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Stravinsky & Eötvös from Pablo Heras-Casado and the Orchestre de Paris
9th Apr 2021
The Spanish conductor delivers a very Gallic Rite of Spring, whilst Isabelle Faust is bewitched and bewitching on the world premiere recording of Péter Eötvös's 'Alhambra' Concerto.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th April 2021
9th Apr 2021
Bach from Augustin Hadelich, Beethoven from Teodor Currentzis, Mozart from Albrecht Mayer, and an homage to the Rameau family from Justin Taylor.
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Helen Charlston and Michael Craddock on their Isolation Songbook
8th Apr 2021
The mezzo and baritone (and nearly-weds!) discuss how their open call for new music to sing together during lockdown spiralled into a full-scale album of commissions, released last month on Delphian...
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2021
7th Apr 2021
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne's 'peerless' album of French piano duets (including Fauré's Dolly Suite and Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye) on Hyperion.
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Simon Bainbridge (1952-2021)
7th Apr 2021
The British composer, whose major works included Spirogyra, Diptych and settings of Primo Levi, has died aged 68.
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Martin Suckling on This Departing Landscape
5th Apr 2021
The Scottish composer talks about his new album of orchestral and concertante works, drawing on inspirations ranging from childhood friendships to contemporary ceramic art and the philosophical musings of Morton Feldman.
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Jane Manning (1938-2021)
3rd Apr 2021
The British soprano and contemporary music champion, who premiered works by composers including Harrison Birtwistle, Judith Weir, Oliver Knussen and John Cage, has died aged 82.
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Lise Davidsen in Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi
2nd Apr 2021
The powerhouse Norwegian soprano is in expansive, radiant voice for Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder and arias from Fidelio, Otello, La forza del destino, Medea, and Cavalleria rusticana with Sir Mark Elder and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd April 2021
2nd Apr 2021
Bach transcriptions from Francesco Piemontesi, Hindemith from Les Vents Français, Byrd from Fretwork and Alamire, and an impressive debut disc from Franco-Armenian mezzo Varduhi Abrahamyan.
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The Presto Chart - March 2021
1st Apr 2021
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with French duets from Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis on Hyperion in first place...
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Ksenija Sidorova on Piazzólla's legacy
1st Apr 2021
The Latvian accordionist talks about her new album paying tribute to the great Astor Piazzólla, and tracing the modern legacy of his advocacy for the instrument.
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Presto Editor's Choices - March 2021
31st Mar 2021
A touching and often witty recital of lockdown commissions from Helen Charlston and Michael Craddock, electrifying Ives from Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a revelatory recital of Florence Price's piano music from Samantha Ege.
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Boxed Set Selections - March 2021
30th Mar 2021
A celebration of Claudio Abbado's years with the London Symphony Orchestra, two collections commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Stravinsky's death, and the complete Arthur Grumiaux recordings on Philips.
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Music for Holy Week 2021
29th Mar 2021
A brief round-up of recent releases focusing on Passiontide and Easter.
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A Mozart postscript from Rachel Podger
26th Mar 2021
Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn bring to life a selection of musicologist Timothy Jones’s thoughtful completions of fragmentary Mozart works, offering a variety of plausible perspectives on what might have been.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th March 2021
26th Mar 2021
Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi from Lise Davidsen, Bach from Phantasm and Collegium Vocale Gent, and Gounod's Faust from Covent Garden, starring Michael Fabiano and Erwin Schrott.
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Peter Cigleris on British Clarinet Concertos
25th Mar 2021
Clarinettist Peter Cigleris talks about his new album on Signum, which sees him revive not one but four forgotten clarinet concertos from early twentieth-century Britain.
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BBC Music Magazine - April 2021 Choices
24th Mar 2021
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a powerful recital of songs by Black composers from baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez on Cedille.
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Peter Whelan on The Trials of Tenducci
23rd Mar 2021
The conductor talks to Katherine about his new recording with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, which explores the musical life of mid-eighteenth-century Dublin and the legacy of one of its brightest imported stars - the scandal-hit castrato Giusto Fernando Tenducci.
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Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938-2021)
22nd Mar 2021
The Russian bass, who was closely associated with the Bolshoi throughout his long career and was particularly acclaimed in Russian repertoire, has died aged 83.
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