Classical Recommendations
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Boxed Set Selections - May 2017
22nd May 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's collections, including anthologies of recordings by Riccardo Muti, Arthur Grumiaux, Narciso Yepes and Christopher Hogwood.
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New Release Round-up - 19th May 2017
19th May 2017
Mahler from Ivan Fischer, Prokofiev from Tugan Sokhiev, and Falla are amongst the orchestral highlights this week, alongside operas from Saint-Saëns and Schoenberg.
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BBC Music Magazine - June 2017 Choices
18th May 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with Paul McCreesh's larger-than-life account of Haydn's The Seasons leading the way…
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New Release Round-up - 12th May 2017
12th May 2017
Mozart and Haydn releases from the LSO Wind Ensemble, pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and soprano Sophie Bevan feature this week, alongside a Schumann recital from Luca Buratto and Telemann from Concerto Melante.
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Presto Editor's Choices - May 2017
10th May 2017
A Brahmsian match made in heaven and a commanding recital with orchestra from a prolific young British soprano are among this month's stand-outs.
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International Opera Awards - The Winners!
8th May 2017
The results of last night's ceremony at the London Coliseum.
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk (Herman), Tatiana Serjan (Lisa), Larissa Diadkova (Countess), Alexey Shishlyaev (Tomskij and Plutus), Alexey Markov (Yeletzki) Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Ravel Concertos from Steven Osborne and other forthcoming delights
5th May 2017
Franck from Faust, Prokofiev from Petrenko, and Handel from Hallenberg are also looming on the horizon for May and June!
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New Release Round-up - 5th May 2017
5th May 2017
The Emerson quartet celebrate forty years with new recordings of Britten and Purcell, while vocal releases from sopranos Diana Damrau and Carolyn Sampson also feature in this week's round-up.
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New Release Round-up - 28th April 2017
28th Apr 2017
This week's highlights include the latest release in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series, Johann Strauss II in St. Petersburg, Debussy and Ravel recorded live in Paris and a box set celebrating Louis Frémaux's time as Principal Conductor of the CBSO.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2017
27th Apr 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with James MacMillan's highly moving setting of the Stabat Mater leading the selection.
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Boxed Set Selections - April 2017
26th Apr 2017
Chris introduces the best of this month's boxed sets, including a tribute to the late Louis Frémaux's relationship with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2017 Choices
22nd Apr 2017
Flora introduces this month's picks, with Richard Strauss from Paavo Järvi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo leading the pack as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-up - 21st April 2017
21st Apr 2017
Semyon Bychkov conducts Franz Schmidt, Christian Gerhaher sings Brahms, chamber music from Tasmin Little and a collection of Johan Botha's live performances at the Wiener Staatsoper are included in this week's new releases.
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BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners!
19th Apr 2017
A live update from the ceremony in Kings Place - all is revealed…
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New Release Round-up - 14th April 2017
14th Apr 2017
Orchestral music from Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Haydn and Mahler, a new recording of Bach's St. John Passion in English and Julia Lezhneva singing Carl Heinrich Graun are just some of the highlights this week.
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Presto Editor's Choices - April 2017
13th Apr 2017
Schumann from Matthias Goerne, Brahms from Arcadi Volodos and Richard Strauss from Munich are among this month's highlights.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Mendelssohn and other forthcoming highlights
7th Apr 2017
Meyerbeer, Antheil, Saint-Saëns, Paganini and Dvorak are also on the menu for late April and May…
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New Release Round-up - 7th April 2017
7th Apr 2017
Wagner from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mark Elder, orchestral music from Richard Strauss, Mendelssohn and Sousa, and pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Peter Donohoe and Artur Schnabel feature in this week's round up of new releases.
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Katarina Dalayman (Ortrud), Evgeny Nikitin (Friedrich von Telramund), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich der Vogler) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Dutch National Opera Chorus, Mark Elder
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International Classical Music Awards 2017 - The Winners!
1st Apr 2017
Congratulations to the winners of this year's ICMA Awards, which are being celebrated this evening in Leipzig.
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New Release Round-up - 31st March 2017
31st Mar 2017
Amongst this week's highlights are Edward Gardner conducting Elgar, Yeygeny Sudbin playing Beethoven Piano Concertos, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from La Nuova Music, and Alina Ibragimova continues her cycle of Mozart sonatas.
