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Salisbury Meditation – Music for the NHS
|Hi-Fi+ has something of a connection with Salisbury in general and Salisbury Cathedral in particular. And while 2020 was a year where the cathedral was often stilled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 has seen ...read more -
Primephonic launches dedicated classical listening guide Maestro
|From the Primephonic press release Classical music streaming service Primephonic has announced the launch of Maestro, an in-app listening guide offering detailed, step-by- step walkthroughs of classic works, to satisfy user demand. There is a ...read more -
Staying in is the new going out
|One of the first statistics published in January, the country’s main music industry body – the British Phonographic Industry – is keen to tell the world just how many records, CDs, downloads, streamed songs and ...read more -
Ludwig, a 10-week digital classical music crash course launched by Primephonic
|From the Primephonic press release: Primephonic, the world’s leading classical music streaming service, has today launched From Ludwig, a 10-week digital crash course in the genre for beginners. Adopting a new approach to learning about ...read more -
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier – Book 1 (BWV 846‑869) performed by Trevor Pinnock
|Trevor Pinnock’s first encounter with Book 1 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier came in the late 1950s when he was about 12 years old. Now, aged 73, he’s finally taken the plunge and produced a glowingly ...read more -
Bruno Walter: The Complete Columbia Album Edition
|When it comes to big ‘complete editions’, nobody does it quite like Sony. Back in the mid ‘90s, they issued a fairly comprehensive survey of Bruno Walter’s recordings for Columbia (CBS) on CD, and very ...read more -
Beethoven, Piano sonatas (complete), Paul Badura-Skoda – period pianos
|I recall buying Beethoven’s late sonatas with Paul Badura Skoda on vinyl way back in 1980/81.The recordings were made between 1978 and 1989, Alas, the original Astree LPs/CDs were always hard to find, and never ...read more -
Dvorak: Requiem Mass Op 89; 10 Biblical Songs*; Te Deum
|Dvorak’s Requiem was written in 1890, and given its first performance in 1891 - in Birmingham, with the composer conducting. Dvorak’s vocal/choral music had become hugely popular in England after a performance of his Stabat ...read more -
Qobuz - free Hi-Res album downloads through May 15
|During this period of containment, millions of people around the world turn to music as a means of escape and the number of initiatives to overcome social isolation is increasing. We’re here to help! We’ve ...read more -
Primephonic announce classical-on-demand radio station
|Classical music streaming service Primephonic has today launched the world’s first preference based, on-demand classical radio station. This all new function merges the world of radio and streaming by allowing users to listen to a ...read more -
Breaking the isolation: Concerts in your home
|As we are all coming to terms with locking down to beat this medical tornado called COVID-19, many of us are also having to come to terms with missing a season of great concerts and ...read more -
Music Interview: John Challenger, Asst. Director of Music, Salisbury Cathedral
|John Challenger is the Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral. You don’t get to do that job unless you are uniquely passionate about both the music and the sound it makes within that 800-year-old ...read more -
Interview: Wes Berwise of WBSSmedia
|Wes Berwise is a clever man. He has been passionate about his music for as long as he can remember, and was an avid collector from his school days. His love of music in all ...read more -
Naim to the rescue!
|I recently received a frantic message from a friend with whom I sing in Salisbury Cathedral. Susie Lamb is the Director of Music of the Salisbury Cathedral School. The message contained images of an amplifier ...read more -
Stylus Show 2017
|From the Chester Group press release: The UK’s first show devoted to all things Vinyl, Stylus returns for a second year and moves to a new venue: the MacDonald Hotel & Spa in Manchester. Taking ...read more