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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Smetana's Complete Operas on Supraphon 16th September 2024Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores Supraphon's complete edition of the Czech composer's eight finished operas plus the fragment Viola - made in Prague and Brno between 1960 and 1983, the recordings were reissued in July to mark the bicentenary of Smetana's birth.
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Recording of the Week,
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London 13th September 2024Myriad details abound in this luxury recording of the duo's second hit musical, given in all its uncut glory with Don Walker's original orchestrations and a powerhouse central performance from Nathaniel Hackmann as the volatile carnival-barker Billy Bigelow.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2024 13th September 2024Puccini love-scenes from Jonas Kaufmann and six outstanding sopranos, Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 from Anima Eterna Brugge and Pablo Heras-Casado, a second volume of Beethoven from the Calidore Quartet, and Rameau's Les Boréades from György Vashegyi.
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Interview,
Antonio Pappano on the London Symphony Orchestra 11th September 2024Ahead of the opening concert of his first season as Chief Conductor of the LSO at the Barbican tonight, Sir Antonio Pappano talks about his history with the orchestra as well as his future plans with them, including his commitment to English music and new commissions.
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Interview,
Carlos Simon on art and activism 10th September 2024GRAMMY-nominated composer, activist and curator Carlos Simon has just released an album of orchestral works with the National Symphony Orchestra (where he's been Composer-in-Residence since 2021), and has a new commission being premiered at the 2024 Last Night of the Proms, on 14th September.
Classical Recording of the Week
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Nathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), Francesca Chiejina (Nettie Fowler), David Seadon-Young (Jigger Craigin), Sinfonia of London, ‘Carousel’ Ensemble, John Wilson
Myriad details abound in this luxury recording of the duo's second hit musical, given in all its uncut glory with Don Bennett's original orchestrations and a powerhouse central performance from Nathaniel Hackmann as the volatile carnival-barker Billy Bigelow.
Available formats: 2SACDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV (lossless, 96 kHz, 24 bit)
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