Classical Recommendations
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Sokolov's Rachmaninov 3 and other tempting treats
31st Jan 2017
Chris cherry-picks some highlights from the forthcoming releases, including a rare concerto disc from the elusive Russian pianist.
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Kaufmann's Mahler and other mouth-watering delights!
20th Jan 2017
Katherine selects some highlights from the future releases, including the German tenor's one-man performance of Mahler's song-cycle.
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Pappano records Saint-Saëns for Warner
22nd Dec 2016
Martha Argerich will join the Santa Cecilia Orchestra for Le carnaval des animaux.
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Diana Damrau releases for 2017
30th Nov 2016
Next year will bring DVDs of operas by Bizet, Salieri and Donizetti, plus a Meyerbeer recital disc in the spring, all on Warner Classics and Erato.
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico Ashton), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo Di Ravenswood), David Lee (Lord Arturo Bucklaw), Nicolas Testé (Raimondo Bidebent), Marie Mclaughlin (Alisa) & Andrew Lepri Meyer (Normanno) Münchener Opernchor & Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Matthias Goerne records Bach, Schumann and Wagner
22nd Nov 2016
The German bass-baritone embarks on three new projects on Harmonia Mundi in 2017.
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia Varak (Siegrune), Okka von der Damerau (Grimgerde), Laura Nykänen (Rossweise) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Decca sign up young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
15th Nov 2016
The 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year and RPS Society Award winner will make his debut on the label with Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.
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Barbara Hannigan's debut disc as singer and conductor
20th Oct 2016
The Canadian powerhouse's album of Berg, Berio and Gershwin will be released on Alpha in 2017.
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Verdi Requiem
28th Sep 2016
Last week's performances to be released on LSO Live in the spring - watch the live stream of the concert in anticipation!
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New UK label launches with album in memory of Peter Maxwell Davies
28th Sep 2016
The North York Moors Chamber Music Festival launches its own record label, including the world premiere of a work composed by Peter Maxwell Davies for the Festival.
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John Butt and the Dunedin Consort perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio
5th Sep 2016
John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort turn their attention to Bach's masterpiece of festive celebration.
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Forthcoming releases in Hyperion's Concertos series
1st Sep 2016
Leopold Koželuch and some lesser-spotted Max Bruch (from violinist Jack Liebeck) are scheduled for 2017.
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'Beloved Friend': Semyon Bychkov's Tchaikovsky Project
26th Jul 2016
New series on Decca will kick off in October with Romeo & Juliet and the Pathétique Symphony.
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Shakespeare's Globe
20th Jul 2016
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse announces launch of its own label, with first release scheduled for September.
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Measure For Measure
Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Juliet), Kurt Egyiawan (Angelo), Trevor Fox (Pompey), Mariah Gale (Isabella), Dennis Herdman (Froth / Friar Thomas), Rosie Hilal (Mariana), James Lailey (Abhorson / Friar Peter), Joel MacCormack (Claudio), Petra Massey (Mistress Overdone), Dean Nolan (Elbow / Barnadine), Brendan O’Hea (Lucio), Paul Rider (Escalus) & Dominic Rowan (Duke Vincentio) Dominic Dromgoole (director)
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Craig Hella Johnson's 'Considering Matthew Shepard'
14th Jul 2016
A complex and challenging new choral work by Craig Hella Johnson is set for release on Harmonia Mundi in the autumn.
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Joyce DiDonato - In War and Peace
27th Jun 2016
The American mezzo's new collection of baroque opera arias will be released on Erato in November.
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Matthias Goerne sings Mahler via Berio
9th Jun 2016
The German baritone has recorded a selection of the Frühe Lieder for Harmonia Mundi.
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Anna Netrebko - Verismo
1st Jun 2016
The Russian soprano continues her move into more dramatic waters this autumn with a disc of Italian opera arias…
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Benjamin Appl signs exclusive contract with Sony
24th May 2016
German baritone's inaugural disc of lieder on the label will be released early next year.
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Vivaldi from Lucie Horsch
19th May 2016
Decca are set to introduce a 16-year-old Dutch recorder player with an album of Vivaldi, due out in October.
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Howard Skempton's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
12th May 2016
Coleridge setting will be recorded on NMC this autumn, with Roderick Williams as the protagonist.
