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Team Blog
09/03/2010 - 12:52
Daniel Jaffé reflects on some provocative statements made by prize-winning author Alex Ross on the art of recording
04/03/2010 - 15:35
Oliver Condy explains why he puts himself through the pain of early-morning practice
11/02/2010 - 14:49
Why doesn't the largest city in the South West have a professional symphony orchestra, asks Rebecca Franks
19/01/2010 - 09:34
Jeremy Pound reflects on the first instalment of ITV’s Popstar to Operastar series… and dares to pick a winner
15/01/2010 - 17:31
Daniel Jaffé wonders whether it's time to put away the recordings that he loved as a child
06/01/2010 - 16:44
Can combining video with musical performance add anything to either medium? Helen Wallace heads to Kings Place in London to find out
21/12/2009 - 13:42
Oliver Condy tries to figure out why audience reactions vary so much from venue to venue, and country to country
15/12/2009 - 12:24
Jeremy Pound asks you to check out your local cathedral choir… even after the Christmas decorations have been taken down
19/11/2009 - 16:52
Rebecca Franks takes a trip into the unsettling worlds of Berg's Wozzeck and Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle
18/11/2009 - 15:21
Jeremy Pound has high hopes for a new charitable appeal that unites classical music and cricket… in name at least
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This month's BBC Music choices
DISC OF THE MONTH
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko
'Vasily Petrenko's nose for atmosphere even excels that of Neeme Järvi'
CHAMBER
Shostakovich • Schnittke:
Piano Trios
Kempf Trio
'This is the first CD to show Schnittke truly on a level with Shostakovich'
CHORAL & SONG
Mahler: Lieder recital
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
'Christian Gerhaher presents a masterful programme of Mahler song'
DVD
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Valencia Community Orchestra/Zubin Mehta
'This is the most exciting staging of Wagner's Ring cycle I have seen'
INSTRUMENTAL
Takemitsu: Complete works for solo piano
Paul Crossley (piano)
'Paul Crossley seems an ideal interpreter of Takemitsu's music'
JAZZ
Spiritual Dimensions
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet)
'Wadada Leo Smith's music is both invigorating and enjoyable'
ORCHESTRAL
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25
Valerie Tryon (piano); London Symphony Orchestra/Robert Trory
'Valerie Tryon is extremely impressive in Mozart's concertos'
OPERA
Wagner: Arias and duets from Lohengrin, Tannhäuser & Die Walküre
Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor)
'Seiffert and Schnitzer are among today's finest Wagnerians'
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