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Brass Concertos - COREA, C. / HIGDON, J. / WARNAAR, B. (Sibaja, Alessi, P. Jenkins, D.W. Hawkes, S. Brown, G. Long, Nashville Symphony, Guerrero) more

CORLIS, T.: Choral Works - Immortality / Missa Pax / In Paradisum / O magnum mysterium (The Edison Singers, N. Edison) more

GRANADOS, E.: 12 Danzas españolas / Capricho español (arr. for 2 guitars) (Azulejos Guitar Duo) more

DONIZETTI, G.: Songs (Gritskova, Prinz) more

FOERSTER, J.B.: Symphony No. 2 / Cyrano de Bergerac (Hradec Králové Philharmonic, Štilec) more

SHOR, A.: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 6 - Cello Concertos Nos. 2, 3 / 2 Songs for My Kids (Hakhnazaryan, D. Yablonsky, Smbatyan, D. Raiskin) more

MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Violin Concerto in E Minor / SCHUMANN, R.: Violin Concerto (A. Menzel, Leipzig Symphony, R. van Steijn) more

BOGDANOVIĆ, D.: Guitar Works - Rossignol / Folia Variations / Big Band Suite / Winter Variations (Daniela Rossi) more

SHIELD, W.: Chamber Works (Complete), Vol. 2 - String Trios Nos. 1-9 (The Dorrit Ensemble) more

HUMPERDINCK, E.: Mirakel (Das) (The Miracle) [Pantomime] (Klussmann, Micheler, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony, Tast) more

Flute Sonatinas - CLEMENTI, A. / TANSMAN, A. / MILHAUD, D. / IBERT, J. / DVOŘÁK, A. (Sello, Canino) more

GORDIGIANI, L.: Songs (Romantic Florence) (Comparato, Fabbrini) more

POULENC, F.: Gloria (Pollet, Südfunk Chor, Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Prêtre) more

MUTZKE, Max / SWR BIG BAND: Soul, Viel, Mehr more

Medieval and Renaissance Songs of Portugal and Spain (Trask, Rees, Bogdan, Schulman) more

SMETANA, B.: Bartered Bride (The) [Opera] (Sung in German) (T. Richter, R. Streich, S. Hauser, R. Peters, K. Böhme, Berlin Civic Opera, Lenzer) more

MOZART, W.A.: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (Mühlbacher, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Bauer-Theussl) more

PROKOFIEV, S.: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 (Wührer, South West German Radio Symphony, Baden-Baden, Gielen) more

BACH, J.S.: Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (Zöller, H.P. Weber, Endres, Lautenbacher, Rottenfusser, Ruf, A. Schmidt, Galling) more

Piano Recital: Marciano, Rosario - JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, É. / PARADIS, M.T. von / SZYMANOWSKA, M. (Piano Works by Women Composers) more

GRIEG, E.: String Quartet / HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartet No. 8 (Copenhagen String Quartet) more

SCHUBERT, F.: Rosamunde, incidental music, D. 797 (Sowiak, Philharmonia Vocal Ensemble, Philharmonia Hungarica, Maag) more

SCHUBERT, F.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Overture in the Italian Style, D. 590 (Philharmonia Hungarica, Maag) more

SCHUBERT, F.: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4, "Tragic" / Overture in the Italian Style, D. 591 (Philharmonia Hungarica, Maag) more

Audiovisual Productions

WAGNER, R.: Ring des Nibelungen (Der) [Operas] (Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2022) (4-Blu-ray Disc Box Set) more

Opera Production of the Week

The Royal Opera: La traviata Cinema Trailer

Top Charts

CLASSIC MASTERWORKS - Antonio Vivaldi more

ORCHESTRAL COLLECTION (THE) more

HITS OF THE 1940s, Vol. 1 (1940): I'll Never Smile Again more

TRENET, Charles: La Mer (1938-1946) more

FAMOUS AUSTRIAN COMPOSERS - STRAUSS / MOZART, W.A. / SCHUBERT, F. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / HAYDN, J. / HAYDN, M. / ALBRECHTSBERGER, J.G. more

SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / The Bolt Suite / Tahiti Trot (Russian State Symphony Orchestra, D. Yablonsky) more

WILSON, Teddy: Blues in C-Sharp Minor (1935-1937) more

MOZART: Piano Concertos, Vol. 6 more

INCE, K.: Symphony No. 5, "Galatasaray" / Requiem Without Words / Hot, Red, Cold, Vibrant / Before Infrared (Bilkent Symphony, Ince) more

101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies more

LISZT, F.: Scherzo and March / 3 Liebesträume / Berceuse (Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 10) (Jandó) more

Chamber Music (Romantic 19th Century) - SCHUBERT, F. / WEBER, C.M. von / SPOHR, L. / BRAHMS, J. / GRIEG, E. / SCHUMANN, R. / BOCCHERINI, L. more

Ballet Music - BURGMULLER, J.F.F. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / MINKUS, L. / PAULLI, H.S. / HERTEL, P.L. / ASAFIEV, B.V. (Spassov) more

VIVALDI, A.: Four Seasons (The) / Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major / Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor (Lautenbacher) more

CLASSICAL FOR PETS more

VIVALDI, A.: Four Seasons (The) / Sinfonias, RV 112, 132, 1Four9 and 169 (Banfalvi, Budapest Strings, Botvay) more

MOZART, W.A.: 30 of the Best more

SCRIABIN, A.: Piano Works (Lucille Chung) more

MOZART: Requiem / Exultate, Jubilate / Laudate Dominum more

RACHMANINOV, S.: Préludes, Op. 3, No. 2, Opp. 23 and 32 (Nebolsin) more

News

Backtrack of the week. Arriaga.

This week’s pick from the Naxos label is a string quartet by Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga.

Critically Acclaimed

CLYNE, A.: Orchestral Works - Abstractions / Within Her Arms / Restless Oceans / Color Field (Baltimore Symphony, Alsop) more

WEINBERG, M.: Idiot (The) [Opera] (Salzburg Festival, 2024) (NTSC) more

Videos

Chopin: Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor, Op 64, No 2 (Goran Filipec) #musicvideo

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Holidays Around the World

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Cozy Winter Classical

Classical Artists on Tour

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Concert Spirituel, Vienna, Austria

Mario Hossen
Marta Potulska, viola Liliana Kehayova, cello

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Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland

Hannu Lintu
Truls Mørk, cello Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Stadthalle, Neuenstadt, Germany

Frank Dupree
Obi Jenne, drums Jakob Krupp, bass Libor Å Ãma, saxophone Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

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Tokyo, JAPAN

Leonard Slatkin
Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus NHK Symphony Orchestra

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Harmonie, Heilbronn, Germany

Frank Dupree
Obi Jenne, drums Jakob Krupp, bass Libor Å Ãma, saxophone Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

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Stadtcasino Basel, Switzerland

Robert Treviño
Rossana Rossignoli, Clarinet Benedikt Schobel, Bassoon Sinfonieorchester Basel Orchestra

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Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

Daniel Müller-Schott
Maxim Vengerov, violin Vilde Frang, violin James Ehnes, viola Yefim Bronfman, piano Anthony McGill, clarinet

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Florida, USA

Gerard Schwarz
Palm Beach Symphony Misha Dichter, piano

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Podcasts

Classical Discoveries: KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - Life in Four Quartets

Classical Discoveries: KURT WEILL - From Brecht to Broadway

Podcast: Composer Ronald Stevenson. A fantastically original musical mind.

Podcast: Florence Price's choral works. An introduction.

Podcast: Joby Talbot details the progression of his ballet score, The Winter’s Tale.

Podcast: Assembled again. The Peterhouse Partbooks.

Podcast: Sweeping Romanticism. Polish folk spirit. Orchestral music by Zygmunt Noskowski.

Podcast: Bizarre and beautiful. Telemann, Vivaldi, Rosetti horn concertos.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - REDISCOVERING SALIERI - Werner Ehrhardt on raiding the archives

Podcast: Valentin Silvestrov. A powerful voice, defiant in exile.

Podcast: Alan Hovhaness. A prolific legacy of East-West synthesis.

Podcast: Vasari Singers. Close harmony. Open perfection.

Podcast: Introducing piano works by Oscar Lorenzo Fernández.

Podcast: Introducing the symphonic sphere of Leevi Madetoja

Podcast: From expressive intimacy to rhythmic incision. Music for guitar trio.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: The Symphonies

Podcast: Transcription addiction. Liszt refashions Mozart and Donizetti.

Podcast: Weigl’s Third Symphony. A long overdue premiere.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - CHARLES KOECHLIN: France's Hidden Symphonist

Podcast: Florence Price. The concertos.

Podcast: Lepo Sumera. At the forefront of Estonian music.

Podcast: Evocative, filmic, celebratory. Sacred choral music by Philip Stopford.

Podcast: Weinberg's complete music for cello and orchestra.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - Dmitri Shostakovich: The Film Music Scores

Podcast: Mischief, brevity, constancy. Piano works by Vittorio Rieti.

Podcast: César Guerra-Peixe. The Brazilian Bartók.

Podcast: Miklós Rózsa. A double creative life.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - EASTER CLASSICS beyond J. S. Bach

Podcast: Flights of imagination. Michael Daugherty's new orchestral album.

Podcast: Goffredo Petrassi. Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3.

Podcast: Alexey Shor. A suite, a nocturne and a concerto

Podcast: Notker Balbulus, a mediaeval marvel.

Podcast: Classical Discoveries - FRANZ SCHMIDT: beyond the "Seven Seals"

Podcast: Karabtchevsky on Villa-Lobos.

Podcast: Weaving intellect with emotion: Daron Hagen's cantata Everyone, Everywhere

Podcast: Lutenist Yasunori Imamura plays transcriptions of Bach

Podcast: An introduction to Christian Sinding’s four symphonies.

Podcast: A Brazilian discovery. Francisco Mignone's late violin sonatas

Podcast: Regaining recognition. Paul Wranitzky's orchestral works.

Podcast: Christmas fizz. Black Dyke presents John Rutter.

Podcast: Composer Kenneth Fuchs. The latest recordings.

Podcast: Two into one does go. The music of Nikolai Kapustin.

Podcast: Convention defied. Beethoven defined. The final three cello sonatas.

Podcast: Dale Kavanagh & Friends

Podcast: Latin Landscapes

Podcast: Sheer Bliss.

Podcast: Maria Herz (1878-1950). An overdue renaissance of an extraordinary musician.

Podcast: The VOX Elite Recordings: Susskind and Semkow conduct Rimsky-Korsakov and Smetana

Podcast: Bruckner's Symphonies. All Versions. Part 4.

Podcast: Bruckner's Symphonies. All Versions. Part 3.

Podcast: Bruckner's Symphonies. All Versions. Part 2.

Podcast: Bruckner’s Symphonies. All Versions. Part 1.

Podcast: Manual overdrive. American organ concertos.

Podcast: Janna Gandelman: a recital of Catalan violin works

Podcast: Fischer hallmarks Haydn: the effect, not the sound.

Podcast: Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 3 String Quartets.

Podcast: Margaret Brouwer. Orchestral colour, imagery and emotional power.

Podcast: The Music of Brazil. Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)

Podcast: Smetana, Susskind & St Louis. An Elite Recording.

Podcast: Paul Chihara's complete piano works. Quynh Nguyen's complete absorption

Podcast: Lukas Foss. A composer on the podium.

Podcast: Gerald Peregrine. A truly mobile music machine.

Podcast: Plucked and perfectly prepped. Alon Sariel’s Bach transcriptions for mandolin.

Podcast: Alsop + Adams + The Groove

Podcast: Standing with Eagles. The music of Louis Wayne Ballard.

Podcast: Rameau meets the accordion.

Podcast: Breathing new life into Orfeo Vecchi's motets for six voices.

Podcast: Florence Price. Leo Sowerby. Avalon String Quartet.

Podcast: Bach-Rheinberger • The Goldberg Variations

Podcast: Peter Boyer's Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue.

Podcast: Abbey Simon plays Chopin

Podcast: Billy Arcila. A guitarist's autobiography in sound.

Podcast: Haydn’s baryton trios. Refined rarities. Perfect performances.

Podcast: Godowsky’s Complete Piano Works · Konstantin Scherbakov concludes his masterly edition.

Podcast: VOX • 3. Stanisław Skrowaczewski and the Minnesota Orchestra

Podcast: Music of Brazil • Villa-Lobos • Works for Cello and Orchestra

Podcast: United at Last. 2 Operas by James P Johnson.

Podcast: VOX • 2. The legacy of Maurice Abravanel.

Podcast: JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic and music by Zoltán Kodály

Podcast: Jennifer Higdon. 2 Spectacular Concertos • 1 Sizzling Recording

Podcast: VOX: Restoring a unique voice.

Podcast: Claudio Santoro: Orchestral Explorations of the 1960s

Podcast: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. A Polymath in Paris.

Podcast: John Corigliano Jnr's complete works for solo piano.

Podcast: Jonathan Leshnoff. Recent orchestral works.

Podcast: One genius through the eyes of another

Podcast: JoAnn Falletta introduces Walton’s complete Façades

Podcast: The Kernis Kaleidoscope

Podcast: Bolcom, Byron, Lorca – rich colours, dramatic swings

Podcast: Jean Sibelius – a journey beyond the symphonies

Podcast: Simply unmissable

Podcast: A fascination with sound – Ravel’s spellbinding works for the stage.

Podcast: Weinberg’s comprehensive keyboard catalogue

Podcast: A forgotten treasure. Marin Alsop discusses Hindemith.

Podcast: Paired to perfection. Tianwa Yang plays Prokofiev’s violin concertos.

Podcast: A centenary special – Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Complete Symphonies and Dances

Podcast: Mapping a musical monument. Giltburg’s Beethoven 32.

Podcast: Versatilité sans frontières. Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint–Georges (1745–1799).

Podcast: The string quartets of Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941).

Podcast: Jazz idioms, classical structures. Symphonic works by Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020).

Podcast: Music of Brazil. The Villa-Lobos violin sonatas.

Podcast: Camille Saint-Saëns. A symphonic collection.

Podcast: The Power of Tower

Podcast: Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824). Piano sonata premieres.

Podcast: Liszt’s musical makeovers.

Podcast: Dancing elegance, melodic flow. Overtures by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber.

Podcast: Introducing guitarist Mabel Millán. From lyrical beauty to dramatic virtuosity.

Podcast: Music networking on the Inca Trails.

Podcast: Archivo de Guatemala. Where indigenous styles meet courtly life.

Podcast: Colour-contrast-surprise. The symphonies of John Abraham Fisher (1744–1806)

Podcast: Piano music by Aram Il’yich Khachaturian (1903–1978), ‘mouthpiece of the entire Soviet Orient’.

Podcast: Villa-Lobos and the art of choral transcription.

Podcast: Orchestral works by Žibouklé Martinaityté – a textural magician.

Podcast: Hit and bliss. Dame Evelyn Glennie performs mallet percussion concertos.

Podcast: The art and craft of John Adams.

Podcast: Bruckner’s Latin motets. Devotions of distinction.

Podcast: Vítezslav Novák. Orchestral Works Vol. 1.

Podcast: Bernard Herrmann in the round

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