News
28/04/2010
New York opera house appoints principal guest conductor
26/04/2010
Five contenders for 'Turner Prize of music'
23/04/2010
Season to commemorate Proms founder Henry Wood
21/04/2010
Concerts in chaos as performers stranded across the world
20/04/2010
Auction of historical rarities to take place in Boston
19/04/2010
La Scala gives singer standing ovation
14/04/2010
Conductor’s Wagner Lohengrin wins the votes of readers and critics at the BBC Music Magazine Awards. Plus, watch the awards ceremony here as filmed live on 13 April
12/04/2010
Awards to be streamed on the internet for the first time
09/04/2010
Spotlight shone on live classical music in the UK
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DISC OF THE MONTH
Wagner: Parsifal
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus/Valery Gergiev
'Gergiev's reading evokes a rapt quality and an authentic spirituality'
CHAMBER
Ireland: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Cello Sonata
Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano)
'Ireland's passionate Violin Sonatas are here given splendid advocacy'
CHORAL & SONG
Heggie: Songs
Jake Heggie et al
'Jake Heggie's own fluent piano playing supports world-class singers'
DVD
Brahms • Chopin • Scriabin: Piano works
Vassily Primakov (piano); dir. David Starobin
'Reveals Primakov as a serious artist with fabulous pianistic skills'
INSTRUMENTAL
Louis Couperin: Keyboard suites
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
'Rousset plays Louis Couperin with energy and dramatic flair'
JAZZ
Larkin's Jazz
Including Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller
'This four-disc set compiled by Philip Larkin authorities is a gem'
ORCHESTRAL
Bartók: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
'Exciting and dynamic accounts of Bartók's Piano Concertos'
OPERA
R Strauss: Scenes from Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Salome
Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles
'Christine Brewer sails through these testing Strauss soprano roles'
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