Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-up - 22nd June 2018
22nd Jun 2018
Mendelssohn from Iván Fischer, Bruch from Joshua Bell, Debussy from Pablo Heras-Casado, and the continuation of Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th June 2018
15th Jun 2018
Beethoven from Cuarteto Casals, Stravinsky from the LSO Chamber Ensemble, a Verdi rarity from La Scala, and a centenary documentary on the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson.
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New Release Round-up - 8th June 2018
8th Jun 2018
Dohnányi from the Nash Ensemble, Charpentier from Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen, Handel (and possibly others!) from The Brook Street Band, and jazz standards from Thomas Quasthoff.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st June 2018
1st Jun 2018
Elgar from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Das Rheingold from Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé, La clemenza di Tito from last summer’s Glyndebourne Festival, and a dream-inspired recital from Stephen Hough.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th May 2018
25th May 2018
New recordings from artists including Jakub Hrůša, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Jacques Imbrailo & Alasdair Hogarth, plus a ravishing Rameau rarity from György Vashegyi.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th May 2018
18th May 2018
Schubert from Isabelle Faust and friends, Wolf-Ferrari from Vasily Petrenko, and Vaughan Williams from The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th May 2018
11th May 2018
New recordings from artists including Ádám Fischer, Sophie Pacini, Boris Giltburg, and Fabio Bonizzoni.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th May 2018
4th May 2018
Haydn from Trio Wanderer, Bach and Telemann from Christoph Prégardien (who's dipping a toe into baritone waters), and a previously-unreleased Schubert compilation from Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
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New Release Round-up - 27th April 2018
27th Apr 2018
Mahler from Osmo Vänskä and his Minnesota orchestra, the world premiere recording of a recently-rediscovered sacred work by Gounod, and late Schubert from Marc-André Hamelin.
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New Release Round-up - 20th April 2018
20th Apr 2018
Shostakovich from Piotr Anderszewski and the Belcea Quartet, song recitals from Sandrine Piau and Nicholas Phan, Ravel and Gershwin from Denis Kozhukhin, and the complete symphonies of Arvo Pärt.
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New Release Round-up - 13th April 2018
13th Apr 2018
Bacewicz from the Silesian Quartet, Schubert from Roderick Williams, Bartók from Christian Tetzlaff and Hannu Lintu, and vintage Beethoven from the Budapest Quartet.
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New Release Round-up - 6th April 2018
6th Apr 2018
Walton from Edward Gardner and James Ehnes, Brahms from Benjamin Appl and Graham Johnson, Crusell from Michael Collins, and two newly-curated collections of Teresa Berganza in Mozart, Rossini and more.
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New Release Round-up - 30th March 2018
30th Mar 2018
Messiaen from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Haydn from Paul Lewis, the final instalment of a distinguished Mozart series, and a Grieg recording premiere are among today's releases.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd March
23rd Mar 2018
Prokofiev from Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan, Brahms from Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the Liverpool Philharmonic.
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New Release Round-up - 16th March
16th Mar 2018
Bernstein from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Liza Ferschtman, Juan Diego Flórez as Werther, and a rare recording of Meyerbeer's Le Prophète starring John Osborn and Marianne Cornetti.
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New Release Round-up - 9th March
9th Mar 2018
Bach from William Christie, previously unreleased Brahms and Schumann from Alfred Brendel, and a fascinating journey through the French operatic underworld with baritone Stéphane Degout.
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New Release Round-up - 2nd March 2018
2nd Mar 2018
Rachmaninov from Sudbin and Oramo, Mahler from Thielemann, Ludford from Westminster Abbey, and a powerhouse debut album from Georgian mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili.
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New Release Round-up - 23rd February 2018
23rd Feb 2018
Mahler from Daniel Harding, Gershwin from Kirill Gerstein, Rachmaninov from Nikolai Lugansky, and a stunning concerto debut from French pianist Adam Laloum.
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New Release Round-up - 16th February 2018
16th Feb 2018
Today's headline releases include Debussy from Maurizio Pollini, Bruckner from Andris Nelsons, Mendelssohn from Andrew Manze, and a Rossini rarity from Bad Wildbad.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th February 2018
9th Feb 2018
Bliss from Andrew Davis, Haydn from Simon Rattle, Mozart from Daniel Hope, and a collection of Elgar's neglected choral works.
