Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas's debut recording on Delphian, Mozart violin sonatas from Renaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong, Verdi's *Un ballo in maschera* from Marek Janowski, and Forbidden Fruits from Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu.
For her debut outing on Blue Note, the acclaimed musician returns with the help of various special guests for an album entrenched in deep feeling and emotional resonance.
This week's round-up includes new releases from Dexter Gordon, Roscoe Mitchell, Klaus Koenig and Orrin Evans. There's also some experimental Norwegian folk from Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland whilst Maia Wackernagel presents an album of solo keyboard music.
The Italian mezzo discusses her new album of works which 'occupy a middle-ground between opera and art-song', including music by Zingarelli, Rossini, Donizetti, Viardot-García and Wagner - and her plans to shine a new light on the latter composer's *Wesendonck Lieder*...
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'immensely assured' first album on Chandos from trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, featuring virtuosic paraphrases on themes from operas by composers including Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini.
ABRSM recently launched their new Bowed Strings Syllabuses for Practical and Performance Grades from 2024. Featuring refreshed repertoire lists, the syllabus includes a wide range of composers and a greater choice of music than ever before. Find out more here.
Celebrating the centenary of one of jazz’s most formidable personalities, this boxed set gathers all seven studio releases from the master’s overlooked final years as bandleader.
The mezzo-soprano and violinist explore some of the themes from their recent album, based around reflections on motherhood in the Armenian classical tradition and in particular the works of Komitas and Aprikian.
An off-print from the acclaimed guide to musical notation, *Behind Bars*, a chronicle of representations of gay culture on Broadway, an investigation into the ways in which musicians engage with death, a collection of recently-discovered photographs taken in the 1960s by Paul McCartney, a reconsideration of the music of Bach and its relation to modernity, and a study of recordings from the 1950s by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet.
Period instruments lend a delicious piquancy and wit to Ravel's Franco-Spanish farce about a libidinous clock-maker's wife intent on making the most of her husband's absence, with a stylish cast led by French mezzo Isabelle Druet.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's choral music from London Choral Sinfonia, Kurt Weill's *Propheten* from Dennis Russell Davies, Mexican songs and chamber music from Mr McFall’s Chamber & Jamie MacDougall, and Bach motets from Solomon's Knot.
Reprising their established ECM-outfit, musical partners Elina Duni and Rob Luft return for a comforting blend of intimately-delivered poetry and Albanian folk song.
This week's round-up features new releases from Pat Metheny, Marquis Hill and Caesar Frazier. Plus, there's a debut recording from guitarist Steve Banks as well as vocalist Gabriela Garrubo.
Five Bevans joined us at our store in Leamington Spa last month to launch their new album of sacred choral music on Signum - and share some anecdotes about growing up in a large musical family...
Inspired by her training in Dalcroze eurhythmics, Ann Bryant has published a fantastic new resource for classroom music teachers. Ann kindly took the time to answer my questions about *Instant Primary Music Lessons*. Read the full interview here.
The conductor talks about his recently-launched Haydn project, his upcoming milestone with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and why "there is absolutely zero difference between Haydn and Bruckner"...
A studio recording of the *Vespro della Beata Vergine* from Pygmalion is among the stand-out releases for late summer, with other highlights including Locatelli concertos from Isabelle Faust and the Ysaÿe solo sonatas from Hilary Hahn.
Roxanna Panufnik's *Coronation Sanctus*; new ABRSM bowed string exam pieces; Henle editions of Bach Partitas; new urtext editions of the *Daphnis and Chloe* suites from Breitkopf and Härtel; and a limited edition facsimile score of *The Planets*.