Latest News: Classical
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Recording of the Week,
Haydn - the most underrated great composer 30th July 2007An ‘uplifting, overwhelming, charming and comforting’ account of Haydn’s most popular oratorio, sung in a new English adaptation, with soloists including Miah Persson and Mark Padmore.
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Recording of the Week,
Elin Manahan Thomas 9th July 2007The young Welsh soprano’s debut solo album, Eternal Light, features music by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Arne, Pergolesi and Hildegard von Bingen.
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Recording of the Week,
Padmore and Bostridge sing Handel 11th June 2007Two leading English tenors tackle opera and oratorio arias, including Jupiter’s ‘Where’er you walk’ from Semele, Jephtha’s ‘Waft her, angels’, and Samson’s ‘Total eclipse’.
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Recording of the Week,
Elgar's Enigma Variations 4th June 2007Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra mark the 150th anniversary of the English composer’s birth with a marvellous new live recording of his tribute to ‘my friends pictured within’.
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Recording of the Week,
Debussy's new champion 14th May 2007The French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet begins a new Debussy cycle with arresting performances of the Préludes and Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon.
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Recording of the Week,
Schütz's Legacy 7th May 2007Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent performed the German baroque master’s ‘Opus ultimum’, a series of eleven motets for double choir setting Psalm 119.
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Obituary,
Mstislav Rostropovich 30th April 2007The great Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor has died aged 80.
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Awards,
BBC Music Magazine Awards 16th April 2007 -
Recording of the Week,
Harpsichord or Piano? 26th March 2007In the wake of French pianist Alexandre Tharaud’s superb recent album of Couperin, Tic Toc Choc, Chris considers the implications of performing baroque keyboard music on a modern piano.
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Recording of the Week,
Strauss's Four Last Songs 19th March 2007A new recording of Strauss’s late reflections on mortality from EMI’s new signing, Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme, stands comparison with the very best.