Songs from *Barbie*, *The Little Mermaid*, and *The Super Mario Bros Movie*; choral works from Carus Verlag and Boosey & Hawkes; new additions to the *Bach Revealed* series; traditional fiddle music from around the world; and ABRSM's Music Theory Practice Papers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This week's Round-Up highlights some forward-thinking jazz from Anna Webber, Shake Stew's global grooves, straight-ahead energy from David Janeway and the Mads Vinding Trio, plus the feathery compositions of Claire Cross & Harry Cook.
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...
In 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.
Find out more about the history of Japanese 'kissa', the unique listening experience that sparked a cultural revolution for the country and its lovers of jazz.
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...
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.
Recordings from two giants of the piano come to streaming for the first time, with well-known works by the likes of Bach and Beethoven alongside the fruits of Hyperion's long-running exploration of less-heard concerto repertoire by Döhler, Elmas, Taubert and more.
Here at Presto Music, we are excited to now have Yanagisawa saxophones in stock. The Yanagisawa company has a long history of high-quality and innovative instrument manufacture, rivalling other well-known saxophone manufacturers including Selmer and Conn.
The outstanding French double bassist delivers an atmospheric set prompted by his lifelong appreciation of Native American culture as well as the friends and inspirations he's lost along the way.
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.