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Classical Explorer@ClassicalExplo1
22 Jun 2022
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Time Entwined: new music and a Birtwistle classic at Southbank: shorturl.at/ixt6q

Time Entwined: London Sinfonietta at QEH

London Sinfonietta is as cutting-edge as ever

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#Telemann Donnerode, and other later chirch music, on cpo: classicalexplorer.com/telema…

Telemann's Donnerode: Late Church Music

Solomon's Knot and Jonathan Sells join forces with Les Passions de l'Âme (The Passions of the Soul)) for this celebration of late Telmann sacred music, Ton Koopman waxed lyrical to me once about...

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Songs for a Mad King: Manchester Camerata at King's Place: shorturl.at/kppuE

Songs for a Mad King: Manchester Camerata investigates mental health

Maxwell Davies reminds us mental illness is real, and uncomfortable.

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Fischer: Hymns and Psalms on cpo: shorturl.at/eNwkG

Fischer: Hymns & Psalms

Living proof the byways of the Baroque are fertile indeed; and I want to hear more of Ensemble Gloriosus and Patrick Debrabandere!

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Nielsen's Mother, a major discovery! shorturl.at/Diu1a

Neilsen's Mother ...

Carl Nielsen's music to The Mother: A Play in a Prologue and Seven Scenes by Helge Rode was recorded in full for the first time here. Some excerpts have found their way in into record collectors'...

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#Bach #Goldberg Variations in a stunning new arrangement: shorturl.at/kJAGU

Bach Goldberg Variations (as you've never heard them)

There are kazilliions of Goldbergs out there. Here's one with a difference: an arrangement by Tomáš Ille (born 1971) for French horn (Radek Baborák), violin (Dalibor Karvay), marimba (Andrei Pushka...

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Sir Thomas Beecham's Strauss on @SOMMRecordings, plus a little extra from @WarnerClassics: shorturl.at/OTHCs

Early Richard Strauss: Beecham's Macbeth (and more!)

Beecham at his finest

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A Turk in Italy, at Glyndebourne: shorturl.at/tHf4K #Rossini

A Glyndebourne triumph: Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

Any review of this Glyndebourne Turco would be incomplete without a mention of Elvis Presley and his sausage.

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More #Wranitzky from Pardubice on @naxosrecords : shorturl.at/TKLVZ

Wranitzky's back!

Another terrific disc in this series

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Jordi Savall at Wigmore Hall in Monteverdi : shorturl.at/bNdtZ

The Tears and Fire of the Muses: Jordi Savall at Wigmore Hall

The Tears and Fire of the Muses, Claudio Monteverdi Revolution Hespèrion XXI; Soloists of La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Wigore Hall, 1pm, 26.05.2026 Samuel Scheidt Pavan dolorosa, SSWV 41; Courant...

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Sonate a quattro: Baroque chamber wonders: shorturl.at/2NSYd

Sonate a quattro: Ensemble Diderot

A lovely disc, its focus on the lesser-known Sonata a quattro entirely laudable.

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Bernstein's The Age of Anxiety symphony at Barbican: LSO/Pappano: shorturl.at/Hfkv1

An Age of Anxiety: Bernstein's symphony at Barbican

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940) Bernstein Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" (1948/9, rev. 1965) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (1893) Denis Kozhukhin (piano); London...

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#Mascagni's Zanetto, a mini-operatic gem: shorturl.at/smeGA

The return of Zanetto: lesser-known Mascagni

This is a fantastic opportunity to appreciate "other" Mascagni

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Here's a rarity for verismo lovers: a full production of Leoncavallo's Boheme in a major opera house. There are 6 performances in Oct-Nov 2026. Ironically, at Teatro Regio,Turin, birthplace of Puccini's opera. @amwilson_opera @NoisyMV @ClassicalExplo1 teatroregio.torino.it/opera-…

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From Verdi to Nino Rota: music for horn and piano: shorturl.at/Vq5gp

Opere per corno e pianoforte, from Verdi (!) to Rota

The program presented here by Nilo Caracristi and Giancarlo Guarino covers various centuries and styles, from Verdi to Rota. Verdi? Well, a Fantasia sopra alcuni motivi dell'opera "I due Foscari" di...

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Anastasia Evsina's new album, "Benediction": shorturl.at/C0nWG

Anastasia Evsina: Benediction

A fine release

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#Haydn Baryton Trios from the Valencia Baryton Project on #Naxos: gems ripe for discovery: shorturl.at/eqFmb

Haydn Baryton Trios: Treasures from the Esterháza Palace

Superb Haydn from Valencia

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Expanded #Bruckner post, From the Archives, #6: shorturl.at/qiB4T

Bruckner's Symphonies 8 & 9 from the Archives (expanded post)

This is Volume Six of Somm's Bruckner series; we looked at Volume One here. This contains the monumental Eighth Symphony. If there is one orchestra the seems perfect for Bruckner, with its rich...

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The Academy of Ancient Music announces its new season: shorturl.at/vOD9o

Promethean: The AAM's New Season

... a 12-concert series shaped by daring ideas and artists who pushed beyond the limits of their time

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More #Wozzeck: Boult and Graf. shorturl.at/3UBXS

More Wozzeck(s): after Gardner - Boult and Graf

A timely post, after the weekend's Southbank performance of Wozzeck. Sir Adrian Boult conducing Wozzeck might certainly cause a double-take. What we have here is the second ever performance of Berg's...

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