Latest News: Classical, Gramophone Choices
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2024 9th September 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'Beethoven-playing of rare vividness and technical aplomb' from the Calidore Quartet on Signum.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2024 19th August 2024
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'polished but never slick' Kurt Weill triptych from Konzerthausorchester Berlin and its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Joana Mallwitz.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2024 17th July 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by an 'enchanting, engrossing and impeccably recorded' recital of Lieder by Schubert and Loewe from Konstantin Krimmel & Ammiel Bushakevitz.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2024 30th May 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the final instalment of Antje Weithaas & Dénes Várjon's survey of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas on Avi Music.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2024 29th April 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Chopin recital from South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim which 'radiates joyful, youthful exuberance'.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2024 26th March 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'deeply impressive' account of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the orchestra's own label.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2024 13th March 2024
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a live recording of Janáček's Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and a cast headed by American soprano Amanda Majeski as a Katya of 'harrowing immediacy'.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2024 14th February 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'compelling musicianship and awe-inspiring pianism' from Behzod Abduraimov in works by Prokofiev, Saidaminova and Ravel.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2024 15th January 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Franco-Belgian programme from French cellist Bruno Philippe (with Tanguy de Williencourt, Christoph Eschenbach & the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) on Harmonia Mundi.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2023 13th December 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the 'magnificent' final instalment of Debussy's solo piano works from Steven Osborne on Hyperion.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2023 13th November 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'polished and beautifully-presented' recording of Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde on Opera Rara, conducted by Paul Daniel and starring Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez and Josh Lovell.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2023 10th October 2023
Chris introduces this issue's selection, headed by a 'lived-in and confident' account of the Monteverdi Vespers from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon on Harmonia Mundi.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2023 18th September 2023
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by the world premiere recording of Parry's Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound' from the London Mozart Players, Crouch End Festival Chorus and William Vann on Chandos.
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2023 22nd August 2023
Chris introduces next month's selection, with 'an absolute belter' of a Tchaikovsky Five from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in pride of place as Recording of the Month...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2023 8th August 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a recording of the Ysaÿe Sonatas that 'will be difficult to equal, let alone surpass' from Hilary Hahn on Deutsche Grammophon...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2023 12th July 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'superb', 'charismatic' account of Handel's Serse with Emily D’Angelo in the title role...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2023 12th June 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'meticulously plotted' German Baroque requiem from Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2023 15th May 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by the final instalment of Les Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew's 'compelling' Gesualdo series on Harmonia Mundi...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2023 12th April 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Quatuor Ebène and Antoine Tamestit's 'new benchmark' recording of Mozart's string quintets on Erato...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2023 13th March 2023
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Antonio Pappano's 'magnificently recorded' account of Puccini's Turandot (using Alfano's original, uncut completion and starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann and Ermonela Jaho) on Warner Classics.
