Classical Recommendations
-
Presto CD - 33 new Decca titles
18th May 2016
Featured artists include Pascal Rogé, András Schiff, Herbert Blomstedt and Kathleen Ferrier.
-
Howard Skempton's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
12th May 2016
Coleridge setting will be recorded on NMC this autumn, with Roderick Williams as the protagonist.
-
Presto CD - 8 New Mercury Living Presence Titles
29th Apr 2016
Featured artists include Antal Dorati, Paul Paray and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.
-
Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2016
25th Apr 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, led by Daniel Barenboim's Elgar 1 with the Staatskapelle Berlin as Disc of the Month.
-
Shakespeare settings from Bostridge and Pappano
21st Apr 2016
The tenor's 400th anniversary tribute to The Bard will be released on Warner Classics in September.
Featured product
Adès: The Tempest
Simon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo) The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Adès
More products from this article -
Presto CD - 75 Philips titles
19th Apr 2016
Featured artists include Frans Brüggen, Bernard Haitink and Mitsuko Uchida.
-
Susan Graham's Frauenliebe with a twist
7th Apr 2016
The mezzo's acclaimed Wigmore Hall recital from last week has been recorded for release on Onyx Classics.
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards - The Winners
5th Apr 2016
A live update from the ceremony in Kings Place - all is revealed…
-
Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2016
23rd Mar 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, with Yevgeny Sudbin's Scarlatti collection on BIS at the head of the pack.
-
Decades in Song
9th Mar 2016
Vivat Records reveals pianist Malcolm Martineau's fascinating new lieder project with an impressive roster of singers…
-
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2016
1st Mar 2016
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by Steven Isserlis's Elgar and Walton Concertos on Hyperion.
-
Presto CD - 75 more Philips titles
25th Feb 2016
Artists include Jessye Norman, Frans Brüggen, Alfred Brendel, and Guarneri Quartet.
-
Five new projects from Opera Rara
23rd Feb 2016
A Rossini masterpiece revisited, and rarities by Bellini, Gounod, Offenbach and Donizetti.
-
Winter Dreams from Vasily Petrenko on Onyx
16th Feb 2016
Following their acclaimed Shostakovich cycle, the RLPO and their Russian conductor turn their attention to Tchaikovsky.
-
St John Passion from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
11th Feb 2016
René Jacobs conducts Bach's masterpiece for the first time on disc - coming soon on Harmonia Mundi.
-
Presto CD - 75 new DG titles
10th Feb 2016
Artists include Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan and James Levine.
-
Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2016
3rd Feb 2016
Chris introduces this month's Editor's Choices and Recording of the Month.
-
Presto CD - new Oiseau Lyre and DG Archiv titles
30th Jan 2016
Featured artists include Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock and John Eliot Gardiner.
Featured product
Bach: Magnificat
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (alto), Paul Elliot (tenor), David Thimas (bass), James Bowman (countertenor) Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood
More products from this article -
James Ehnes at 40
21st Jan 2016
The Canadian violinist celebrates a significant birthday with three major recording projects.
-
Presto CD - 55 more Deutsche Grammophon titles
14th Jan 2016
Artists include Emil Gilels, Seiji Ozawa, Göran Söllscher and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
