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Matthias Goerne sings cantatas for bass by JS Bach
1st Sep 2017by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to the German baritone's deeply personal account of two solo cantatas, with Gottfried von der Goltz and the Freiburger Barockorchester. -
Jayson Gillham on Medtner and Rachmaninov
31st Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
The Australian pianist talks to Katherine about the two Russian concertos which feature on his new recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. -
Presto Editor's Choices - August 2017
30th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
Semyon Bychkov's persuasive reading of Tchaikovsky's Manfred is among Katherine's favourites of the month, alongside a long-forgotten Shakespearian opera by one of Verdi's early champions. -
Joyce El-Khoury on Écho
28th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
The Lebanese-Canadian soprano talks to Katherine about her tribute to the French singer Julie Dorus-Gras, out next week on Opera Rara. -
New Release Round-up - 25th August 2017
25th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
Pianists Nelson Freire, Alexei Lubimov and Rudolf Serkin, and conductors Semyon Bychkov and Mark Minkowski are amongst the artists featured this week. -
Evgeny Kissin performs Beethoven piano sonatas
25th Aug 2017by James Longstaffe
James is mightily impressed by a selection of Beethoven's piano music from Evgeny Kissin, including the *Moonlight* and *Les Adieux* sonatas. -
Louise Alder on Strauss Lieder
24th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
The award-winning young British soprano talks to us about her debut solo recording, 'Through Life and Love', out now on Orchid Classics. -
Boxed Set Selections - August 2017
23rd Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces the picks of this month's heavyweights, including collections focusing on Maria Callas, Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Serkin and Joshua Bell.Featured product
Maria Callas – Live (out 15th September)
Maria Callas (soprano), Gino Bechi (Nabucco), Maria Callas (Abigaille), Amalia Pini (Fenena), Gino Sinimberghi (Ismaele), Iginio Riccò (Gran Sacerdote), Luciano della Pergola (Abdallo), Silvana Tenti (Anna), Rolando Panerai (Amfortas), Africo Baldelli (Parsifal), Maria Callas (Kundry), Boris Christoff (Gurnemanz), Giuseppe Modesti (Klingsor), Dmitri Lopatto (Titurel), Giórgios Kokoliós-Bardi (Arrigo), Maria Callas (La Duchessa Elena), Enzo Mascherini (Guido di Montforte), Boris Christoff (Giovanni da Procida), Mario Frosini (Il Conte Vaudemont), Bruno Carmassi (Il Sire di Bethume), Mafalda Masini (Ninetta), Gino Sarri (Danieli), Aldo De Paolo (Tebaldo), Lido Pettini (Roberto), Breno Ristori (Manfredo), Maria Callas (Aida), Mario del Monaco (Radamès), Oralia Domínguez (Amneris), Giuseppe Taddei (Amonasro), Roberto Silva (Ramphis), Ignacio Ruffino (Il Re di Egitto), Rosa Rodríguez (Una Sacerdotessa), Carlos Sagarminaga (Un Messaggero), Maria Callas (Armida), Francesco Albanese (Rinaldo), Mario Filippeschi (Gernando), Gianni Raimondi (Eustazio), Alessandro Ziliani (Goffredo), Antonio Salvarezza (Ubaldo), Mario Frosini (Idradote), Marco Stefanoni (Astarotte), Giuseppe di Stefano (Duca di Mantova), Maria Callas (Gilda), Piero Campolonghi (Rigoletto), Ignacio Ruffino (Sparafucile), María Teresa García (Maddalena), Ana María Feuss (Giovanna), Gilberto Cerda (Monterone), Alberto Herrera (Marullo), Carlos Sagarminaga (Borsa), Francisco Alonso (Conte di Ceprano), Edna Patoni (Contessa di Ceprano), Maria Callas (Norma), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Mirto Picchi (Pollione), Giacomo Vaghi (Oroveso), Joan Sutherland (Clotilde), Paul Asciak (Flavio), Enzo Mascherini (Macbeth), Maria Callas (Lady Macbeth), Italo Tajo (Banco), Gino Penno (Macduff), Luciano della Pergola (Malcolm), Angela Vercelli (Dama), Dario Caselli (Medico), Attilio Barbesi (Domestico), Mario Tommasini (Sicaro), Gino Penno (Giasone), Maria Callas (Medea), Maria Luisa Nache (Glauce), Fedora Barbieri (Neris), Giuseppe Modesti (Creonte), Enrico Campi (Capitano), Angela Vercelli (Prima Ancella), Maria Amadini (Seconda Ancella), Maria Callas (Alceste), Renato Gavarini (Admète), Paolo Silveri (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon), Rolando Panerai (Apollon), Giuseppe Zampieri (Evandre), Nicola Zaccaria (La voix de l'Oracle), Silvio Maionica (Dieu infernal), Enrico Campi (Un Héraut), Franco Corelli (Licinius), Maria Callas (Giulia), Ebe Stignani (Gran Vestale), Enzo Sordello (Cinna), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Grande Sacerdote), Vittorio Tatozzi (Un Console), Nicola Zaccaria (Aruspice), Mario del Monaco (Andrea Chénier), Aldo Protti (Carlo Gérard), Maria Amadini (La Contessa di Coigny), Silvana Zanolli (La mulatta Bersi), Lucia Danieli (Madelon), Cesare Valletti (Elvino), Maria Callas (Amina), Giuseppe Modesti (Rodolfo), Gabriella Carturan (Teresa), Eugenia Ratti (Lisa), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Alessio), Giuseppe Nessi (Notaro), Maria Callas (Lucia), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Edgardo), Rolando Panerai (Enrico), Nicola Zaccaria (Raimondo), Maria Callas (Anna Bolena), Giulietta Simionato (Giovanna), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Enrico), Gianni Raimondi (Percy), Plinio Clabassi (Rochefort), Gabriella Carturan (Smeton), Luigi Rumbo (Hervey), Maria Callas (Iphigénie), Francesco Albanese (Pylade), Anselmo Colzani (Thoas), Fiorenza Cossotto (Diane), Maria Callas (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Mario Sereni (Germont), Laura Zannini (Flora), Maria Cristina de Castro (Annina), Piero De Palma (Gastone), Alessandro Maddalena (Dottore Grenvil), Álvaro Malta (Barone Douphol), Vito Susca (Marchese d'Obigny), Maria Callas (Imogene), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Gualtiero), Regina Sarfaty (Sarfaty), Costantino Ego (Ernesto), Glade Peterson (Goffredo), Chester Watson (Itulbo), Franco Corelli (Poliuto), Maria Callas (Paolina), Ettore Bastianini (Severo), Nicola Zaccaria (Callistene), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, RAI Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Teatro alla Scala, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, American Opera Society, Covent Garden, Vittorio Gui, Erich Kleiber, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Tullio Serafin, Umberto Mugnai, Victor de Sabata, Leonard Bernstein, Carlo Maria Giulini, Antonino Votto, Herbert von Karajan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Nino Sanzogno, Franco Ghione, Nicola Rescigno, Carlo Felice Cillario
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Dame Janet Baker
21st Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
On the great English mezzo's birthday, here's Katherine's exclusive video-interview with her, made shortly before her 80th in 2013.Featured product
Janet Baker: The Great EMI Recordings
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Heath (cello), George Malcolm (organ), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Robert Spencer (lute), Martin Isepp (harpsichord), Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba), Douglas Whittaker (flute), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ross Pople (cello), George Malcolm (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Andre Previn (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (organ) English Chamber Orchestra, Bath Festival Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Danish State Radio Symphony & Concerto Orchestras, City of London Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Men of the John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Halle, Halle Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchesta of the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Chorus, Men of the London Symphony Chorus, Raymond Leppard, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner, Otto Klemperer, Sir Charles Mackerras, Janos Ferencik, Richard Hickox, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Alexander Gibson, Georges Pretre, Lawrence Foster, Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos
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New Release Round-up - 18th August 2017
18th Aug 2017by James Longstaffe
Box sets dedicated to pianist Daniel Barenboim and violinist Joshua Bell, as well as music by Elliott Carter and Peter Maxwell Davies are just some of the new releases this week. -
Isabelle Faust plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
18th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
Isabelle Faust shows a wholly new side to one of the most well-known and widely-performed concertos in the violin repertoire. -
Forthcoming recordings from great pianists
16th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Chris rounds up ten of the most promising piano recitals coming up this autumn, including magisterial live Beethoven from Evgeny Kissin. -
Gramophone Awards 2017 - the top three in each category
16th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
The final contenders in each of the twelve genres were revealed this morning… -
Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
15th Aug 2017by David Smith
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony. -
Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2017
14th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's Choices, with a fresh new Mendelssohn cycle from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe taking pride of place… -
New Release Round-up - 11th August 2017
11th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Stravinsky from violinist Ilya Gringolts and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Richard Strauss from soprano Louise Alder and Shostakovich's ballet 'The Golden Age' are just a selection of the highlights from this week's releases. -
Francesco Piemontesi performs Piano Concertos by Mozart
11th Aug 2017by James Longstaffe
James enjoys a pair of late Mozart concertos from Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, with Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. -
Presto CD - 20 new Sony and RCA titles
10th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Lucia Popp's final recording of Strauss's *Four Last Songs* (made just months before her death) is among this week's reissues. -
BBC Music Magazine - September 2017 Choices
9th Aug 2017by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's choices, with a baroque recital from one of the stars of last night's Prom taking pride of place as Recording of the Month. -
Forthcoming vocal highlights for the autumn
8th Aug 2017by Katherine Cooper
Mozart from Juan Diego Flórez, Wagner from Michael Volle, French song from Thomas Hampson, and imaginative tributes to two stars of the nineteenth-century Paris opera.