Classical Recommendations
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New Release Round-up - 20th January 2017
20th Jan 2017
Symphonies by Muzio Clementi, Schnittke from cellist Leonard Elschenbroich, the first album to be recorded on the new organ of the Paris Philharmonie from Olivier Latry, and a classic performance of Schubert's Winterreise are amongst the highlights of this week's new releases.
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Recordings of the Year 2016 - Photo Gallery
15th Jan 2017
A selection of our 2016 winners with their awards!
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2017 Choices
13th Jan 2017
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with a peerless Mozart Mass leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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New Release Round-up - 13th January 2017
13th Jan 2017
Brahms from the new Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, film music from William Alwyn and a staged version of Handel's oratorio Theodora starring Katherine Watson and Philippe Jaroussky are just some of the highlights this week.
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The Year 1917 – Music in Turbulent Times
Shlomo Mintz (violin), Anny Mory, Patricia Parker, John Mitchinson, Paul Hudson, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero Francesc, Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ian Bostridge (tenor), Boston Symphony Orchestr, Anna Prohaska (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philippe Cassard, Monique Haas (piano), Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, English Bach Festival Percussion Ensemble, English Bach Festival Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Julius Drake (piano), William Steinberg, Eric Schneider (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano), Louis Frémaux, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Neeme Järvi
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2017
11th Jan 2017
Chris introduces this month's choices, with one of our own top 10 discs of 2016 leading the way as Record of the Month…
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New Release Round-up - 6th January 2017
6th Jan 2017
Including Bruckner's complete symphonies conducted by Daniel Barenboim, Beethoven from the Elias Quartet, Renée Fleming's new disc of Scandinavian music and a celebration of Mstislav Rostropovich as both cellist and conductor.
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Pappano records Saint-Saëns for Warner
22nd Dec 2016
Martha Argerich will join the Santa Cecilia Orchestra for Le carnaval des animaux.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2016
6th Dec 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with the latest instalment of a distinguished Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Diana Damrau releases for 2017
30th Nov 2016
Next year will bring DVDs of operas by Bizet, Salieri and Donizetti, plus a Meyerbeer recital disc in the spring, all on Warner Classics and Erato.
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico Ashton), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo Di Ravenswood), David Lee (Lord Arturo Bucklaw), Nicolas Testé (Raimondo Bidebent), Marie Mclaughlin (Alisa) & Andrew Lepri Meyer (Normanno) Münchener Opernchor & Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2016 Choices
24th Nov 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices - a round-up of the month's best releases in the operatic, concerto, instrumental, vocal and other genres.
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Matthias Goerne records Bach, Schumann and Wagner
22nd Nov 2016
The German bass-baritone embarks on three new projects on Harmonia Mundi in 2017.
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia Varak (Siegrune), Okka von der Damerau (Grimgerde), Laura Nykänen (Rossweise) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Discs of the Year 2016 - our top 100
18th Nov 2016
Our top 100 Discs of the Year are revealed in full…
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Decca sign up young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
15th Nov 2016
The 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year and RPS Society Award winner will make his debut on the label with Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2016
9th Nov 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Bach French Suites from a veteran pianist on Deutsche Grammophon leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Barbara Hannigan's debut disc as singer and conductor
20th Oct 2016
The Canadian powerhouse's album of Berg, Berio and Gershwin will be released on Alpha in 2017.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2016
12th Oct 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with our own Disc of the Week leading the way as Recording of the Month.
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Verdi Requiem
28th Sep 2016
Last week's performances to be released on LSO Live in the spring - watch the live stream of the concert in anticipation!
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New UK label launches with album in memory of Peter Maxwell Davies
28th Sep 2016
The North York Moors Chamber Music Festival launches its own record label, including the world premiere of a work composed by Peter Maxwell Davies for the Festival.
