Classical Reviews
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Isabelle Faust plays Mozart's Violin Concertos
28th Oct 2016
David enjoys Isabelle Faust's new complete set of Mozart's Violin Concertos with Il Giardino Armonico.
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The Tallis Scholars perform two Masses by Josquin
21st Oct 2016
David listens to the Tallis Scholars' new double-bill of Josquin masses, including the mysterious and unorthodox 'Dice Mass'.
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Josquin: Missa Di Dadi
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
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Bach and Telemann cantatas from Philippe Jaroussky
14th Oct 2016
Katherine listens to the star countertenor's bewitching performances of solo cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
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Daniil Trifonov performs Liszt's complete Concert Etudes
7th Oct 2016
Katherine listens to the Russian pianist's jaw-dropping account of Liszt's supremely challenging Etudes.
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Münchner Philharmoniker launch their own label with music by Bruckner and Mahler
30th Sep 2016
James introduces the Münchner Philharmoniker's new label with a double-bill of stirring Romantic masterworks conducted by Valery Gergiev.
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Iván Fischer conducts music by Tchaikovsky and Borodin
23rd Sep 2016
David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's powerful account of Tchaikovsky's tragic masterpiece.
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Synergy Vocals and Matthias Goerne perform music by Luciano Berio and Gustav Mahler
16th Sep 2016
James listens to a formidable account of Berio's Sinfonia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Synergy Vocals.
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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn symphonies with the LSO
9th Sep 2016
James listens to John Eliot Gardiner's latest volume of Mendelssohn with the LSO.
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Anna Netrebko sings Verismo arias
2nd Sep 2016
Katherine listens to the Russian soprano's latest disc, featuring arias by Puccini, Cilea, Leoncavallo and more.
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Bach's Goldberg Variations from harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani
26th Aug 2016
David listens to the Iranian harpsichordist's long-awaited first recording of JS Bach.
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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
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Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside perform Schubert Lieder
19th Aug 2016
Katherine listens to Roderick Williams' Schubert recital disc, with pianist Iain Burnside.
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Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis perform Requiems by Fux and Kerll
12th Aug 2016
David listens to the Grammy Award-winning ensemble's recording of two rarely-heard Austrian Requiems.
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Fux & Kerll: Requiems
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
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New volumes in Hyperion's Classical Piano Concerto and Romantic Violin Concerto series
5th Aug 2016
Katherine listens to a double-bill of new concerto releases from Hyperion, with soloists Howard Shelley and Bartłomiej Nizioł.
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Osmo Vänskä completes his cycle of Sibelius symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra
29th Jul 2016
James listens to the final volume of Osmo Vänskä's Sibelius cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, comprising Nos. 3, 6 and 7.
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3, 6 & 7
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Donizetti's Poliuto from Glyndebourne
22nd Jul 2016
Katherine enjoys a double-bill of innovative Roman-themed operatic productions from Glyndebourne 2015.
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (DVD)
Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Matthew Rose (Collatinus), Michael Sumuel (Junius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca) & Louise Alder (Lucia) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo Hussain (conductor) & Fiona Shaw (stage director)
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Richard Egarr performs Bach's French Suites
15th Jul 2016
David listens to Richard Egarr's performance of Bach's 'French' Suites, BWV812-817.
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Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette
8th Jul 2016
James enjoys Berlioz's dramatic setting of Shakespeare's immortal love-story with Valery Gergiev and the LSO.
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Piano and Vocal music by Erik Satie
1st Jul 2016
James listens to a double helping of works by Satie, whose 150th anniversary falls this year.
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James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection
24th Jun 2016
David listens to James MacMillan's new work on the Resurrection, with the Hebrides Ensemble and Brindley Sherratt.
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Vocal Music by Brahms
17th Jun 2016
Katherine listens to a double-bill of Brahms, featuring Matthias Goerne, Magdalena Kožená, Thomas Quasthoff and more.
