The quartet of kora player Ballaké Sissoko, cellist Vincent Sega, saxophonist Emile Parisien, and accordionist Vincent Peirani come together to produce one of the freshest-sounding releases of the year so far.
Messiaen's *Des canyons aux étoiles...* from the Utah Symphony & Thierry Fischer, Schubert from Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton, Byrd from Fretwork & Alamire, and a sacred album from Joseph Calleja.
A selection of recent recordings of music inspired by Holy Week - from early to contemporary, religious to humanist, and with a mix of choral, solo vocal, and instrumental works.
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for March, with Puccini's *Turandot* from Antonio Pappano (starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann & Ermonela Jaho) in first place...
Sleek but savage Stravinsky from the Orchestre de Paris & Klaus Mäkelä, Haydn red in tooth and claw from René Jacobs, and world premiere recordings of works for piano and orchestra by Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen.
April 1st 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. To celebrate we compiled a selection of some of our favourite Rachmaninoff sheet music publications. Find out more.
A round-up of the week's new releases, including abstractions from Mats Gustafsson and Joachim Nordwall, a piano trio set from Sultan Stevenson, and a release for London Brew, a lock-down project that reimagines Bitches Brew for the 21st century.
Rachmaninoff from John Wilson & Sinfonia of London, Solti's *Siegfried* in newly-remastered glory, Berlioz from John Nelson & Joyce DiDonato, and a Pushkin-inspired recital from Gemma Summerfield, Gareth Brynmor-John, Abi Hyde-Smith and Jocelyn Freeman.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Max Reger's birth. Breitkopf & Hartel have recently published a seven volume slip-case edition of Reger's *Complete Organ Works*; the perfect way to celebrate the 150th anniversary! Find out more.
The countertenor discusses his new album of songs by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey and William Webb with La Nuova Musica & David Bates (released last week on Pentatone).
Bernard Haitink's complete studio recordings with the Concertgebouworkest, an anthology shedding 'New Light on French Romantic Women Composers' from the Palazzetto Bru Zane, and the Belcea Quartet's collected recordings on Warner Classics.
The English composer, whose output ranged from sweeping symphonies and concertos to award-winning music for a huge range of film and television productions, has died aged 78.
The trailblazing English countertenor, who created the role of the Voice of Apollo in Britten's *Death in Venice* and opened up a wealth of new possibilities for his voice-type, has died aged 81.
A paperback edition of Steven Isserlis's book discussing Bach's Cello Suites, a guide to improvising fugues at the keyboard, the story of Nina Anisimova and her survival in the Soviet gulag, an approach to teaching choral singing using the Kodály concept, an assessment of British musical films after the Second World War, and an exploration of how science has helped to shape the evolution of music.