A quiet week for new releases affords Matt the chance to check out some of the latest vinyl reissues, including flautist Bobbi Humphey's *Black and Blues* and Roy Haynes's *Out of the Afternoon*
The violinist discusses her recent album of solo works by Biber, Bach, Enescu and Ysaÿe, released on Channel Classics in late April and curated in response to audience feedback from a European recital tour.
An overview of the Hungarian conductor’s legacy with the Wiener Philharmoniker, a collection of British music from Sir Andrew Davis, Ádám Fischer’s Beethoven symphonies, and a 150th birthday celebration from the Wiener Staatsoper.
Chris introduces this month’s Choices, with a superb Janáček recital from Nicky Spence, Julius Drake and friends on Hyperion first among equals as Recording of the Month.
The artistic director of Alamire talks to David about the choir's new album featuring large-scale polychoral works by Hieronymus Praetorius, with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
The Prague-based quartet give the world premiere recordings of three works by the Czech composer and conductor, best known for his work as music director of the National Theatre Prague.
New releases from Nicola Benedetti, Gustavo Dudamel and percussionist Vivi Vassileva, plus a Rossini rarity from Bad Wildbad, *Salome* from the Salzburg Festival, and a celebration of the Verbier Festival’s 25th anniversary.
The week in jazz includes laid-back Gullah music from Ranky Tanky, a Hammond-less Mike LeDonne, JD Allen's itching for a fight, and happy-birthday to Alan Barnes!
The Russian-German pianist's early commemoration of next year's 250th anniversary will be released on Sony in September, plus new recordings from Daniil Trifonov, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès, and Ildar Abdrazakov.
The Scottish tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of *The Diary of One Who Disappeared* and *Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs*, and about his broader relationship with Czech repertoire.
Distinguished violinists Hilary Hahn and David Garrett have both released an album of violin and piano sheet music. Find out more about the violinists and their publications here.
Matt enjoys an aquatic deep listening experience with Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella and Eivind Aarset on the evocative *Lost River* from ECM, a well deserved Recording of the Week.
An illustrated history of Decca Records; conversations with film composer Ennio Morricone; the first English-language biography of Respighi; an analysis of the atonal music of Schoenberg; a new edition of Grout's classic textbook on the history of Western music; and reissues of books by Daniel Levitin on the relationship between music and the brain.
The 24-year-old pianist makes her debut on Decca with a bicentenary tribute to one of the nineteenth century’s most remarkable women, including the Piano Concerto which she completed at sixteen and premiered with Mendelssohn and the Gewandhausorchester.
New releases from Delphine Galou, Lucy Crowe and Mary Bevan, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra with Maxim Vengerov, plus landmark accounts of Delius’s *Sea Drift* and Weber’s *Euryanthe* from the archives.
Matt speaks to NY based trumpeter Dave Douglas about his new album *Devotion*, a collaboration with pianist Uri Caine and legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille.