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Interview,
Johannes Pramsohler and Philippe Grisvard on Berlin Harpsichord Concertos 3rd July 2024The director and harpsichordist of pioneering early music group Ensemble Diderot talk about their new album of works from the time of Frederick the Great.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - June 2024 2nd July 2024Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for June, with Sibelius and Prokofiev violin concertos from Janine Jansen and Klaus Mäkelä in Oslo in first place...
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Interview,
Rory Macdonald on Our Gilded Veins 1st July 2024The conductor discusses his new album of contemporary orchestral works with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, released last month on Linn and featuring music by Anna Clyne, Sir James MacMillan, Martin Suckling & Jay Capperauld.
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Box Set Selections,
Boxed Set Selections - June 2024 30th June 2024June heavyweights include a celebration of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at 80, Osmo Vänskä's complete set of Mahler symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra, and anthologies dedicated to Josef Krips and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
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Recording of the Week,
Meyerbeer's Le prophète from Mark Elder and the London Symphony Orchestra 28th June 2024This weird and wonderful opera about a Flanders innkeeper who is radicalised into religious extremism really catches fire on a live recording from last year's Aix-en-Provence Festival, with the London Symphony Orchestra on barnstorming form and American tenor John Osborn at the top of his game in the demanding title-role.
Classical Recording of the Week
Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
John Osborn (Jean de Leyde), Elizabeth DeShong (Fidès), Mané Galoyan (Berthe), James Platt (Zacharie), London Symphony Orchestra, Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, Lyon Opera Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
This weird and wonderful opera about a Flanders innkeeper who is radicalised into religious extremism really catches fire on a live recording from last year's Aix-en-Provence Festival, with the London Symphony Orchestra on barnstorming form and American tenor John Osborn at the top of his game in the demanding title-role.
Available formats: 3 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
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