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New Release Round-Up - 12th November 2021
12th Nov 2021by Katherine Cooper
The continuation of Benjamin Alard's multi-instrumental survey of Bach's keyboard works; new music from James MacMillan; speculative Mozartian sonatas from Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Anna Szałucka and Timothy Jones; and an enchanting selection of miniatures from Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th November 2021
5th Nov 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bach and Handel from Sabine Devieilhe, Josquin from Graindelavoix, Brahms from Alexandre Kantorow, and Rameau's Achante et Céphise from Alexis Kossenko.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th October 2021
29th Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bartók from Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Phillharmonic, Chopin from Stephen Hough, Beethoven from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and Handel arias with instrumental obbligatos from La Nuova Musica.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd October 2021
22nd Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Gubaidulina world premieres from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Mozart's Mitridate from Marc Minkowski, a musical journey through sixteenth-century Venice with Gawain Glenton and Silas Wollston, and a Franco-Spanish recital from mezzo Marianne Crebassa.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th October 2021
15th Oct 2021by Chris O'Reilly
Bach from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mozart from Arabella Steinbacher, a nocturnal programme from Quatuor Ébène, and Elisabeth Lutyens from Martin Jones.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th October 2021
8th Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
Music by the Bach family from Daniil Trifonov, the Tchaikovsky symphonies from Paavo Järvi in Zurich, a 'journey between different cultures' from Philippe Jaroussky and Thibaut Garcia, and a nature-themed song recital from Renée Fleming and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st October 2021
1st Oct 2021by Katherine Cooper
British solo cello music from Steven Isserlis, Beethoven from Martin Helmchen and Frank Peter Zimmermann, Canteloube from Carolyn Sampson, and Elgar from Julia Sitkovetsky and Christopher Glynn.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th September 2021
24th Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chopin from Beatrice Rana, Buxtehude from Arcangelo, and Bellini's Il Pirata starring Marina Rebeka and Javier Camarena.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th September 2021
17th Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Bach from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and two guest stars, opera arias from Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, Liszt from Charles Owen, and Jommelli from Ian Page and The Mozartists.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th September 2021
10th Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Shostakovich and Ronald Stevenson from Igor Levit, Rachmaninov from Robin Ticciati, Arvo Pärt from Renaud Capuçon in Lausanne, and Bartók, Mussorgsky and Brahms from Magdalena Kožená.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd September 2021
3rd Sep 2021by Katherine Cooper
Mahler, Ives and Grime from Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton, British oboe quintets from Nicholas Daniel, organist Anna Lapwood's first solo recording, and Strauss from François-Xavier Roth in Köln.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th August 2021
27th Aug 2021by Katherine Cooper
Schubert from René Jacobs, Brahms from Alexander Melnikov, French baroque heroines from Véronique Gens, and seventeenth-century laments from Iestyn Davies and Fretwork.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th August 2021
20th Aug 2021by Katherine Cooper
Norwegian opera overtures from Oslo, Haydn's L'isola disabitata from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vivaldi's Four Seasons from thirteen-year-old violinist Christian Li, and Telemann cantatas for Hanoverian Kings.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th August 2021
13th Aug 2021by Katherine Cooper
Chopin from Jan Lisiecki, Strauss from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, works for violin and piano by Louise Farrenc, and Francis Pott's mammoth 'Passion Symphony' Christus.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th August 2021
6th Aug 2021by Katherine Cooper
A French-language Carnaval des animaux from Lille, British music from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Wagner, Mahler and Berg from Anja Harteros, and Chopin and more from Alice Sara Ott.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th July 2021
30th Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
A chaconne-themed solo recital from Ilya Gringolts, Busoni from Peter Donohoe, Bruckner from Juanjo Mena, and an anthology of Welsh song from Andrew Matthews-Owen and friends.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd July 2021
23rd Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
Lully from Les Talens Lyriques, Liszt from Olivier Latry, an avian song-recital from Roderick Williams and Andrew West, and new music for saxophone and piano by Thai and Australian composers.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th July 2021
16th Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
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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New Release Round-Up - 9th July 2021
9th Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
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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New Release Round-Up - 2nd July 2021
2nd Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
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.