Chris introduces this month's selection, with Harry Bicket's 'definitive' *Rodelinda* on Linn (starring Lucy Crowe and Iestyn Davies) as Recording of the Month.
The *Passport to Play Guitar* tutor series for beginners uses music drawn from styles and cultures from all around the world, alongside pieces inspired by the places that the authors have encountered on their travels. Find out more here.
Several books on Beethoven including a paperback edition of Laura Tunbridge's award-winning volume focusing on nine pieces from the composer's output; a biography of opera singer, Maria Callas; an examination of the ways in which Ravel's music is often described as magical and illusory; the first comprehensive biography of Ivor Gurney; and a handbook to forging a career as a conductor.
After a prolific year of small releases, the Lahore, Pakistan quartet make their full-length debut on Astigmatic Records, straddling North Indian classical music, hip-hop and improvised jazz.
The guitarist talks about her debut album, released recently on Delphian, which sees her explore European guitar repertoire from Spain to Denmark, via Austria-Hungary and England.
New and upcoming vinyl reissues from Blue Note include 60s Dexter Gordon, Andrew Hill’s *Passing Ships*, classics by Sonny Clark and Hank Mobley, and a deluxe box set from trumpeter Lee Morgan.
The violinist and cellist display a truly remarkable synergy in Kodály's Duo from 1914, whilst all three musicians capture the 'Dumky' Trio's rapid shifts between melancholy and boisterousness to perfection.
Beethoven from the Ehnes Quartet, a theatrical debut from violinist Bomsori Kim, André Messager's *Passionnément* (starring Véronique Gens), and intimations of immortality from Icelandic composer Viktor Orri Árnason.
Following their online debut as a viral YouTube sensation, the Argentinian pair's first full-length record covers a wide breadth of material with an elegantly minimalist approach.
The Canadian violinist tells Katherine about turning his living-room into a temporary studio for his recent recording of the Ysaÿe sonatas, and 'bubbling' with his string quartet for a new Beethoven project.
This week’s pick of new releases includes Bob Mintzer with the WDR Big Band, funky smooth jazz from saxophonist Steve Cole, and a deluxe reissue of Charles Mingus’s *Live at Carnegie Hall*.
The conductor discusses his recent recordings of Vaughan Williams symphonies and Strauss orchestral works, his recent appointment at the LSO, and the ongoing impact of lockdowns on musical life.
The cosmic jazz trio's first three releases - *Prophecy*, *Channel the Spirits*, and *Death to the Planet* - are made available again on vinyl from The Leaf Label.
The composer talks about the new album of her choral works recorded by Stephen Layton and Trinity College Choir, and looks back over her musical career.
Daniel and Michael Barenboim, Martha Argerich and Kian Soltani join forces for an all-Debussy programme, including the rarely-performed early *Fantaisie* for piano and orchestra.
Brahms from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Kodály and Dvořák from Alexander Lonquich and friends, Tchaikovsky from Vadym Kholodenko, and Bach and Beethoven from Andrew Von Oeyen.
The Oyster Duo (Nicholas Schwartz and Anna Fedorova) talk about their new album *Stolen Pearls*, featuring a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century works transcribed for double bass and piano.