Classical Recommendations
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Joyce DiDonato's EDEN and other forthcoming vocal and opera highlights
24th Dec 2021
The American mezzo and Il Pomo d'Oro explore 'the power and fragility of Nature', Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andnes join forces for an all-Grieg recital, and Hans Abrahamsen's opera The Snow Queen (starring Barbara Hannigan as Gerda) receives its DVD/Blu-ray premiere.
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Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason's first duo album and other forthcoming highlights
29th Sep 2021
The siblings team up for cello sonatas by Barber and Rachmaninov, Cecilia Bartoli mines her archives, and Ádám Fischer completes his acclaimed Mahler cycle from Düsseldorf.
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Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and other forthcoming vocal highlights
4th Aug 2021
Autumn also brings an intriguing debut album from Italian-Canadian mezzo Emily D'Angelo, plus new recordings from Marianne Crebassa, Philippe Jaroussky, Ian Bostridge, and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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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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Lise Davidsen in Fidelio and other forthcoming highlights
9th Jun 2021
The Norwegian soprano stars opposite Christian Elsner on Marek Janowski's studio recording of Beethoven's opera, plus Korngold's Die tote Stadt with Kaufmann and Petersen from Munich, and an all-American album from Isata Kanneh-Mason.
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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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Brahms from Sir András Schiff and other forthcoming highlights
14th Apr 2021
The pianist directs Brahms's concertos from the keyboard with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Cecilia Bartoli sings a gender-fluid Ariodante from Salzburg, and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn champions Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Joyce DiDonato's Winterreise and other forthcoming highlights
17th Mar 2021
A novel take on Schubert's Winter Journey from the American mezzo and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, plus Schoenberg from Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Vaughan Williams from Antonio Pappano, and Péter Eötvös's new violin concerto from its dedicatee Isabelle Faust.
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Lise Davidsen's second album and other forthcoming highlights
9th Feb 2021
Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner and more from the Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano, plus Elgar from Renaud Capuçon, Bach from Rinaldo Alessandrini, and the DVD premiere of Jake Heggie's Great Scott with Joyce DiDonato.
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Donizetti's Il Paria and other forthcoming highlights
23rd Dec 2020
Donizetti's 1829 opera about religious intolerance gets a rare outing under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, plus French piano duets from Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, Beethoven from René Jacobs, and Josquin from Stile Antico.
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Ermonela Jaho's debut solo recording and other forthcoming highlights
22nd Jul 2020
The Albanian soprano celebrates the legacy of Rosina Storchio on Opera Rara, plus new albums from Diana Damrau, Alexandre Kantorow, Jonas Kaufmann and others.
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Das Lied von der Erde from Iván Fischer and other forthcoming highlights
23rd Jun 2020
A valedictory coda to the Budapest Festival Orchestra's superb Mahler series, plus Elgar from Daniel Barenboim and Elīna Garanča, Liszt & Thalberg from Marc-André Hamelin, and Barrie Kosky's Salzburg staging of Orphée aux Enfers on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Purcell from Paul McCreesh and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2020
The Gabrielis record a new edition of The Fairy Queen, plus Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova, Beethoven concertos from Stephen Hough, and Tannhäuser from last year’s Bayreuth Festival, with Lise Davidsen making her debut on the ‘green hill’ as Elisabeth.
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Debussy & Rameau from Víkingur Ólafsson and other forthcoming highlights
26th Feb 2020
An all-French programme from the award-winning Icelandic pianist, plus Vinci from Franco Fagioli, more Korngold from John Wilson, and Verdi’s Otello from Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia.
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Beethoven 2020 - forthcoming highlights
19th Feb 2020
Anniversary tributes from artists including Maurizio Pollini, Rudolf Buchbinder, Teodor Currentzis, the Capuçon brothers.
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Benjamin Grosvenor's Chopin and other forthcoming highlights
15th Jan 2020
The young British pianist records the two concertos with Elim Chan and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, plus two Adès world premiere recordings and new releases from Adam Laloum, the Fitzwilliam Quartet, Isabelle Faust, and Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton.
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Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato and other forthcoming highlights
18th Dec 2019
Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni and Jakub Józef Orliński also star in Handel’s early opera with Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev; other January highlights include Strauss albums from Diana Damrau and Vasily Petrenko, and infernal Charpentier from Vox Luminis.
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Handel: Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Elgar and other forthcoming highlights
29th Oct 2019
The young British cellist tackles Elgar’s concerto with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, plus an all-Russian extravaganza from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Franck and Chopin cello sonatas from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang.
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Plinio Fernandes (guitar), Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Alinka Rowe (viola), Ayla Sahin (violin), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Jo Cole (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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La damnation de Faust from John Nelson and other forthcoming highlights
9th Oct 2019
Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres join forces once again for Berlioz from Strasbourg, plus Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet, Schubert from Arcadi Volodos, and recital albums from Angela Gheorghiu and Jakub Józef Orliński.
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A Farinelli homage from Cecilia Bartoli and other forthcoming highlights
10th Sep 2019
The Italian mezzo pays tribute to the most celebrated castrato of them all, plus a Viennese whirl with Jonas Kaufmann, Beethoven from Leonidas Kavakos and Masaaki Suzuki, and Purcell's King Arthur from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli.
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Quatuor Ébène's Beethoven odyssey and other forthcoming highlights
20th Aug 2019
The French quartet embark on a world tour and series of live recordings of the complete string quartets to mark the composer’s upcoming 250th birthday, plus anniversary Berlioz from John Nelson, and a triptych of ‘sea pictures’ from Marie-Nicole Lemieux.
