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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 -
Meet Your Maker – Bob Stuart of MQA and Morten Lindberg of 2L
|Way back in May this year, the blossoming MQA format took a step closer to mainstream acceptance as Warner Music Group and MQA entered a long-term licensing agreement. As the ink on this deal was ...read more -
The shock of the old
|If you love music and the sound it makes, you need to play that music on good equipment. This becomes all the more important as you explore the wider repertoire of classical and jazz, with ...read more -
Classical is more than a hold button!
|Back in the day (whenever that was), lots of people were regularly exposed to some form of orchestral music. The first recording artist ‘stars’ were often operatic singers like Caruso, and the first few decades ...read more -
True Classics by the Colorado Symphony recorded by Neumann and Sennheiser - The Digital Synergy
|This pair of discs covering some of the best known works from the classical (or more strictly the Romantic) repertoire represents a new threshold in digital recording. Other digital multi-microphone recordings have been made successfully, ...read more -
Portrait of a musician: Enrique Mazzola, conductor
|Editor’s Note: Branko Bozic of Audiofreaks has rarely been so animated and inspired as he is by conductor Enrique Mazzola. Bozic first contacted us about writing a feature on Mazzola about a year ago. On ...read more