Latest News: Classical, New Release Round-up
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2024 26th April 2024Gluck'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,
New Release Round-Up - 19th April 2024 19th April 2024Britten 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,
New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2024 12th April 2024Enescu 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,
New Release Round-Up - 5th April 2024 5th April 2024Mozart 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,
New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2024 29th March 2024Rachmaninoff 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.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2024 22nd March 2024A recital of Romantic orchestral songs from Véronique Gens, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Hervé Niquet, Bach's Kunst der Fuge from Masaaki Suzuki, orchestral works by Dani Howard from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Seal, and Brahms song transcriptions for solo piano from Rudolf Buchbinder.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2024 15th March 2024Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos, Strauss & Mahler from Rafael Payare in Montreal, and a nocturnal recital from Elīna Garanča & friends.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 8th March 2024 8th March 2024Chopin and Beethoven from Beatrice Rana, Stravinsky and Debussy from Klaus Mäkelä & the Orchestre de Paris, Marian music from Andreas Scholl & Accademia Bizantina, and Wagner transcriptions from Nikolai Lugansky.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 1st March 2024 1st March 2024Smetana's Má Vlast from Semyon Bychkov & the Czech Philharmonic, a live recording of Wagner's Parsifal from Vienna (starring Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Ludovic Tézier), Saint-Saëns from Lang Lang, and Donizetti's L'esule di Roma from Carlo Rizzi on Opera Rara.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 23rd February 2024 23rd February 2024Bruckner from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stravinsky & Falla from Pablo Heras-Casado & the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen & Arcangelo, and Gershwin from Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Michael Feinstein.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 16th February 2024 16th February 2024A voyage to the moon with Laura van der Heijden & Jâms Coleman, Brahms & Schumann from Christian Poltéra & Ronaldo Brautigam, a second album of film music from Renaud Capuçon, and Copland's collected recordings of his own works on Columbia.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 9th February 2024 9th February 2024Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder from Asmik Grigorian, Puccini from Carlo Rizzi and Welsh National Opera Orchestra, sacred music by George Jeffreys from Solomon's Knot, and Ravel, Berkeley & Pounds from John Wilson & Sinfonia of London.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 2nd February 2024 2nd February 2024Handel's Alcina from Marc Minkowski, sea shanties from Bryn Terfel & friends, and Grieg's Symphonic Dances & Berlioz's La damnation de Faust from Edward Gardner.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 26th January 2024 26th January 2024Bartók, Janáček & Szymanowski from Piotr Anderszewski, an invitation to the dance from Martin James Bartlett, Puccini songs from Angela Gheorghiu, and the world premiere recording of Louise Bertin's opera Fausto.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 19th January 2024 19th January 2024Mendelssohn and more from Sol Gabetta & Bertrand Chamayou, Schubert from Adam Laloum, Tosti songs from Javier Camarena & Ángel Rodríguez, and Paavo Berglund's complete recordings on EMI Classics & Finlandia.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 12th January 2024 12th January 2024A second volume of variations from Cédric Tiberghien, Charpentier's Médée from Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet, French song from Sandrine Piau, and Schumann and Grieg piano concertos from Elisabeth Leonskaja.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2024 5th January 2024Stravinsky from James Ehnes & Sir Andrew Davis, Bruckner from Markus Poschner and the late Bernard Haitink, and a starry revival of Laurent Pelly's classic production of Rameau's Platée (with Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role).
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New Release Round-up,
New Releases from Winter 2023 22nd December 2023Mahler from Santtu-Matias Rouvali & the Philharmonia, Mendelssohn from Jordi Savall, the conclusion of Sarah Willis's Mozart y Mambo project with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, and a third helping of Sturm und Drang from Ian Page & The Mozartists.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th December 2023 15th December 2023Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth in Cologne, Alkan 'Grotesqueries' from Mark Viner, a Korngold/Coll/Brahms triptych from Trio Isimsiz, and José Carreras's complete recital recordings on Philips.
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New Release Round-up,
Christmas New Releases 2023 8th December 2023Highlights from this year's crop of festive releases include recordings from horn-player Felix Klieser, Armonico Consort, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and Ensemble Correspondances.