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03/02/2012 Learn more about the three recordings nominated in the Instrumental category
03/02/2012 Paul Mealor’s De Profundis includes a note thought never to have been sung
03/02/2012 Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Wolfgang Rihm among composers to write new works
02/02/2012
Neil McKim goes on the trail of ‘Nipper’, the HMV dog, in Bristol
01/02/2012
A good year for the roses. Helen Wallace reviews ENO's production of Strauss's Viennese comedy
27/01/2012 Twenty-five finalists to perform in Cardiff in March
27/01/2012 Learn more about the three recordings nominated in the Chamber category
25/01/2012 Year-long classical music festival planned for 2013
25/01/2012 Robin Gibb's Requiem to be performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
23/01/2012
Elizabeth Davis enjoys an evening of Romanticism in Cardiff
20/01/2012 Learn more about the three recordings nominated in the Choral category
17/01/2012
Helen Wallace heads to the Southbank Centre for Vladimir Jurowski's series exploring the music of this Russian great
17/01/2012 Revered keyboard player and period instrument pioneer dies aged 83
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9 Nos 1-3
Trio Zimmermann
'The playing is dazzling, combining warmth and clarity'
CHAMBER
The Father, the Son and the Godfather: Trio Sonatas by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Telemann
'Compelling soloists with virtuosity and insight to burn'
CHORAL & SONG
Stimme der Sehnsucht: Songs by Mahler, Strauss, Pfitzner
Christianne Stotijn
'Stotijn takes the imaginative high ground from the start'
DVD
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirill, Annamaria dell'Oste etc; Accademia Bizantina/ Ottavio Dantone
'Realised with vibrant, breathtaking musicianship'
INSTRUMENTAL
Mozart: Keyboard Music
Kristian Bezuidenhout
'Bezuidenhout brings out all the drama and intensity'
JAZZ
Michel Portal: Baïlador
Michel Portal, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bojan Z, Lionel Loueke, Scott Colley, Jack DeJohnette
'Portal confirms himself as one of the most impressive bass clarinet and soprano sax players'
ORCHESTRAL
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Royal Concertgebouw/ Bernard Haitink
'The Concertgebouw delivers sensationally taut playing'
OPERA
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld etc; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir/ Marek Janowski
'This Meistersinger is imbued with incessant vitality and energy'