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15/02/2010
Celebrated Bolshoi theatre contralto dies aged 85
12/02/2010
The pick of the week's classical music programmes for 15 to 21 February 2010
11/02/2010
English organist who championed Messiaen and Maxwell Davies dies, aged 86
08/02/2010
Legendary British jazz performer, composer and bandleader dies, aged 82
05/02/2010
Court rules that Men at Work plagiarised Australian nursery rhyme, but how will this affect the art of composition?
04/02/2010
The eminent British composer celebrates his landmark birthday with special concert at the Southbank Centre
04/02/2010
Arts Council to fund Opera Company NI, which aims to promote Opera in Northern Ireland
01/02/2010
Michael Tilson Thomas's recording of ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ walks away with three awards
20/01/2010
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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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