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May 2009

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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009
And the winners are… 
As we announce the results of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009, we talk to all the winning artists

A time to sing
Hilary Finch reports on an inspired record company project to invite over 90 British composers to pen a new song

Whose tune is it anyway?
Some famous pieces of music weren’t written by who you think they were. Roderick Swanston investigates

 

 

 

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205
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On the Cover Disc

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets

To mark the 10th anniversary of Radio 3’s New Generation Artist scheme, our cover CD features Beethoven String Quartets played by the Pavel Haas Quartet. Plus, on page 48, we take a look at the scheme’s decade of promoting and broadcasting top young talent such as pianist Paul Lewis, trumpeter Alison Balsom and violinist Alina Ibragimova.

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This issue's BBC Music choices

Dowland: Lute Music
DISC OF THE MONTH

Dowland: Lute Music Vol. 4

Nigel North (lute)

'Nigel North's insights are sovereign, his spontaneity underpinned by seasoned scholarship'

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Gould Piano Trio
CHAMBER

MacMillan • Schubert
Gould Trio
'The excellent Gould Trio players make every detail of the MacMillan work tell'

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The NMC Songbook
CHORAL & SONG

The NMC Songbook
Various performers
'Anyone listening to these four discs of songs will find many things to savour'

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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
DVD

Schubert
Die schöne Mullerin
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano)
'Christoph Prégardien holds his audience with his sensitive performance'

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Steven Osborne
INSTRUMENTAL

Rachmaninov: Preludes
Steven Osborne (piano)
'This is outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception'

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Artist Name
JAZZ

Andy Sheppard
Movements in Colour

'A subtle and well-balanced showcase for Andy Sheppard's quintet'

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Bax: Symphonic Variations
ORCHESTRAL

Bax: Symphonic Variations
Ashley Wass (piano); Bournemouth SO/James Judd
'The new benchmark for Bax's too-neglected Symphonic Variations'

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Artist Name
OPERA

Eccles: The Judgement of Paris
Soloists; Early Opera Company/Christian Curnyn
'An important recording that lets us finally hear Eccles's dramatic flair'

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