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The King's Singers on Wonderland
16th Nov 2023by David Smith
Patrick Dunachie and Jonathan Howard talk about the King's Singers' new album - including an unexpected change of direction for Joe Hisaishi and some revealing observations about the group's members...! -
Gifts for... Opera-Lovers
15th Nov 2023
In the first of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the opera-lover in your life, from the latest complete recordings and recital-albums to the best recent books about opera.Featured product
Puccini: Turandot
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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New Sheet Music Titles - November 15th
15th Nov 2023by Ellena Taylor
A vast selection of new Henle Verlag titles; Rachel Portman's *Beyond the Screen* for piano solo; the *Notebook for Johann Christian Bach*; a collection of Swiss choral music from Carus; folk songs by Vaughan Williams and Charles Villiers Stanford; and Danny Elfman's *Edward Scissorhands*. -
Bluer Than...: Vocal Jazz from the Blue Note Vaults
15th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
This mix charts the evolution of singers on the esteemed label, from early featured vocalists including Sheila Jordan to the hit Horace Silver-classic, 'Señor Blues', before expanding into the broader appeal of jazz-funk from the likes of Marlena Shaw and the timeless cats of today.Featured product
Weird Lullaby
Babs Gonzales, Pee Wee Tinney (guitar), Art Phipps (bass), Charles Simon (drums), Tadd Dameron (piano), Rudy Williams (alto saxophone), Art Phipps (double bass), Jack Parker (drums), Linton Garner (piano), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Jordan Fordin (alto saxophone), Bennie Green (trombone), Julius Watkins (french horn), Bruce Lawrence (double bass), Jackie Mills (drums), Art Pepper (alto saxophone), Herbie Stewart (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Jackie Mills (double bass), Roy Haynes (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Alberto Socarras (flute), Don Redman (soprano saxophone), Ray Nance (violin), Donald Bailey (drums), Jimmy Smith (organ), Thornel Schwartz (guitar), Paul Chambers (double bass), Jerry Segal (drums), Sonny Clark (piano), Eddy Williams Orchestra (tenor saxophone)
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Rob Cowan on Artur Rodziński
14th Nov 2023by Rob Cowan
Our new guest-contributor explores the Polish-American conductor's complete Columbia recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra - including a 'driven and impassioned' Shostakovich Five, and the world premiere recording of the Berg Violin Concerto. -
Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2023
13th Nov 2023by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'polished and beautifully-presented' recording of Offenbach's *La princesse de Trébizonde* on Opera Rara, conducted by Paul Daniel and starring Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez and Josh Lovell. -
Hyperion's String Quartets
13th Nov 2023by David Smith
Recordings from the Coull, Goldner, Takács, London Haydn Quartets and more (including the complete quartets of Haydn and Shostakovich) come to streaming for the first time. -
The Next Best Sound to Silence: ECM Artists Pick their Favourite Albums
13th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
We asked a handful of our favourite performers to choose the records they enjoy most from the vast ECM archive, featuring exclusive personal highlights from artists including Norma Winstone, Arild Andersen and Kit Downes. -
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter's Virtuosi
10th Nov 2023by James Longstaffe
The violinist and her ensemble of virtuoso string players present a dazzingly eclectic programme of works by Vivaldi, Bach, Bologne, and André Previn.Featured product
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi (CD & Download Edition)
Elias David Moncado (violin), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Mohamed Hiber (violin), Lionel Martin (cello), Samuel Nebyu (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Margarita Balanas (cello), Dominik Wagner (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola) Mutter's Virtuosi
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New Release Round-Up - 10th November 2023
10th Nov 2023by Katherine Cooper
Brahms concertos from Simon Trpčeski, a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen, Arvo Pärt's *Littlemore Tractus* and more from Tõnu Kaljuste in Tallinn, and the beginning of a Beethoven cycle from the Doric Quartet. -
Sheet Music Christmas Gift Ideas
10th Nov 2023by Ellena Taylor
Are you looking for inspiration for gifts for your music-loving family and friends? We have selected some of our favourite titles which will delight every music fan - from classical musicians to pop and rock enthusiasts! Browse our selection of sheet music gift ideas here. -
Erik Truffaz - Clap!
10th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
The Swiss-French trumpeter applies a fresh reel of film for the second part of his cinematic Blue Note odyssey. -
Jazz New Release Round-up - 10th November, 2023
10th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
This week's round-up includes new music from the homegrown talents of Johnny Hunter and Henry Spencer in addition to international stars John Scofield and Stacey Kent, plus the Scandi supergroup Rymden. -
Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart
9th Nov 2023by Katherine Cooper
In the wake of the second instalment of his Mozart symphonies series with Il Pomo d'Oro, the Russian conductor and harpsichordist recounts how he fell under the composer's spell aged four - and was thrown in at the deep end to conduct the Overture to *Le nozze di Figaro* just eight years later... -
Ryland Davies (1943-2023)
8th Nov 2023by Katherine Cooper
The Welsh light lyric tenor, a superb Mozart singer who later enjoyed a rich and varied career in character-roles, has died aged 80.Featured product
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Pilar Lorengar (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Jane Berbié (Despina), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Gabriel Bacquier (Guglielmo), Tom Krause (Don Alfonso) Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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Jimmy Giuffre, 'Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes'
8th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
In many ways ahead of its time, this underappreciated mid-career gem from the late master of mult-instrumental freeness is well worth a re-examination. -
Robert Hollingworth on Benevoli's multi-choir magnificence
7th Nov 2023by David Smith
The director of I Fagiolini talks about his new album, featuring a four-choir work of unparalleled Baroque splendour by the seventeenth-century Italian composer Orazio Benevoli. -
Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2023
6th Nov 2023by David Smith
Magnificent French Baroque funerary works from Le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, a cornucopia of culinary song from The Playfords, a fond look back at the final decades of the viola da gamba's heyday from André Lislevand, dark penitential Venetian choral music from Odhecaton and Paolo da Col, and more. -
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - November 2023
6th Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the November 2023 issue include new music from corto.alto, George Freeman, Alex Hitchcock Dream Band, James Brandon Lewis & Red Lily Quintet, Rob Luft, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Joshua Redman, John Scofield and Shake Stew, plus an extensive reissue of archive materials from Brian Auger's Oblivion Express as well as Art Farmer. -
Nils Petter Molvær & Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Certainty of Tides
3rd Nov 2023by Barney Whittaker
The oracle of Nordic jazz reimagines several of his previous compositions in a new light with the immense support of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.