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■ NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
Treading on hallowed ground, tenor Mark Padmore triumphs in a stunning
album featuring Britten's haunting Serenade
and Finzi's Dies Natalis (p.11) for
harmonia mundi. Pianist Andreas Staier's
latest fascinating musicological project features Beethoven's Diabelli Variations coupled with
music written by other composers to the same theme (p.10). Also from
harmonia mundi, the Jerusalem Quartet
is joined by pianist Alexander Melnikov for
Schumann's Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet (p.13) and Joel Frederiksen brings an
Elizabethan flavor to the music of cult favorite Nick Drake on Requiem for a Pink Moon (p.12). Soprano Rosemary
Joshua is accompanied by Christophe Rousset
and Les Talens Lyriques on Harmonia Sacra - an album of sacred
songs by Henry Purcell for Aparté (p.4). Hyperion's key releases for the
month include pianist Steven Osborne's
Beethoven Bagatelles (p.15) and the
debut of violinist Chloë Hanslip
in concertos by Vieuxtemps (p.16). Other highlights of the month include Gianandrea Noseda's Britten War Requiem for LSO Live (p.19) and Dennis Russell Davies' debut of the
Symphony No.9 by Philip Glass on
Orange Mountain (p.22). On the non-classical front, Jazz Village's second
release features soul-jazz singer Sandra Nkaké's
Nothing For Granted (p.27) and World
Village artists Bratsch are
back with a new album entitled Urban Bratsch
(p.29).
Please note:
promotional copies are available for priority titles ONLY
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