Books on composers including Berg, Fauré, and Gluck; a study of musical polystylism in the final decades of the Soviet Union; an exploration of choral singing in Ancient Greece; an examination of the ways in which Baroque composers notated tempos in their scores before the invention of the metronome; an account of Chinese street music and its impact on the local community; and several books celebrating the eightieth birthday of iconic musician, Bob Dylan.
For this special bonus episode of the podcast, Patricia Kopatchinskaja tells us about her longstanding relationship with Schoenberg's *Pierrot Lunaire*.
A beguiling recital of lieder by female composers from soprano Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn, a revelatory *Wesendonk-Lieder* from Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, and a glittering *Nutcracker* from the brilliant young pianist Ivan Bessonov.
The violinist releases the results of a uniquely ambitious "lockdown project" – a barnstorming new account of Paganini's fiendish Caprices, recorded in the late spring of 2020.
Recent and upcoming additions to the Presto Jazz vinyl catalogue include this year's best ECM recordings, a reissued recording from Avishai Cohen featuring a young Shai Maestro, and low-down jazz-funk from Snarky Puppy guitarist Mark Lettieri.
Zemlinsky and Schreker from Vasily Petrenko in Liverpool, *Festmusik* from Onyx Brass and John Wilson, Ysaÿe from James Ehnes, and Miloš Karadaglić in new guitar concertos by Joby Talbot and Howard Shore.
The Luxembourger pianist talks about her recent album *Mysteries*, in which she juxtaposes two very different composers' approaches to pushing the limits of Romanticism.
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recording with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, which approaches Schubert's great song-cycle from the perspective of the woman whom the narrator leaves behind...
In conjunction with the release of Pam Wedgwood's latest publication *The Rusty Pianist* we have compiled a collection of sheet music ideal for people who have previously played the piano, and are interested in rediscovering the instrument again. Find out more here.
Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.
*Winterreise* from Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
an homage to Humperdinck on Deutsche Grammophon, Mahler's *Resurrection* Symphony from Ádám Fischer, and Charles Avison's Scarlatti-inspired concerti grossi on Glossa.
After a short hiatus, vocalist Gretchen Parlato returns with her first studio recording in five years, with an album that reflects both on her own past and her newfound motherhood.
Our latest picks for jazz new releases include a triple-bill of ECM recordings, American Songbook tunes from Lilly-Ann Hertzman and piano/vocal duets on Edition Records, among others.
The Scottish percussionist talks to Katherine about recording two concertos by his friend 'Nali' - *Rough Music* from 1983, and *into the open…* (written for and premiered by Currie in 2015).
April heavyweights include French organist Jeanne Demessieux's complete recordings on Decca, plus anthologies celebrating André Previn, Eugene Ormandy and Peter Maag.
One of the most exciting trio recordings in jazz, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach's *Money Jungle* is the sound of three super-sized egos thrashing out their differences in the studio.