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We post reviews of Classical releases, news and concerts Wednesday-Sunday
Symbiosis: A (Remarkable) Tribute to Bill Evans:
shorturl.at/KW883
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Symbiosis - Tribute to Bill Evans
A disc that I would love to see become a classic here from Pentatone
https://shorturl.at/KW883
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A Sunday repost, The 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/aEJ05
5 days ago
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Fresh performances of
#Mozart
symphonies from the
@philharmonialondon.bsky.social
:
shorturl.at/0pduH
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Mozart Symphonies 34-36
Collins and the Philharmonia stylishly capture all the freshness of Mozart;s symphonies while perfuming on modern instruments. An ideal compromise
https://shorturl.at/0pduH
6 days ago
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An Invitation at the Schumanns': a cracking disc on Harmonia Mundi:
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An Invitation at the Schumanns'
A phenomenal disc; an idea, beautifully realised
https://shorturl.at/Xrp4F
7 days ago
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... also, my review of the current run of
#Mozart
Così at
#ENO
:
shorturl.at/WA9hb
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Così fan tutte/i: ENO's fairground foray
Relocation, relocation, relocation: Coney Island, Booklyn, is a long way from the Bay of Naples. But such is the setting for Phelim McDermott’s Cosi fan tutte; or is that Cosi fan tutti? The latter ap...
https://shorturl.at/WA9hb
8 days ago
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Trio de la cour de Belgique: Biddulph Recordings strikes (#chamber music) gold again:
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Trio de la cour de Belgique
This is what it's all about: discoveries like this one
https://shorturl.at/jlxhz
8 days ago
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#Alfvén
&
#Rautavaara
on @ChandosRecords from the Gothenburg SO and Neeme Järvi:
shorturl.at/Yl91M
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To Gothenburg: Alfvén and Rautavaara
A wonderful idea to pair Alfvén and Rautavaara. This SACD is bathed in glorious sound
https://shorturl.at/Yl91M
12 days ago
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#Monteverdi's
Eighth Book of Madrigals: Songs of Love & War, the Academy of Ancient Music at Milton Court:
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A Valentine's (barbed) bouquet: Songs of Love & War, Monteverdi's Eighth of Madrigals
Monteverdi Madrigals, Book VIII (excerpts). Altri canti d’Amor; Ho che’l ciel e la terra; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Ballo, Movete al mio bel suon la piante snll. Altri canti de Mare; V...
https://shorturl.at/Lkzbe
13 days ago
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#Arborescence
: Works for violin & piano by
#Fauré
,,
#Ravel
& Enescu/Enesco on the Scala label:
shorturl.at/flOkX
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Branching out: Iris Scialom & Antonin Bonnet's "Aborescence"
Arboescence is a fine debut disc
https://shorturl.at/flOkX
14 days ago
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#Wranitzky
Symphonies on
#cpo
: great morning listening (or any time, for that matter!):
shorturl.at/VMVA7
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Wranitzky Symphonies on cpo
Gupta brings out the best of the Hamburg orchestra; the recoding itself is simply superb. One of the best Wranitzky discs available
https://shorturl.at/VMVA7
16 days ago
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#Schubert
"Four Hands": Chamayou and Andsnes on
@warnerclassics.bsky.social
:
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Schubert 4 Hands: music from 1828
I have to confess to warming to the "fillers" more than to the Fantasie performance
https://shorturl.at/3zLbs
19 days ago
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Praetorius and SchĂĽtz setting the same texts in this fascinating
#cpo
disc by Weser-Renaissance:
shorturl.at/0wRYJ
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Pairings: Sacred Works by Michael Praetorius and SchĂĽtz
A remarkable disc: don't hesitate if this repertoire appeals!
https://shorturl.at/0wRYJ
21 days ago
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Omg. WTF is Happening?
22 days ago
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
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Occasionally Lost
21 days ago
Today's Bird of the Day prompt is "Birds and Berries" 🍒 Photo: Blue Tit and hawthorn, 2021
#BirdOfTheDay
#Birds&Berries
#Birds
#WildlifePhotography
#Nature
#EastCoastKin
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Apologies for the repost yesterday: a glitch with our web host, all sorted now. Here's "Out of Vienna" on Alpha Classics, by the Leonkoro Quartet. Music by Berg, Schulhoff & Webern:
shorturl.at/leZcm
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Out of Vienna: the Leonkoro Quartet on Alpha
A superb debut on Alpha for the Leonkoro Quartet
https://shorturl.at/leZcm
22 days ago
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#Elgar's
"The Kingdom" in performance at
@southbankcentre.bsky.social
:
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Elgar's 'The Kingdom' in performance
Definitely a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts
https://shorturl.at/ABnXN
26 days ago
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beautiful!
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27 days ago
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#Mozart
Birthday Concert from Cadogan Hall, a report:
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Happy birthday, Mozart: from The Mozartists
Ian Page really does represent a perfect marriage of musicology and performance
https://shorturl.at/lMTTd
27 days ago
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#Gounod
from
#Naxos
(& a Gounod/Liszt bonus) today. Lots to discover, all delightful!
shorturl.at/CMOIB
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Gounod (& Gounod/Liszt) piano works
A lesser-known side of Gounod
https://shorturl.at/CMOIB
29 days ago
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For John Cage: the remarkable world of late Feldman :
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For John Cage: the Zen-like composed silence of late Feldman
The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other
https://shorturl.at/KVgAO
30 days ago
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Hamamatsu winner Manami Suzuki at King's Place, London:
shorturl.at/nLarT
#piano
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Hamematsu winner Manami Suzuki at King's Place
Suzuki clearly has a bright future ahead
https://shorturl.at/nLarT
about 1 month ago
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Rare
#Gouck
onTactus:
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Gluck: Rare Arie d'opera on Tactus
... a cautious recommendation
https://shorturl.at/D5tCF
about 1 month ago
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Gerhaher and Huber in
#Schubert
at Wigmore Hall,
#London
:
shorturl.at/sP1Jf
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Another Wigmore triumph: Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber in Schubert
Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2026 Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514 (?1817). Der Jûngling an der Quelle, D 300 (c. 1817).  Die blinde Knab...
https://shorturl.at/sP1Jf
about 1 month ago
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British Orchestral Anthems on Delphian:
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Phenomenal late
#Beethoven
(including a heart-wrenching arrangement of the Cavatina from Op. 130) from Cristian Sandrin:
shorturl.at/XTwUi
#piano
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Beethoven's final trilogy of piano sonatas: Cristian Sandrin excels
Exploration isnt' just about repertoire; it's also about new talent. Crisian Sandrin here gives performances of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas for the ages: plus a bonus (Carl Tausig's arrange...
https://shorturl.at/XTwUi
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Gabriel Jackson
about 2 months ago
"...with Gabriel Jackson (born 1962) and his To Morning, which set William Blake (O holy virgin!), and an entreaty for Her to "Unlock heaven's golden gate". The poem is magnificent; Jackson's setting equally so." says
@classicalexplorer.bsky.social
www.classicalexplorer.com/arise-m-y-lo...
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Arise, my love: Music for the Break of Day from Magdalen College
Arise my love presents a beautiful concept, beautifully realised
https://www.classicalexplorer.com/arise-m-y-love-music-for-the-break-of-day-from-the-sixteen/
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Zoe Martlew's Album Z: the King's Place gig.
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Zoë Martlew's debut Album Z: an update
Album Z Unleashed
https://shorturl.at/53BjX
about 2 months ago
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Music for the break of day, from Magdalen College, Oxford:
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Arise, my love: Music for the Break of Day from Magdalen College
Arise my love presents a beautiful concept, beautifully realised
https://shorturl.at/paiTj
about 2 months ago
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#Ginastera
String Quartets on Pentatone, astonishing performances from Mirò Quartet:
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A Winner: Ginastera Quartets
Simply superb from every angle
https://shorturl.at/PBIdB
about 2 months ago
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More
#Foerster
from
#Naxos
:
shorturl.at/ytVMV
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More Foerster from Naxos
Fascinating repertoire
https://shorturl.at/ytVMV
about 2 months ago
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More music by Enno Poppe:
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More Poppe: Körper & Gold
A rather specialised, but very special, release
https://shorturl.at/HGrKs
about 2 months ago
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#Genesis
: organicisn in music for sax and piano:
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Genesis: sax and piano
A fascinating concept; a fascinating disc
https://shorturl.at/B1SJw
about 2 months ago
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A
#Schubert
world premiere recording! (plus some Purcell)
shorturl.at/O31WH
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A terrific pairing of Schubert & Purcell (a la Warlock!)
Some real discoveries to be made here
https://shorturl.at/O31WH
about 2 months ago
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Vintage
#Chopin
from Abbey Simon, on newly remastered Vox:
shorturl.at/VHDB3
#piano
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Abbey Simon's Reissued Chopin on Vox
A terrific reissue
https://shorturl.at/VHDB3
about 2 months ago
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#Handel
anthems (and an one concerto) from Musica Gloria:
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Tears are my daily food: Handel Chandos Anthems from Musica Gloria
Recorded in Antwerp, this new disc of two of Handel's Chandos Anthems and an Oboe Concerto from Musica Gloria, Tears are my daily food, acts as a reminder of this ensemble's importance. Here are intim...
https://shorturl.at/7wJJy
about 2 months ago
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Violinist Arhur Catterall today; a stap back into the past.
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Arthur Catterall: Mozart, Brahms & Franck
A fascinating disc, of real historic significance
https://shorturl.at/hHxGG
2 months ago
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A rare
#opera
by Joachim Raff today:
shorturl.at/BErr5
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Rare Raff: Die EifersĂĽchtigen (The Jealous Ones)
We are indeed lucky to have this recording
https://shorturl.at/BErr5
2 months ago
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Humperdinck's rare "Das Mirakel":
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Das Mirakel: a Humpedinck first recording
Well, who we have here is one miracle, one mystery, and one mystery play. Humperdinck collaborated with Max Reinhardt on Das Mirakel, based a 1911 mystery play by Karl Gustav Vollmöller. The mystery? ...
https://shorturl.at/7EHDO
2 months ago
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#Respighi
,
#Fronitini
&
#Puccini
#Christmas
music from BR-Klassik, my Christmas disc of the year:
shorturl.at/Ep2CQ
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Respighi and Frontini Christmas Music
One of the most interesting and beautiful of Christmas discs 2026
https://shorturl.at/Ep2CQ
2 months ago
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Mozart & C.P.E. Bach at La Seine Musicale, accentus & Insula /Equilbey.
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Mozart & C. P. E. Bach at La Seine Musicale
Equilbey and her forces persuaded, beyond any doubt, that CP Bach's Magnificat is a masterpiece
https://shorturl.at/eQQWP
2 months ago
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#Noël
Ă la Chapelle:
#MAGNIFICAT
with Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre. Glorious setting, glorious music:
shorturl.at/fRfbX
#Versailles
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Noël à  la Chapelle: MAGNIFICAT
Bach Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659. Chaconne in G-minor, BWV 1179. Cantata, BWV 63, Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. Magnificat, BWV 243a. Gott sei uns gnädig, BWV 323.  Bodenschatz Alleluia. Vopeli...
https://shorturl.at/fRfbX
2 months ago
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Chamber music by Farrenc, Firsova & Bonis by the astonishing Ensemble Louise Farrenc on cpo:
shorturl.at/vb0o4
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Farrenc, Firsova, Bonis: Chamber Music
A superb recording; Let's hope for many more recordings by the Ensemble Louise Farrenc
https://shorturl.at/vb0o4
2 months ago
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A Babe is Born: Music for
#Christmas
from St Martin's:
shorturl.at/n3TPZ
#choral
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A Babe is Born: St Martin's Voices present Music for Christmas
It is the carols that take us to the depths of Yuletide that appeal the most here, all heard in stunning performances
https://shorturl.at/n3TPZ
3 months ago
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Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Fantasie on Decca:
shorturl.at/x11Ng
#piano
3 months ago
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#Puccini's
La Rondine at Barbican .... the elusive final version!
shorturl.at/AQ7vz
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Puccini's swallow returns: the final version of "La Rondine"
Although more associated with operas that really reside in the cracks of the repertoire, Opera Rara does investigate – or reconstruct – versions of better-known opera. Their release of the original 18...
https://shorturl.at/AQ7vz
3 months ago
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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
3 months ago
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BartĂłk's Viola Concerto from Hong Kong:
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BartĂłk's Viola Concerto: Paul Neubauer in Hong Kong
An important recoding of the BartĂłk Viola Concerto
https://shorturl.at/W1tve
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku
#WomensArt
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This is one of my favourites! The Saint-Saēns is absolutely magical!
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3 months ago
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#Tchaikovsky's
Third Quartet, and more, from the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam on Rubicon
shorturl.at/FLNSp
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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
3 months ago
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