This Week's Essential New Albums
- Friday, July 2, 2021
Outstanding new releases from Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Angela Hewitt and more
Outstanding new releases from Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Angela Hewitt and more
Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich, Vasily Petrenko makes his last recording as MD of the RLPO, Jan Lisiecki and Seong-Jin Cho play Chopin and Elena Fischer-Dieskau plays Brahms
Ahead of their new BIS album, the ensemble place the composer and his Piano Trio in context
Randall Goosby’s Decca debut, Olga Pashchenko’s Mozart, Shostakovich from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons, and more
The newly-named BBC New Generation Artist recorded the work at this year's Rubinstein Virtual Piano Festival
At 80, Martha Argerich’s fire still burns brightly and her playing is as fresh and inventive as ever. Tim Parry speaks to some of her friends and colleagues to get a sense of what makes her so unique
The pianist and soprano's debut includes a vocal setting of the Op 10 No 3 Etude
The Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields on how the church's charitable and musical lives relate
Featuring new releases from Bomsori Kim, Chelsea Guo, James Gilchrist, Nathan Williamson, Pelléas Ensemble, Myriam Rignol, Marc and Angélique Mauillon
Introducing the first two episodes in a new series in which Leif Ove Andsnes explores the life of Mozart in two remarkably creative years
From birdsong to mathematics, how natural forms inspire the music of Rolf Wallin
A new BBC programme explores the hundreds of works Gurney produced - but few have heard - during his 15 years in an asylum
Nicolas Altstaedt offers his revealing insights into Dvořák's ‘Dumky’ Trio
Introducing new recordings from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich, Gothic Voices, Thomas Trotter and Andrew Von Oeyen
Editor Martin Cullingford introduces outstanding new recordings of Brahms’s Piano Concertos, Bach’s Orchestral Suites, Mozart’s Serenades, Duruflé’s Organ Works and more
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