The conductor talks to David about his recently-concluded series of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Onyx, and the postscript to the cycle which will be released in October...
Hyperion and Helios recordings are now available to download (including over 400 in Hi-Res); to celebrate this new addition to the Presto catalogue, David picks out some highlights from Hyperion's forty-year history.
Books on composers including Gershwin, Korngold, Handel, and Prokofiev; a biography of acclaimed conductor Willem Mengelberg; a family guide to great composers from Classic FM; a history of music criticism; and a look at the development of postbop jazz in the 1960s.
Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion paint a vivid picture of Mozart on the cusp of operatic greatness, Christophe Rousset makes a hugely persuasive case for Gounod’s original version of *Faust*, and Johannes Moser and Alasdair Beatson beguile in a programme of music for cello and piano by the Mendelssohns.
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London show their impressive credentials when it comes to the music of Korngold, with a thrillingly-performed account of the Symphony in F sharp.
New albums from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, Masaaki Suzuki, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pygmalion, plus the 1859 version of Gounod’s *Faust* from Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques.
Veronica Swift's assured debut album *Confessions* is an enjoyable showcase for an exciting new jazz vocalist, with excellent support from some of New York's finest players.
The violinist talks to James about her new album of music by John Williams, featuring a selection of movie themes specially reworked for violin and orchestra, conducted by the composer himself.
The viola-player talks to David about his recording of the three gamba sonatas on Stradivari’s ‘Gustav Mahler’ viola from 1672 - one of only thirteen extant violas by the legendary Cremonese luthier.
Fifteen years on from his first audio recording of the work, the British tenor retraces Schubert’s 'Winter Journey' with a new companion in an unsettling, unsentimentalised interpretation that’s underpinned by years of scholarship on both sides.
New albums from Antoine Tamestit, Ivo Pogorelich, Johannes Moser and Annelien Van Wauwe, plus a celebration of Vladimir Horowitz’s Carnegie Hall comeback in 1965.
The conductor talks to David about his new album with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra - marking the orchestra's signing to Deutsche Grammophon with a programme of Russian- and Chinese- related works, including two by Shanghai-born composer Qigang Chen.
*Josh Cohen: Radiohead for Solo Piano* is a beautifully produced collection of some of Radiohead's best-loved songs, arranged for intermediate to advanced piano solo with lyrics, by YouTube pianist Josh Cohen. This band-approved book features a specially designed cover and mono prints throughout from Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood.