Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 9th August 2024
9th Aug 2024
Shostakovich from the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä, Karl Jenkins's new saxophone concerto for Jess Gillam, a third helping of Beethoven from the Sitkovetsky Trio, and Bliss from the Black Dyke Band and John Wilson.
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd August 2024
2nd Aug 2024
Roberto Gerhard's ballet Don Quixote from Juanjo Mena & the BBC Philharmonic, Great American Songbook classics from Susan Bullock & Richard Sisson, a second helping of Vivaldi double concertos from La Serenissima, and Ailbhe McDonagh's The Irish Seasons.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th July 2024
26th Jul 2024
A collection of chamber works by the Australian-born composer Jane Stanley, Paganini and The Butterfly Lovers Concerto from Chloe Chua, Smetana's complete operas on Supraphon, and (on DVD/Blu-ray) Wagner's Götterdämmerung from Christian Thielemann and Dmitri Tcherniakov in Berlin.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th July 2024
19th Jul 2024
Bruckner and Bates from Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh, a fourth volume of Weinberg from the Arcadia Quartet, a second helping of African Pianism from Rebeca Omordia, and a recital of Schumann, Ravel & Prokofiev from Tchaikovsky Competition silver medallist George Li.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th July 2024
12th Jul 2024
Schumann and Loewe from Konstantin Krimmel & Ammiel Bushakevitz, Schoenberg and Fauré from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi, Brahms's complete symphonies from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Wiener Philharmoniker's recent Sommernachtskonzert from Schönbrunn Palace.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th July 2024
5th Jul 2024
An Irish album from Daniel Hope & friends, Janáček's The Excursions of Mr. Brouček from Prague, Stanford's Te Deum & Elegiac Ode from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and folk-inspired works by Suk, Smetana, Coleridge-Taylor & Frank Martin from the Neave Trio.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th June 2024
28th Jun 2024
Gaspard Le Roux from William Christie & Justin Taylor, Tudor keyboard music from Mishka Rushdie Momen, French opera overtures from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi, and Wagner's Parsifal from the 2023 Bayreuth Festival (conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, with Andreas Schager in the title-role).
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New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2024
21st Jun 2024
Mahler on period instruments from the Mahler Academy Orchestra and Philipp von Steinaecker, Schubert and Desyatnikov from Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, rarely-heard Verdi from Freddie De Tommaso, and the final instalment of Mozart concertos from Robert Levin.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2024
14th Jun 2024
'Songs of Death and Resurrection' from Samuel Hasselhorn, a tribute to Peter Pears from Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau & friends, collaborations with Michael Berkeley, and a second album of music by Kenneth Fuchs from Sinfonia of London & John Wilson.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2024
7th Jun 2024
The final instalment of Osmo Vänskä's Mahler cycle from Minnesota, Czech songs from Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle & the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg, and Mahler's reorchestrations of Beethoven.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2024
31st May 2024
Mozart from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Tarmo Peltokoski, Henselt and Bronsart piano concertos from Paul Wee and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, British cello works from Laura van der Heijden and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and an all-Cage album from Bertrand Chamayou.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th May 2024
24th May 2024
Messiaen from Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou, Schubert from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Massenet's Werther with Tassis Christoyannis & Véronique Gens, and Brahms & Le Beau from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2024
17th May 2024
Winterreise from Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide, Fauré's La Bonne Chanson & L'Horizon chimérique from Stéphane Degout and Alain Planès, Mozart & Poulenc from the Nagano/Kodama family, and Granados & Albéniz from Peter Donohoe.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2024
10th May 2024
Schubert and Krenek from Can Çakmur, Bach Partitas from Martin Helmchen, Cimarosa's L'Olimpiade from Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset, and the complete Beethoven symphonies from Kammerakademie Potsdam & Antonello Manacorda.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2024
3rd May 2024
Yuja Wang's 2022 Vienna recital, a feast of music for piano four hands from Alexander Tharaud & friends, new recordings of Elgar's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 from the Hallé & Sir Mark Elder, and Scarlatti & Scriabin from young German pianist Julius Asal in his debut on Deutsche Grammophon.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2024
26th Apr 2024
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice starring Jakub Józef Orliński, Haydn's 'La Reine' from Kammerorchester Basel & Giovanni Antonini, John Williams's Violin Concerto No. 1 from James Ehnes, and Kevin Puts's Virginia Woolf-inspired opera The Hours (with Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara).
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New Release Round-Up - 19th April 2024
19th Apr 2024
Britten from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Delius's complete incidental music for Hassan from Britten Sinfonia, coloratura soprano Erin Morley's debut solo album, and Bach & Telemann from Vox Luminis.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2024
12th Apr 2024
Enescu from Cristian Măcelaru, European string works from John Wilson, Mozart from Golda Schultz, and CPE Bach from Marcin Świątkiewicz.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th April 2024
5th Apr 2024
Mozart piano sonatas from Yundi, Russian Variations from Piers Lane, Nielsen from Edward Gardner in Bergen, and John Adams from Marin Alsop in Vienna.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2024
29th Mar 2024
Rachmaninoff for Two from Daniil Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, Bach violin concertos from Leonidas Kavakos & his Apollon Ensemble, Bartók from Thomas Dausgaard & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Stainer's The Crucifixion from St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh.
