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Team Blog
22/02/2012 - 10:16
Helen Wallace enjoys an imaginative era-spanning concert at Wigmore Hall
20/02/2012 - 10:24
Elizabeth Davis hears one of the compositions commissioned as part of the Cultural Olympiad
17/02/2012 - 10:30
One of the most nerve-racking tasks in music? Rebecca Franks takes a look
13/02/2012 - 16:01
Helen Wallace enjoys a finely-balanced production of Mozart's masterpiece
Proms Diary
12/09/2011 - 13:44
Over 8 weeks of classical music concerts at the Royal Albert Hall come to a close with the traditional Last Night concert. Nick Shave reports from a very British evening of music and balloons
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11/09/2011 - 20:12
Searing performances of Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Ravel from an orchestra whose future is in doubt
06/09/2011 - 16:28
Colourful Tchaikovsky from the Pittsburgh Symphony but Grimaud was the star attraction at this Prom
01/09/2011 - 11:38
The pianist's account of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 leaves Nick Shave cold
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This month's BBC Music choices
RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Falla: The Three-cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Homenajes
Raquel Lojendio, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena
'The level of engagement with the music is exceptional'
CHAMBER
Franck • Debussy • Poulenc: Violin Sonata in A; Cello Sonatas
Anne Gastinel, Claire Désert
'A wonderfully intuitive partnership drawing on subtle soundworlds'
CHORAL & SONG
Mare Nostrum: Dialogues of Christian, Muslim and Jewish music from around the Mediterranean
Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh; Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall
'A lovely tissue of local music with Sephardic and Turkish folk songs'
DVD
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Tamara Wilson, Elizabeth DeShong, Nikolai Schukoff, Brindley Sherratt; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Gulbenkian Choir/John Nelson
'The Gulbenkian Choir is fearless and exults in Beethoven's demands'
INSTRUMENTAL
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 5, 11, 12 & 26
Jonathan Biss
'A testimony to Biss's seriousness and dedication'
JAZZ
Chick Corea • Eddie Gomez • Paul Motian: Further Explorations
'Three veterans working in a classic format who can still make music that sounds as though it was invented yesterday'
ORCHESTRAL
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Les nuits d'été, Le Roi de thulé from La Damnation de Faust
Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
'Marc Minkowski gives an energetic, crisp emphatic reading'
OPERA
Joplin: Treemonisha
Cast includes Anita Johnson, Annmarie Sandy, Edward Pleasant; The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra & Singers/Rick Benjamin
'Worth hearing for the warmth of its numbers inspired by ragtime'