.
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Weinberg solo violin sonatas from Gidon Kremer
18th Feb 2022
The Latvian violinist celebrates his 75th birthday with impassioned recordings of Weinberg's three sonatas for solo violin.
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonatas For Violin Solo
Gidon Kremer (violin)
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New Release Round-Up - 18th February 2022
18th Feb 2022
Vivaldi, Leclair and Locatelli from Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Mozart from Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano works by African composers from Rebeca Omordia, and Italian baroque arias from Ian Bostridge.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2022 Choices
17th Feb 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Jennifer Kloetzel and Robert Koenig's set of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano on Avie...
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Benjamin Appl on Winterreise
16th Feb 2022
The German baritone talks to Katherine about his new recording of Schubert's great song-cycle (released on Alpha Classics last Friday) and his relationship with his late mentor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
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Schubert on Tape
14th Feb 2022
Edna Stern talks about her new album of Schubert, in which she deliberately turns back the clock on today's recording techniques to capture a more authentic performance.
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Schubert on Tape
Edna Stern (piano)
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Episode 27: A Life in Notes - The Art of Music Biography
13th Feb 2022
This week three eminent music biographers join Paul for a round-table discussion on the art of writing a music biography.
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Andris Nelsons completes his Bruckner cycle with the Gewandhausorchester
11th Feb 2022
The Latvian conductor and his Leipzig ensemble complete their cycle of Bruckner symphonies with radiant, dramatic performances of Symphonies 1 and 5.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th February 2022
11th Feb 2022
Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth, Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda, consort music by John Jenkins from Phantasm, and Winterreise from Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu.
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Mitsuko Uchida's Diabelli Variations and other forthcoming highlights
10th Feb 2022
Other stand-out releases for March and April include Franco-Italian recitals from tenors Benjamin Bernheim and Pene Pati, Rachmaninov from Asmik Grigorian, and Sibelius from the young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä.
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Lynn Arnold and Charles Matthews on Vaughan Williams and more
9th Feb 2022
David talks to the piano duo about their recent album, including a transcription of Vaughan Williams's London Symphony and Maconchy's Preludio, Fugato e Finale
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George Crumb (1929-2022)
8th Feb 2022
The American composer, whose major works include Black Angels, Vox Balaenae and Ancient Voices of Children, has died aged 92.
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John Wilson on Ravel
7th Feb 2022
The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.
