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We post reviews of Classical releases, news and concerts Wednesday-Sunday
Letters from Paris: Francophile live from guitarist Alexandra Whittingham on Decca :
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Letters from Paris: Alexandra Whittingham's guitar travelogue
there is so much to admire here, not least Whitingham's own excellence
https://shorturl.at/wda6y
about 22 hours ago
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Bartók's Viola Concerto from Hong Kong:
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Bartók's Viola Concerto: Paul Neubauer in Hong Kong
An important recoding of the Bartók Viola Concerto
https://shorturl.at/W1tve
2 days ago
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Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku
#WomensArt
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This is one of my favourites! The Saint-Saēns is absolutely magical!
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
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#Tchaikovsky's
Third Quartet, and more, from the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam on Rubicon
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Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, back in Tchaikovsky
The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam remains one of the most vibrant, exciting young ensembles around
https://shorturl.at/FLNSp
4 days ago
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Christiane Karg and Getold Huber celebrate
#Christmas
at Wigmore Hall:
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A Wigmore Christmas: Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber
A shot but satisfying Christmas terat
https://shorturl.at/xuyQ0
5 days ago
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Occasionally Lost
8 days ago
#NowPlaying
#ClassicalMusic
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols John Barrow, Gavin Williams, London String Orchestra, Guildford Cathedral Choir, Barry Rose 🎶
#Advent
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Asmik Gregorian in Richard Strauss: x 2!
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4 + 4 = ∞ : Laws of Solitude
This is a fascinating experiment, for sure
https://shorturl.at/oV6Na
8 days ago
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Brilliant
#Berlioz
from Rafael Payare and the
#Philharmonia
:
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Brilliant Berlioz from Rafael Payare and the Philharmonia
Rafael Payare's star remains in the ascendant
https://shorturl.at/i3cGh
9 days ago
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Vilde Frang in superb performances of
#Elgar
:
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Vilde Frang returns - in Elgar
A refreshing take on Elgar's masterpiece: Frang's interpretation demands to be heard
https://shorturl.at/dvlgq
10 days ago
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The under-appreciated genius of Bruno Maderna:
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The under-appreciated genius of Bruno Maderna
A salutary reminder of the genius of Bruno Maderna
https://shorturl.at/PEGIO
11 days ago
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Handel Partenope at ENO:
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Handel's "Partenope" at ENO
ENO remains a (soon to be splintered) jewel in English opera
https://shorturl.at/hqlXV
12 days ago
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The Wise Men & The Star: The Sixteen's
#Christmas
disc on Coro:
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The Wise Men and the Star: The Sixteen's Christmas disc
One of the most expertly perfumed Christmas discs out there
https://shorturl.at/vxh9M
17 days ago
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Terra Memoria: Shostakovich & Saariaho:
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Shostakovich meets Saariaho ... Terra Memoria
Previously, Classical Explorer has featured the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam: we saw them at Wigmore Hall in Mozart and Tchaikovsky, then looked at the first volume of Tchaikovsky Quartets here. This new ...
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18 days ago
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Rethinking Mozart & Brahms in Paris:
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about 1 month ago
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Nuit blanche: pianist Jodyline Gallavardin's lovely disc:
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Nuit blanche: pianist Jodyline Gallavardin's exceptional disc
There is clearly a deep, deep sensibility at work here
https://shorturl.at/yitZj
about 1 month ago
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Feminine Voices at
#Christmas
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Feminine Voices at Christmas
Beautiful, informative and perfectly thought-through, this is a very special release
https://shorturl.at/qq3gW
about 1 month ago
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Lines Made by Walking; the mysterious world of John Luther Adams, performed by JACK Quartet:
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The other Adams, again!
We have met John Luther Adams previously on Classical Explorer via his extraodinary Become Ocean (2013: the BBC Symphony Orchestra live at the Barbican under Dalia Stasevska). Elsewhere, on the Fanfar...
https://shorturl.at/YAKlD
about 1 month ago
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Marc-Antoine
#Charpentier
, Rousset,the Monteverdi Choir & the English Baroque Soloists: an exceptional partnership presenta "Baroque Christmas".
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A Charpentier Baroque Christmas & A New Era: The Monteverdi Choir & Christophe Rousset
Sublimely beautiful music in incomparable performances
https://shorturl.at/U7XCV
about 1 month ago
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The colourful contrasts of Matthias Weckmann:
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Weckmann Sonatas on cpo
Fabulously varied fare, full of contrasts
https://shorturl.at/ycqOz
about 1 month ago
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O Holy Night: a new
#Christmas
disc from St John's, Cambridge:
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St John's Cambridge Choir returns: O Holy Night
A superb disc, beautifully presenting a procession os stellar performances
https://shorturl.at/Z0f6z
about 1 month ago
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Leonskaja retiuns, now in
#Beethoven
: "Emperor" and the Quintet for Piano and Wind:
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Elisabeth Leonskaja returns in Beethoven
We met Elisabeth Leonskaja in Grieg and Schumann with another Michael, Michael Sanderling, previously in the time-honoured coupling of Grieg and Schumann Concertos here. On the new disc, it is Michael...
https://shorturl.at/SfHFQ
about 1 month ago
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Aix Easter Festival preview:
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"A Festival with a Mission": Aix Easter Festival 2026 announced
So the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival 2026! The official release is below, to which I would add a few highlights: It is good to see Yuliana Adveeva on the books, a pianist who hs impressed in the pa...
https://shorturl.at/3J8oz
about 1 month ago
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The music of Sergei Maingardt:
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The Music of Sergej Maingardt
There is so much to explore her, especially when one considers the "bonuses". As always, Wergo offers rewards for those who dare
https://shorturl.at/XBmXK
about 2 months ago
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First Inversion
about 2 months ago
“this is a major release. Rayo is a star, and not a little one; Grünberg is the perfect collaborative pianist. … Superb.” —Colin Clarke (
@classicalexplorer.bsky.social
), Fanfare on #Estrellita Listen to the first two singles now on #AppleMusicClassical and more:
https://listn.fm/estrellita
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Manchester Camerata at Wigmore Hall: great music, stellar singing:
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Manchester Camerata at Wigmore Hall
A memorable concert
https://shorturl.at/D7b1E
about 2 months ago
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Albert Herring at ENO:
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Albert Herring at ENO
This was really what ENO does best: a true company effort
https://shorturl.at/WmAWW
about 2 months ago
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The 2025
#Gramophone
Awards are out:
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2025 Gramophone Awards announced
From Premier Classical: The winners of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025 were revealed tonight [15 October 2025] at a glittering ceremony at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in central Lond...
https://shorturl.at/J0FBR
about 2 months ago
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Dvorák Symphony No. 7: Gardner/LOO, Czech PO/Bychkov, Philadelphia/Sawallish, plus a Toscanini Schumann 2:
www.classicalexplorer.com/dvorak-symph...
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Dvořák's Symphony No. 7: Gardner, Bychkov, Sawallisch (plus Schumann 2!)
There's a lot of Dvořák around in my pile of discs suddenly ...
https://www.classicalexplorer.com/dvorak-symphony-no-7-several-performances/
about 2 months ago
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The BBCSO at the Barbican: Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti & John Luther Adams:
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Can we live by texture alone? The BBCSO at the Barbican
Three fine works; search out the John LutherAdams!
https://shorturl.at/wd5Qm
about 2 months ago
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Our Common Nature: Yo-Yo Ma's new, exciting project:
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Our Common Nature: Yo-Yo Ma returns
A vital new podcast series led by Yo-Yo Ma
https://shorturl.at/3NkkG
about 2 months ago
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Abrahamsen & Mahler from the LPO: Jennifer France shines.
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Unforgettable Abrahamsen & Mahler from the London Philharmonic
Jennifer France stuns in Hans Abrahamsen's magical soundscape
https://shorturl.at/UNv02
2 months ago
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#Messiaen
today: "Visions de l'Amen" from Michel Béroff & Marie-Josèphe Jude, plus more Messiaen from Béroff's superb
#Warner
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#Erato
box:
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Messiaen Visions de l'Amen: Michel Béroff & Marie-Josèphe Jude
This is a timely release on the La Scala label, given the release of Michel Béroff's compete Erato recordings over 41 discs on Warner; this Visions de l'Amen La Scala disc was made available on Septem...
https://shorturl.at/Tzi7N
2 months ago
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Rare Benedetto
#Marcello
Cantatas today on the
#Tactus
label. Beautiful
#Baroque
music in fine performances!
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Benedetto Marcello, Six Cantatas
Definitely, definitely with hearing, therefor, and I Solisti Ambosini has set down.a fine document.
https://shorturl.at/mOCFJ
2 months ago
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Elgar in America #2:
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Elgar in America #2
An interesting supplement to the core Elgar discography
https://shorturl.at/40cVr
2 months ago
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#Stravinsky
Pulcinella and more, plus a video of Petula Clark!. Find out why here:
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#HarmoniaMundi
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Stravinsky from Toronto
Part of Stravnisky's Neo-Classicism was his work with the music of older composers, and we see two instances of that thee: chikovsky for L raise de la fée and 18th-Centuy Naples for Pulcinella. It is ...
https://shorturl.at/aAX8v
2 months ago
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Dame Myra Hess in Schubert & Brahms with some very special colleagues on Biddulph Recordings:
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Dame Myra Hess in Schubert & Brahms
The performances here, from another era, are spellbinding
https://shorturl.at/J4W3g
2 months ago
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Meeting Anna Clyne: her new disc on
#Naxos
, courtesy of Marin Alsop and her Baltimore forces:
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Abstractions: Meeting composer Anna Clyne
Unhesitatingly recommended; this is vital, alive music of the first order
https://shorturl.at/VpYeo
2 months ago
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We're back! ... with
#Beethoven
on @sonyclassical:
shorturl.at/PLd2k
#chambermusic
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Beethoven for 3, #4
there is so much to enjoy here. Chamber music lovers will snatch this up
https://shorturl.at/PLd2k
2 months ago
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Tessarini Sonatas today on Tactus Records: Pure
#Baroque
joy! :
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Carlo Tessarini Premiere recording: Sei Sonate, Op. 14, & Il Piacier delle dame.
Eriko Oi is a phenomenal player who works in full resonance with Tung-Han Hu. A lovely disc
https://shorturl.at/JaHbQ
3 months ago
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Monteux conducts Debussy and Stravinsky:
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Charles Munch in Debussy & Stravinsky
It's the 150th anniversary of Pierre Monteux!
https://shorturl.at/Ivf1L
3 months ago
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Florence Price Violin Concertos ... and more ...
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Florence Price: Violin Concertos & more ...
This is a fabulous addition to the Florence Price discography. In his video, Fanny Clamagiraud introduces th poject along with some footage often recording sessions: The First Violin Concerto as a f...
https://shorturl.at/KD4HY
3 months ago
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Of Muggles and Muses: Campra's Venetian carnival (plus Rameau and Mondonville):
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Of Muggles and Muses: Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise and the Intersection of Circus and Opera
First performed on January 20, 1699, André Campra's comic opera/ballet Le Carnaval de Venise to a libretto by Jean-François Regnard finally arrives at its UK premiere in late Summer 2025 at the Vache ...
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#Handel
Alexander's Feast at the
#Proms
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3 months ago
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The @MelbSymphony at the
#Proms
: triumph over adversity.
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A Proms kerfuffle: The Melbourne SO triumphs over adversity
PROMS 2025: Sutherland, Dvořäk Tchaikovsky. Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). Margaret Sutherland Haunted Hills Dvořäk Symphony No. 6 in D, Op...
https://shorturl.at/wHJ22
3 months ago
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Fantastic article by Samatha Ege and
@leahbroad.bsky.social
in this month’s
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
on the life, career and legacy of Avril Coleridge-Taylor (usually ££ but free for a limited period).
@arusbridger.bsky.social
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor, today’s composer
She was buffeted and cast aside by the winds of 20th-century history. It’s time she was finally recognised
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70954/avril-coleridge-taylor-todays-composer
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The Watchman #5: Live, Love, Die. Mozart, Gender Fluidity in Opera, composer Gráinne Mulvey in conversation, Brendel obituary, and a full piano recital by Ivan Šiller (plus review):
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The Watchman #5: Live, Love, Die
Editorial Tolerance is possibly our Salvation “ "Marks & Spencer’s has apologised to a mother for causing her teenage daughter “distress” after she was asked if she needed help by a transgender em...
https://shorturl.at/EP334
3 months ago
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#Bellini
"Norma" at Gstaad with Sonya Yoncheva in the title role:
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Gstaad Festival (3): Norma with Yoncheva and Pop
Bellini’s Norma is one of the great operas ...
https://shorturl.at/6HWaP
3 months ago
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Violin and piano at Gstaad Chapel today, a mixed recital:
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Gstaad 2025 (2): Violinist Georgii Moroz and pianist Marco Scilironi
There is no doubting the talent on display here, both from violinist and pianist. Moroz is far from a polished gem, though
https://shorturl.at/ScaRt
3 months ago
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