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New Release Round-Up - 18th September 2020
18th Sep 2020by Katherine Cooper
Messiaen from Mannheim, Mozart from Mühlemann, and Jamie Barton in song-cycles by Jake Heggie, with the composer himself at the piano.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th September 2020
11th Sep 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Respighi from Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra of La Scala, a lockdown-inspired recital from Igor Levit, Franz Schmidt’s complete symphonies from Paavo Järvi, and Vivaldi with a twist from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Il Giardino Armonico.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th September 2020
4th Sep 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner from Bergen, lockdown Lieder from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch, Mahler from Iván Fischer, and a boxed set of Ravel's complete works on Warner Classics.
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
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New Release Round-Up - 28th August 2020
28th Aug 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Mahler from Vladimir Jurowski, Shostakovich from Alban Gerhardt, Mozart from Francesco Piemontesi and Andrew Manze, and Melly Still's Glyndebourne production of Rusalka on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st August 2020
21st Aug 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Beethoven from Kristian Bezuidenhout & Pablo Heras-Casado, Schumann from François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, vintage Elgar from America, and a French recital from oboist François Leleux.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th August 2020
14th Aug 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini on DVD from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Handel concerti grossi from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, early Beethoven from Jos van Immerseel, and Bernard Haitink’s farewell to Salzburg.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th August 2020
7th Aug 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Dvořák from Kian Soltani and Daniel Barenboim, Rachmaninov from Sergei Babayan, the world premiere recording of Ethel Smyth's choral symphony The Prison, and a new large-scale recording project from Max Richter.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st July 2020
31st Jul 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Vaughan Williams and Finzi from Michael Collins and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Satie from Noriko Ogawa, and two new works for baroque orchestra and voices by Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning American composer Caroline Shaw.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th July 2020
24th Jul 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Elgar from Elīna Garanča and Daniel Barenboim, Telemann from Barthold Kuijken, an arresting debut recording from The Hermes Experiment, and three neglected British clarinet concertos from Robert Plane.
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New Release Round-Up 17th July 2020
17th Jul 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Nielsen from Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony, Beethoven from Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations, two works for voice and orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas, and a Domingo fiftieth anniversary gala from Verona on DVD and Blu-ray.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th July 2020
10th Jul 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Elgar from Vasily Petrenko and Kathryn Rudge, Beethoven from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, and Mozart with a Cuban accent from horn-player Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up 3rd July 2020
3rd Jul 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Bohemian Tales from Augustin Hadelich, Mahler 7 from Osmo Vänskä, Schubert from Kevin John Edusei, and Debussy from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé.
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Digital New Release Round-Up - 29th June 2020
29th Jun 2020by David Smith
Handel's Semele from Sir John Eliot Gardiner (with Louise Alder in the title-role), Bach from Anna Prohaska and Lautten Compagney, Gershwin from Wayne Marshall, and a Pythagoras-inspired programme from Aurora Orchestra.
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Handel: Semele
Louise Alder (Semele), Hugo Hymas (Jupiter), Lucile Richardot (Juno/Ino), Carlo Vistoli (Athamas), Gianluca Buratto (Somnus/Cadmus), Emily Owen (Iris), Angela Hicks (Cupid), Peter Davoren (Apollo) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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New Release Round-Up - 26th June 2020
26th Jun 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony from Pablo Heras-Casado, Zemlinsky from Marc Albrecht, William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony in its 1952 revision, and the world premiere recording of Vinci’s Gismondo Re di Polonia from Parnassus Arts.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th June 2020
19th Jun 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Vivaldi and Piazzolla from Arabella Steinbacher, Thomas Adès from Kirill Gerstein (and the composer himself), two concertos from Christopher Gunning, and an early Korngold opera's world premiere video recording from Turin.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th June 2020
12th Jun 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna, Verdi's Otello (starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title-role) from Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Massenet's first full-length opera, and an eclectic urban-themed album from Lisa Batiashvili.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th June 2020
5th Jun 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet, the world premiere recording of Fazil Say's Cello Concerto from its dedicatee Camille Thomas, archive Mahler from Ádám Fischer, and Beethoven from Robert Trevino.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th May 2020
29th May 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Today’s new releases include Massenet's Thaïs from Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, opera arias from Aleksandra Kurzak, and music from the court of Versailles from Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford.
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Digital New Release Round-Up - 27th May 2020
28th May 2020by David Smith
New Elgar recordings from Nicola Benedetti and Vasily Petrenko, Beethoven from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, Adès performs Adès with Kirill Gerstein, and a self-isolation project from Ludovico Einaudi.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd May 2020
22nd May 2020by Chris O'Reilly
Today’s new releases include Vivaldi from Martin Fröst, two concertos by Gabriel Prokofiev, new American choral music from the Choir of Merton College Oxford, and Leclair Trio Sonatas from Ensemble Diderot.