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James Jolly's regular playlist includes Robert Trevino conducting Beethoven, Masato Suzuki playing Bach, Martin Fröst reinventing Vivaldi for the clarinet and Yuja Wang playing Rachmaninov. Plus pre-release tracks from Aurora Orchestra, Tenebrae, Fatma Said, Augustin Hadelich and Sir Mark Elder and...
Professor Julian Lloyd Webber conducts musicians from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in a socially-distanced tribute to Elgar
In the first of a three-part series, Rob Cowan talks to leading conductors and musicians about the special appeal of Brahms's orchestral works
In the second of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's chamber and instrumental music with leading artists
Boris Giltburg reflects on the process of playing and recording Bach's Three-Part Inventions alone, at home. Plus, enjoy the full video of the performances...
In the third of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's vocal music with Barbara Bonney, Marcus Creed and Graham Johnson
Martha Argerich plays Beethoven and Yuja Wang plays John Adams, Grigory Sokolov's encores, a symphony by Beck and a Beethoven string quartet from the Ebène Quartet plus Sean Shibe's astounding Bach on the guitar
A beautifully produced film of Sean Shibe playing the Sarabande from Bach's Suite in E minor BWV996
American mezzo Jamie Barton has found a kindred spirit in composer Jake Heggie, both musically and personally, she tells David Patrick Stearns, as she releases a recital disc of his music, accompanied by him at the piano
As The Mozartists launch a new recording project, their Music Director talks to James Jolly about the project
The conductor–composer–pianist Thomas Adès talks to Peter Quantrill about storming the heavens and plumbing hell in music by Beethoven, Janáček, Barry – and Adès himself
At a time of separation, many artists feel more personally connected to audiences than ever
Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews, including new releases from Piotr Beczała, Nicola Benedetti, Mark Bebbington and Sean Shibe
Martin Cullingford visits Merton College, Oxford, to explore an important new addition to the music for Holy Week by British composer Gabriel Jackson
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