Latest News: Classical, Box Set Deep-Dive
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Smetana's Complete Operas on Supraphon 16th September 2024
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores Supraphon's complete edition of the Czech composer's eight finished operas plus the fragment Viola - made in Prague and Brno between 1960 and 1983, the recordings were reissued in July to mark the bicentenary of Smetana's birth.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Carl Nielsen’s Brave New World 14th August 2024
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores a new set of the complete symphonies from the Royal Danish Orchestra on Naxos, conducted by Thomas Søndergård, Alexander Vedernikov, Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, Michael Boder, Paavo Berglund, Michael Schønwandt.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Vienna Octet Old and New 19th March 2024
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores two anthologies of chamber music which 'will bless your listening hours with countless joys'.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Rob Cowan on Victoria de los Ángeles 15th February 2024
Our regular guest-contributor explores the Catalan soprano's collected recordings on Warner Classics, released at the end of last year to mark the centenary of her birth.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Rob Cowan on Artur Rodziński 14th November 2023
Our new guest-contributor explores the Polish-American conductor's complete Columbia recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra - including a 'driven and impassioned' Shostakovich Five, and the world premiere recording of the Berg Violin Concerto.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Rob Cowan on Robert Craft 9th August 2023
Our new guest-contributor explores the American conductor's complete recordings for Columbia, including music by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Schoenberg and Webern...
