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Charles Richard-Hamelin on Chopin
22nd Jul 2021
In the wake of his new recording of the 24 Préludes Op. 28 on Analekta, the Canadian pianist talks to Katherine about why playing Chopin's music always 'feels like coming home' to him.
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2021 Choices
21st Jul 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, with French pianist Lise de la Salle's 'invitation to the dance' on Naive as Recording of the Month.
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Mozart from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming instrumental highlights
20th Jul 2021
Late summer and early autumn also bring Shostakovich and Stevenson from Igor Levit, Haydn from Paul Lewis, and a Franco-Spanish album from Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.
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Sir Graham Vick (1953-2021)
19th Jul 2021
The English opera director, who won widespread acclaim for his groundbreaking work with Birmingham Opera Company, has died aged 67 from complications arising from COVID.
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Verdi: Falstaff
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, stage direction by Graham Vick
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Beethoven Piano Concertos from Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle
16th Jul 2021
Zimerman, Rattle, and the London Symphony Orchestra present expressively exuberant performances of Beethoven's five piano concertos that are full of joy, wit, and drama.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th July 2021
16th Jul 2021
Fidelio from Marek Janowski (with Lise Davidsen in the title-role), Beethoven from the Suk Trio, and baroque violin recitals from Nicola Benedetti and Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski
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Sonya Bach on Rachmaninov
15th Jul 2021
The Korean pianist talks about her new album of works by Rachmaninov for solo piano, featuring the Moments Musicaux Op.16 and the 1931 revision of the Sonata No.2.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2021
14th Jul 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Mahler's Seventh Symphony from Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester first among equals.
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Bomsori Kim on Wieniawski and the inspiration of the stage
13th Jul 2021
The Korean violinist talks about her new album of works inspired by the stage, and her particular affinity for the works of the Polish violinist-composer Henryk Wieniawski.
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New Presto CD titles from the Decca catalogue
12th Jul 2021
Artists featured in the latest batch of Presto CDs include Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, and Thomas Trotter.
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Farrenc from the Insula Orchestra and Laurence Equilbey
9th Jul 2021
The French orchestra begins its planned cycle of the symphonic works of Louise Farrenc with her Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
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New Release Round-Up - 9th July 2021
9th Jul 2021
Beethoven concertos from Krystian Zimerman, Haydn from Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, Byrd and Bull from Kit Armstrong, and highlights from Porgy & Bess from Marin Alsop, with Angel Blue and Lester Lynch in the title-roles.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Summertime
8th Jul 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new all-American album (released tomorrow on Decca Classics), which features music by Barber, Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Gershwin and Copland.
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Hideko Udagawa on Nostalgic Russia
6th Jul 2021
The violinist talks about her new release of Russian rarities for violin and piano with Petr Limonov, and reflects on her relationship with music from Russia.
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Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)
5th Jul 2021
The Dutch composer and pianist, whose major works include the Dante-inspired opera La Commedia and Theatre of the World, has died aged 82.
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Episode 19: Classical Comedy with Rainer Hersch
4th Jul 2021
Comedian Rainer Hersch joins Paul for a potted history of the art of cocking a snook at the strait-laced world of classical music.
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The Presto Chart - June 2021
3rd Jul 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with András Schiff's Brahms Piano Concertos with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on ECM in first place...
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Sibelius from Edward Gardner, the Bergen Philharmonic, and Lise Davidsen
2nd Jul 2021
The Norwegian soprano combines drama and delicacy in the tone-poem Luonnotar, whilst the Bergen string sound in Tapiola, Rakastava and Pelléas & Mélisande is a thing to marvel at.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd July 2021
2nd Jul 2021
Love songs from Angela Hewitt, Beethoven's Hammerklavier and Eroica Variations from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Satie from Noriko Ogawa, and Schnittke and Pärt from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
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Randall Goosby on Roots
1st Jul 2021
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
