Latest News: Classical
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Coming Soon,
Michael Spyres In The Shadows and other forthcoming releases 23rd January 2024
The American tenor teams up with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques for a programme which explores the composers who influenced Wagner, with other spring highlights including Saint-Saëns from Lang Lang, Britten from Isabelle Faust & friends, and world premiere recordings of four orchestral works by Dorothy Howell.
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Obituary,
PDQ Bach (2024-1742?) 22nd January 2024
The composer acclaimed as possessing 'the originality of Johann Christian, the arrogance of Carl Philipp Emanuel, and the obscurity of Johann Christoph Friedrich' has died.
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Obituary,
Ewa Podleś (1952-2024) 21st January 2024
The Polish coloratura contralto, whose powerful yet supremely agile voice was a force of nature, has died in Warsaw aged 71.
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Recording of the Week,
Lalo orchestral works from Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra 19th January 2024
The veteran conductor and his musicians present a selection of sweeping and vivid orchestral works by the late-nineteenth-century French Romantic composer Édouard Lalo.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 19th January 2024 19th January 2024
Mendelssohn 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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Interview,
Can Çakmur on Schubert 18th January 2024
Ahead of his gala concert launching the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition at Kings Place tomorrow, the Turkish pianist discusses his Schubert + project on BIS, his friendship with Fazıl Say, and why he's 'super-unpicky' about the instruments he plays in concert...
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Favourites,
Verbier Festival Gold on Deutsche Grammophon 17th January 2024In anticipation of the Swiss festival's thirtieth birthday later this year, we shine a spotlight on some of the outstanding live recordings which have recently been made available through their partnership with Deutsche Grammophon.
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Interview,
Christophe Rousset on Lully's Atys 16th January 2024
As his masterly survey of Lully's complete operas with Les Talens Lyriques nears the finishing-line, the French harpsichordist and conductor reflects on the legacy of the 'incredible arriviste' who rose from humble beginnings in Florence to captivate Louis XIV and his court...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2024 15th January 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Franco-Belgian programme from French cellist Bruno Philippe (with Tanguy de Williencourt, Christoph Eschenbach & the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) on Harmonia Mundi.
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Recording of the Week,
Shadows of My Ancestors from Behzod Abduraimov 12th January 2024
The Uzbek pianist presents a dazzlingly evocative album of virtuosic piano works by Prokofieff, Ravel, and his compatriot Dilorom Saidaminova.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 12th January 2024 12th January 2024
A 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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Favourites,
Carl Friedrich Abel at 300 11th January 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by perhaps the last of the great viola da gamba players, in a slightly belated celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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Coming Soon,
Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle and other forthcoming highlights 11th January 2024
Amanda Majeski and Katarina Dalayman go head-to-head in Janáček's opera from the Barbican, Elīna Garanča makes her Wagner debut on a live Parsifal from Vienna, and Domingo Hindoyan and the Liverpool Philharmonic mark this year's Bruckner bicentenary.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - January 2024 Choices 9th January 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a programme of Penderecki from the Latvian Radio Choir which demonstrates 'a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart'.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Monteverdi's Vespers 8th January 2024
The conductor talks about his new recording of Monteverdi's unique sacred masterpiece, plus recent and upcoming Delibes and Mozart projects.
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Recording of the Week,
Puccini Songs from Charles Castronovo 5th January 2024
Johannes X. Schachtner's idiomatic new orchestrations of the composer's sixteen published songs inspire some ardent, full-throated singing from the American tenor - with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on incendiary form under Ivan Repušić.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 5th January 2024 5th January 2024
Stravinsky 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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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - 2023 4th January 2024
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
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Obituary,
2023 Goodbyes 3rd January 2024
A short video-tribute to some of the artists and creatives who died in 2023.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - December 2023 2nd January 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with John Nelson's live recording of Handel's Messiah from Coventry Cathedral (released on Erato at the end of November) in first place...
