Phantasm's founder, director and violist Laurence Dreyfus talks to David about the consort's new disc, exploring the polyphonic keyboard works of JS Bach in new arrangements for viols.
An eloquent, gently moving debut from the young Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, French connections from John Wilson, and a terrific triptych of Ariannas from American mezzo Kate Lindsey.
The American mezzo sings the title role of the scheming Roman matriarch in a starrily-cast recording of Handel's early opera with Il Pomo d'Oro, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.
Strauss Lieder from Diana Damrau, Helmut Deutsch and the late Mariss Jansons, French orchestral works from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Prokofiev from Steven Osborne, and Beethoven from Kristian Bezuidenhout and Pablo Heras-Casado.
This week Matt enjoys two new recording from Losen Records, the debut album from a young German pianist who's clearly going to go places, a generous slice of aged trad-jazz, and a harp-bop rarity (no, that wasn't a typo).
Take a trip into the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, with this brand new issue of volumes 1 & 2 of these classic albums on one disc from the ezz-thetics label.
The British conductor talks to James about his new ensemble and their first two recording projects of music by Korngold plus a selection of French orchestral works.
Boosey & Hawkes are a global classical music publisher, with an extensive catalogue of printed music for both professional and student musicians. Some of their most popular series have recently undergone an update, the latest being the *Early String Music Series*. Find out more about the series here.
Discussions of the music of Mahler, Telemann, Peter Maxwell Davies, and Ernst von Dohnányi; the importance of fantasy to nineteenth-century French music; books on polyphony in medieval Paris and music during times of plague; an introduction to country music; and an examination of the popularity of musical theatre across America.
The Austrian bass-baritone, who was especially renowned for his Wagner roles and made his final appearance in *Die Meistersinger* only last April, has died aged 95.
Kirill Karabits conducts the Staatskapelle Weimar in orchestral works by Liszt, including the world-premiere recording of the *Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier*.
Mary Bevan and Joseph Middleton explore Schubert, Haydn and Wolf’s ‘Divine Muses’, Swedish soprano Malin Byström makes her solo recording debut with Berg, Duparc and Rangström, and Kairos present three large-scale orchestral works by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth.
An impressive set from The Netherlands, with pianist Peter Beets and The Henk Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra romping through dazzling arrangements of classical music and standards.
January collections include Claudio Abbado’s complete recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker for Deutsche Grammophon, a celebration of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s early years, and the first complete recording of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s monumental *Sequentia cyclica* for solo piano.
The ICMA results were revealed this morning, with winners including recordings from Adám Fischer, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès, and the young Turkish pianist Can Çakmur.
The Catalan countertenor talks to Katherine about taking 'a trip into the darkness of the mind' on his recording of Schubert's great song-cycle, released before Christmas on Berlin Classics.