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This Week's Essential New Albums

Friday, February 19, 2021

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This week's highlights include Benjamin Grosvenor's new Liszt album, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Mahler's Second Symphony from Adam Fischer, and Jodie Devos's 'And Love Said...'

Can you be a 1/4 concert pianist?

Blogs

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

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Pianist Di Xiao on the pressures of balancing being a musician and parent, and lessons learned in lockdown

Jodie Devos on her English song album, 'And Love Said …'

Podcasts

Friday, March 5, 2021

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The Belgian soprano has recorded a collection of songs in English, ranging from Ivor Gurney and William Walton to Freddie Mercury

This Week's Essential New Albums

Features

Friday, March 19, 2021

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Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2 from the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle | HK Gruber's Percussion Concertos | Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki

Video of the Day: Stainer's 'God so Loved the World' (Tenebrae and Nigel Short)

Features

Sunday, March 28, 2021

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Tenebrae commence their online Holy Week Festival at St John’s Smith Square with a beautiful performance of Stainer’s 'God so Loved the World'

Video of the Day: Rachel Podger on recording world premiere Mozart Sonatas

Features

Friday, March 26, 2021

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Together with pianist Christopher Glynn, the violinist has recorded completions of fragments left unfinished by the composer

Salisbury Cathedral releases album to raise funds for NHS

Classical Music News

Monday, March 29, 2021

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Organists have been offering musical accompaniment to the cathedral's use as a vaccination centre

This Week's Essential New Albums

Features

Friday, April 2, 2021

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Our guide to this week's outstanding new recordings, including Sibelius's Violin Concerto, Byrd in 1588, Ravel's Boléro, French Songs and more...

Anna Lucia Richter on Monteverdi and becoming a mezzo

Podcasts

Friday, April 2, 2021

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The German singer releases an album that finds her exploring a composer who entered her life very early on

Mozart's Symphony No 41, 'Jupiter': 10 Great Recordings (with Rob Cowan and James Jolly)

Features

Thursday, September 2, 2021

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Rob Cowan and James Jolly discuss their favourite recordings of Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony and choose a modern recommendation for the piece

Barbican announces return of audiences from May 17

Classical Music News

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

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London venue to reduce capacity to 50 per cent to comply with Covid restrictions

The Dunedin Consort play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 6

Classical Music News

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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Music Director John Butt introduces tonight's Cambridge Music Festival broadcast with illustrated talk

Sir Antonio Pappano on music-making in the time of Covid

Podcasts

Friday, April 16, 2021

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The conductor on recording Vaughan Williams and Richard Strauss, and the challenges of the pandemic for musicians

Gustavo Dudamel takes up new job in Paris

Classical Music News

Friday, April 16, 2021

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The Venezuelan conductor signs up for his first operatic post

This Week's Essential New Albums

Features

Friday, April 23, 2021

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Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin embark on Schubert's Winterreise, Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth tackle Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt records a live Brahms Second Symphony in Leipzig, and more...