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Stephen Gould (1962-2023)
21st Sep 2023by Katherine Cooper
The American heldentenor, who spent almost a decade touring in *The Phantom of the Opera* before becoming a regular at the Bayreuth Festival, has died of bile-duct cancer aged 61.Featured product
Wagner: Siegfried
Tomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer/Wotan), Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Violeta Urmana (Brünnhilde), Anna Larsson (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Christian Elsner (Mime), Sophie Klußmann (Stimme eines Waldvogels) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
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Sarah Webster Fabio, 'Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues' & 'Together to the Tune of Coltrane's “Equinox”'
20th Sep 2023by Barney Whittaker
Following the reissue of two long out-of-print recordings of her poetry set to a killer funk accompaniment, we take a closer look at the life and career of the pivotal Black writer and activist. -
Verismo from Domingo Hindoyan and other forthcoming highlights
19th Sep 2023by Katherine Cooper
The Venezuelan conductor and his Liverpool orchestra thrill in preludes & intermezzi by Mascagni, Cilea, Wolf-Ferrari et al, with other stand-outs for late autumn including Saint-Saëns from Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth and a Norwegian Christmas album from Lise Davidsen. -
Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2023
18th Sep 2023by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by the world premiere recording of Parry's *Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'* from the London Mozart Players, Crouch End Festival Chorus and William Vann on Chandos. -
Mirabilis - The Music of Stephen Hough
18th Sep 2023by Ellena Taylor
In conjunction with the release of *Mirabilis - The Music of Stephen Hough* we have we have gathered together Hough's sheet music which is featured on the album including original compositions and arrangements of popular tunes, such as *Danny Boy* and *Ding, dong merrily on high*. Find out more -
John Wilson conducts Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
15th Sep 2023by James Longstaffe
A true labour of love for the conductor, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's latest project presents the premiere complete recording of the first collaboration between the legendary partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.Featured product
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma!
Nathaniel Hackmann (Curly), Sierra Boggess (Laurey), Rodney Earl Clarke (Jud Fry), Jamie Parker (Will Parker), Louise Dearman (Ado Annie), Sandra Marvin (Aunt Eller), Nadim Naaman (Ali Hakim), Leo Roberts (Andrew Carnes), Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
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New Release Round-Up - 15th September 2023
15th Sep 2023by Katherine Cooper
A trip to the movies with Jonas Kaufmann, an album of Stephen Hough's choral music, Florence Price and William Dawson from Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Philadelphia, and Bartók's piano concertos from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, the San Francisco Symphony & Esa-Pekka Salonen. -
Jazz New Release Round-up - 15th September 2023
15th Sep 2023by Barney Whittaker
This week's round-up includes new music from Blicher Hemmer Gadd, BlankFor.ms/Jason Moran/Marcus Gilmore, Richard Baratta, The Hawks Triad and Kris Davis' Diatom Ribbons. -
Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
15th Sep 2023by Barney Whittaker
Inspired by stunning landscapes and sea views, the new album from the Gondwana-boss and trumpeter is a richly immersive and soothing listening experience. -
John-Henry Crawford on Rachmaninoff
13th Sep 2023by David Smith
The cellist talks about his new album of Rachmaninoff cello works, built around the sonata in G minor and exploring the relationship between the cello's timbre and the human voice. -
Richard Davis (1930-2023)
13th Sep 2023by Barney Whittaker
The American bassist, known for his unique style and diverse contributions as a versatile sideman on such classic albums including Van Morrison's *Astral Weeks* and Eric Dolphy's *Out To Lunch!*, has died aged 93. -
BBC Music Magazine - October 2023 Choices
12th Sep 2023by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces next month's selection, with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in pride of place, 'investing every musical phrase with a wealth of insight, detail and colour' in their Tchaikovsky and Schulhoff album... -
New Sheet Music Titles - September 12th 2023
12th Sep 2023by Ellena Taylor
Graded examination pieces for Trinity and ABRSM piano exams; intermediate piano arrangements of Christmas carols and songs; a bumper selection of Bowie Hits; Brahms' *Liebeslieder*; a new addition to the OperAria series; a collection of songs by women composers; ABRSM's *Viola Mix*; and *The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker*. -
John Andrews on Ethel Smyth's Der Wald
11th Sep 2023by Katherine Cooper
The conductor discusses the first-ever recording of Smyth's second opera - a deliciously dark fairy-tale in one act, which was premiered in Berlin in 1902 and subsequently transferred to the Metropolitan Opera. -
Ezra Collective win Mercury Prize 2023
11th Sep 2023by Barney Whittaker
The London-based quintet have triumphed at this year's event with their second album *Where I'm Meant To Be*, pipping their fellow nominees to the post and proving the mettle of the British jazz scene at large. -
Peter Maxwell Davies: A postcard from Hoy, and a farewell to Stromness
9th Sep 2023by David Smith
An account of a miniature Presto Pilgrimage over the summer holiday, in search of the former home of Peter Maxwell Davies in the Orkney Islands. -
A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
8th Sep 2023by David Smith
The quartet - joined by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou - go out on a high after nearly fifty years of music-making, with a programme of early twentieth-century works themed around journeying and longing. -
Gramophone Awards 2023 - Finalists Revealed
8th Sep 2023by Chris O'Reilly
The final contenders in each of the eleven categories were revealed this morning, with Rachel Podger, Mahan Esfahani, Marc-André Hamelin and Quatuor Ebène among those in the running… -
New Release Round-Up - 8th September 2023
8th Sep 2023by Katherine Cooper
Virtuosic Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico, regal Haydn symphonies from the Kammerorchester Basel under Giovanni Antonini, finely-shaded Mahler from Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and the world premiere recording of John Corigliano’s complex opera blending Gothic horror and Greek tragedy. -
New Piano Exam Materials
8th Sep 2023by Ellena Taylor
This week has seen the release of new piano publications for both ABRSM and Trinity College exams, with additional repertoire added to the Trinity exam syllabus, and two new piano collections for intermediate to advanced students by Isata Kanneh-Mason. Find out more.