Classical Recommendations
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Francesco Piemontesi's Liszt and other forthcoming highlights
9th May 2018
The Swiss pianist embarks on the first of Liszt's 'Years of Pilgrimage', Thomas Quasthoff teams up with a big band for his second jazz album, and Philippe Jaroussky goes to hell and back.
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Jonas Kaufmann's Otello and other forthcoming highlights
3rd Apr 2018
The German tenor's first portrayal of Verdi's 'Lion of Venice', plus new releases from Ádám Fischer, Osmo Vänskä, Stephen Hough and Tenebrae.
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Paul Lewis's Haydn and other forthcoming highlights
12th Mar 2018
April also brings Shostakovich from the Belcea Quartet, Walton from James Ehnes and Edward Gardner, Messiaen from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and Cole Porter from Magdalena Kožená...
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Prokofiev from Martha Argerich & Sergei Babayan and other forthcoming highlights
22nd Feb 2018
Other imminent headliners include Schubert from Marc-André Hamelin, Bartók from Renaud Capuçon, and Vivaldi from both Rachel Podger with Brecon Baroque and Diego Fasolis with Julia Lezhneva and Franco Fagioli.
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Robin Ticciati's Brahms and other forthcoming highlights
27th Jan 2018
Ten enticing upcoming releases from artists including Christian Thielemann, Andris Nelsons, Yvgeny Sudbin and Anita Rachvelishvili.
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Bartók from Pablo Heras-Casado and other forthcoming releases
3rd Jan 2018
Including new recordings from Garrick Ohlsson, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anna Bonitatibus, and the Elias Quartet.
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Barenboim plays Debussy and other forthcoming highlights
20th Dec 2017
The beginning of 2018 brings major new recordings from artists including Daniel Barenboim, Lisa Batiashvili, Murray Perahia and Sonya Yoncheva, as well as the traditional release of the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna (conducted this year by Riccardo Muti).
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Má Vlast from Jiří Bělohlávek and other January highlights
5th Dec 2017
Including recordings from Maurizio Pollini, Stephen Hough, Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and the late Jiří Bělohlávek.
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Renée Fleming's final Marschallin and other forthcoming vocal and operatic releases
8th Nov 2017
New productions of Der Rosenkavalier, Der fliegende Holländer and Carmen, plus the world premiere recording of Jake Heggie's Great Scott, starring Joyce DiDonato.
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Cecilia & Sol and other autumn delights
26th Sep 2017
New releases from Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta, the Quatuor Mosaïques and René Jacobs, plus two 2016 productions from Covent Garden.
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Forthcoming recordings from great pianists
16th Aug 2017
Chris rounds up ten of the most promising piano recitals coming up this autumn, including magisterial live Beethoven from Evgeny Kissin.
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Forthcoming vocal highlights for the autumn
8th Aug 2017
Mozart from Juan Diego Flórez, Wagner from Michael Volle, French song from Thomas Hampson, and imaginative tributes to two stars of the nineteenth-century Paris opera.
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Les Troyens from John Nelson and other forthcoming highlights
27th Jul 2017
John Nelson's recording of Berlioz's Classical epic on Erato, starring Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, is now available to pre-order.
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Jonas Kaufmann's French album and other forthcoming highlights
20th Jul 2017
Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet and more from the German tenor, plus Bach from Matthias Goerne and Dvořák from the Takács Quartet.
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Mendelssohn from Isabelle Faust and other forthcoming highlights
5th Jul 2017
The German violinist's account of one of the best-loved of all violin concertos sees her join forces with Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
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Coming soon - Les Troyens from Strasbourg and more…
29th Jun 2017
Some highlights for the autumn, including Berlioz's five-hour epic with Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, and a welcome return to Dvořák from the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Barenboim's Gerontius and other forthcoming highlights
31st May 2017
The continuation of his distinguished Elgar cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin will arrive just in time for their Proms visit with the two symphonies…
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Ravel Concertos from Steven Osborne and other forthcoming delights
5th May 2017
Franck from Faust, Prokofiev from Petrenko, and Handel from Hallenberg are also looming on the horizon for May and June!
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Mendelssohn and other forthcoming highlights
7th Apr 2017
Meyerbeer, Antheil, Saint-Saëns, Paganini and Dvorak are also on the menu for late April and May…
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Andris Nelsons' Bruckner 3 and other forthcoming highlights
18th Mar 2017
Katherine introduces some personal 'ones to watch' from the current crop of future releases, from Monteverdi to Skempton.
