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Our top release on
the harmonia mundi label features Stile
Antico, joined by viol consort Fretwork,
on Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart (p.5)
- an album of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music. Other key harmonia mundi
releases include Isabelle Faust
and Claudio Abbado in an album
of violin concertos by Berg and Beethoven (p.7), Alexander Melnikov playing Shostakovich Piano Concertos (p.9), the début
of
violinist Tai Murray’s playing
Ysa˙e Sonatas (p.3) and Werner Güra’s latest album of
Schubert lieder (p.4). On Channel Classics, Iván Fischer leads the Budapest
Festival Orchestra in a phenomenal reading of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (p.13). Hyperion's
key release for the month is a star-studded disc of concertos by Britten
(p.15) featuring violinist Anthony
Marwood and violist Lawrence
Power joining forces with the BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra. On LSO Live, Sir Colin Davis and the London
Symphony Orchestra present the second release in their Nielsen cycle
with Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
(p.19) while on Mariinsky, Denis
Matsuev is back playing concertos by Shostakovich and Shchedrin (p.20).
On the non-classical front, new label Jazz Village makes its début with Blue
Moon - the latest album by legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal (p.25). World Village delivers jazz for every
Valentine on your list with Catherine
Russell’s latest (and possibly best) album, Strictly Romancin’ (p.27).
Please note:
promotional copies are available for priority titles ONLY
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