Dutilleux from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London, Bach Partitas from Mahan Esfahani, Coleridge-Taylor from Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper, and a portrait of Nero from Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo.
The Nigerien singer, songwriter and electric guitarist unleashes his fiery sixth full-length record, in some of the most spirited rock music you'll hear all year.
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases include an unreleased live set from saxophonist Lol Coxhill, the debut recording by New York-based pianist Roy Gallon, and the latest album from seasoned bassist Dave Holland.
Each year in Germany a new instrument is selected as the instrument of the year. This year is the year of the Organ, and in conjunction with this celebration we have compiled a collection of some of the most recent and bestselling organ publications.
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language *opera seria* about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
A definitive 4 CD boxset collecting together all of the studio recordings, plus rare live recordings, made by one of finest British rhythm and blues groups of the sixties, The Graham Bond Organization.
Podcast regular Rob Cowan joins Paul to assess recent archival boxsets devoted to three émigré American conductors: Artur Rodzinski, Rafael Kubelik, and Eugene Ormandy.
The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
A biography of Russian composer, Nikolay Myaskovsky; the memoirs of Austrian conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; an updated edition of Ted Gioia's classic history of jazz; a critical companion to motets of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; an analysis of the shepherd's melody from Wagner's *Tristan und Isolde*; an examination of the historical role of the clarinet; and an intrepid tale of the booming sound of the foghorn.
A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, Beethoven, Bartók and Dvořák from the Juilliard String Quartet, Bruckner from Christian Thielemann, and vintage Stravinsky from Leonard Bernstein.
The pianist talks to Katherine about his recent recordings of the *Concert champêtre*, *Aubade*, and *Le Bal masqué* with members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Resonus Classics.
The countertenor talks about his recent album of Handel arias with Armonico, Handel's methods of encapsulating moods in music, and his own relationship with Handel's works.
In the seventh instalment of our occasional series, Paul reflects on the Danish recorder-player's eclectic discography, from Bach and Handel with Keith Jarrett to commissions from Fabrice Bollon and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen...
Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, Bartók's complete choral works are now available in this set of three cloth-bound volumes combined in a slipcase. Find out more about this publication alongside a range of other new Bartók sheet music here.
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a 'remarkable' traversal of a single year in Mozart's life from Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.