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Recording Pavarotti in Otello meant balancing his very specific views with Sir Georg Solti’s often completely opposing ones, recalls producer Michael Haas – but the results were well worth it
Voces8 were recorded in Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace in Guebwiller, France
Melting barriers between classical, jazz and Indian music, Matthew Barley brings a uniquely free spirit to all he does – and his Tavener recording is no exception, writes Charlotte Gardner
This year's Tchaikovsky Competition is in full flight, and Mao Fujita has made it to the piano finals
Following scintillating recordings of La mer and Daphnis et Chloé with his experimental Les Siècles, late last year conductor François-Xavier Roth released an all-Debussy disc featuring seminal works which, as he tells Mark Pullinger, marked a new era in music
Editor Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
Raised eyebrows initially greeted Naxos’s Ring cycle, but Jaap van Zweden’s Hong Kong forces have proved their mettle, writes Hugo Shirley
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855 in the Yellow Lounge
Tim Ashley is joined by four great advocates of the composer to celebrate the self-taught, revolutionary musician whose eccentric genius is only now being fully recognised
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