BBC Music Magazine

NEW RELEASES ON WARNER CLASSICS AND ERATO

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ALEXANDRE THARAUD BEETHOVEN

Alexandre Tharaud records Beethoven’s last three sonatas, Nos. 30, 31 & 32, composed 1820–22 and considered amongst some of the most difficult works in the repertoire.

THE LEEDS

THE OFFICIAL ALBUM

Warner Classics and the Leeds Internatio­nal Piano Competitio­n in a major new partnershi­p to bring the best of the outstandin­g pianistic talent of ‘The Leeds’ to audiences around the world.

JEAN RONDEAU SCARLATTI

Jean Rondeau turns to Domenico Scarlatti and some 20 of the often-dazzling sonatas that the Neapolitan composer wrote during his years at the royal court in Madrid.

HELEN MERCIER CYPRIEN KATSARIS

Brahms piano works for four hands capturing the improvisat­ory character of the Gypsy spirit in the Hungarian Dances coupled with the Viennese elegance in the Waltzes.

JAKUB JÓZEF ORLINSKI ANIMA SACRA

The debut album from the risingstar counterten­or featuring what are believed to be world premiere recordings of eight Baroque arias, notably by composers of the Neapolitan school.

SERGIU CELIBIDACH­E THE MUNICH YEARS

This 49-CD box celebrates the extraordin­ary legacy of his collaborat­ion with the Müncher Philharmon­iker portraying the excitement and atmosphere of their live performanc­es.

IAN BOSTRIDGE ANTONIO PAPPANO

Marking the 100th anniversar­y of the end of World War I,

Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano present a programme of songs offering historical and poetic perspectiv­es on this momentous event.

JOYCE DIDONATO BELLINI: NORMA

Sir David Mcvicar’s 2017 Metropolit­an Opera production of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsk­y, Joseph Calleja, and Joyce Didonato.

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