Latest News: Classical
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Interview,
Zubin Kanga - the 'cyborg pianist' 18th October 2023
The pianist, composer and technologist talks about his new album on NMC that uses cutting-edge equipment to push the boundaries of what the instrument (and its player) can do.
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Awards,
International Opera Awards 2023 - The Shortlisted Recordings 17th October 2023
Javier Camarena, Cyrille Dubois and Lisette Oropesa are among the artists in the running for the solo recital category, whilst rarities by Mercadante, Dessau and Franck go head-to-head in the complete recording stakes...
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Interview,
Delyana Lazarova on the music of Dobrinka Tabakova 16th October 2023
The conductor talks about her new album of orchestral works by her compatriot, performed by the Hallé, and explains a little of the experience of working under Mark Elder as Assistant Conductor.
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Recording of the Week,
Folk Songs from Magdalena Kožená 13th October 2023
The Czech mezzo teams up with her husband Simon Rattle and the Czech Philharmonic for superbly characterful performances of folk-inspired song-cycles by Bartók, Berio, Ravel and Montsalvatge.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th October 2023 13th October 2023
Ravel and Falla from Alexandre Tharaud, the Orchestre National de France & Louis Langrée, Lully's Thésée from Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset, French love-songs from Lea Desandre & Thomas Dunford, and the world premiere recording of Emily Howard's The Anvil.
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Video Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on Baroque 12th October 2023
The Montenegrin guitarist explains why his upcoming album of music by Vivaldi, Marcello, Weiss, Rameau and others feels like 'standing on new ground' - and why JS Bach only came into the picture at the eleventh hour...
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Recollections,
A Flashback and a Hope, through Venezuelan Guitar 11th October 2023In the second instalment of our Recollections series, Orlando Guedez Calderin (President of the International Institute of Business Analysis in Colombia) recounts how a 1957 recording of Antonio Lauro's Guitar Concerto No. 1 stirs a host of 'memories and hopes' about his homeland of Venezuela.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2023 10th October 2023
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by a 'lived-in and confident' account of the Monteverdi Vespers from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon on Harmonia Mundi.
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Interview,
Anders Eidsten Dahl on Mozart and the Organ 9th October 2023
The organist talks about his new recording of Mozart gems for the organ - relatively brief single-work sonatas written for use during church services, as well as more substantial works including two dramatic Fantasias.
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Recording of the Week,
A slow-brewed Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson 6th October 2023
The Icelandic pianist presents the results of twenty-five years of thoughtful preparation, in a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that combines control and spontaneity, limpid gentleness and furious virtuosic energy.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 6th October 2023 6th October 2023
A tribute to the late Lars Vogt from his friends Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Paavo Järvi, Baroque rarities from Jakub Józef Orliński & Il Pomo d'Oro, Bach's French Suites from Mahan Esfahani, and a recital of twentieth-century music from Johan Dalene and Christian Ihle Hadland.
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Interview,
Dominic Fyfe and Philip Siney on remastering Solti's Ring Cycle 5th October 2023
In the wake of winning Gramophone's Spatial Audio Award for their painstaking work on Die Walküre, Decca's producer Dominic Fyfe and sound-engineer Philip Siney discuss how they went about showcasing Solti's landmark achievement in all its glory.
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Awards,
Gramophone Awards 2023 - The Winners! 4th October 2023
Chris reports back from tonight's ceremony in London, with full details of the Recording of the Year, Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and other special awards.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - September 2023 2nd October 2023
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with an 'impeccably authentic' account of Monteverdi's Vespers from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon in first place...
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Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on Baroque (transcript) 1st October 2023
The Montenegrin guitarist explains why his upcoming album of music by Vivaldi, Marcello, Weiss, Rameau and others feels like 'standing on new ground' - and why JS Bach only came into the picture at the eleventh hour...
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Presto Editor's Choices,
Presto Editor's Choices - September 2023 1st October 2023
Jaw-dropping pyrotechnics from Isabelle Faust in Locatelli, a red-blooded Dido & Aeneas from La Nuova Musica, and an Offenbach operetta fizzing with all the fun of the fair from Paul Daniel and a sparky cast headed by Anne-Catherine Gillet and Virginie Verrez.
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Recording of the Week,
Igor Levit's Fantasia 29th September 2023
The pianist brings clear-eyed precision and cantabile beauty to a programme of works by JS Bach, Liszt, Berg and Busoni, released today on Sony Classical.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 29th September 2023 29th September 2023
Puccini from Jonathan Tetelman, French song-cycles from Marie-Nicole Lemieux, George Walker's complete sinfonias from the National Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, and a nocturnal organ recital from Anna Lapwood.
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Interview,
William Vann on Parry's Prometheus Unbound 28th September 2023
The conductor discusses the world premiere recording of Parry's 1880 setting of scenes from Shelley's lyrical drama - the first performance of which was described by the musicologist Ernest Walker as 'a definite birthday for modern English music'...
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - September 2023 27th September 2023
This month's heavyweights include Vladimir Ashkenazy's complete chamber music & Lieder Recordings on Decca, a celebration of Dame Janet Baker's ninetieth birthday, two collections released in anticipation of next year's Bruckner bicentenary, and a tribute to the late Nicholas Angelich on Erato.
