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Our current #discoftheweek is an absolute peach: Janáček's comic opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček. Containing some of the composer's most glorious music, it receives a sparklingly idiomatic new recording on the Supraphon label. Read our review... https://t.co/UUJzqljGVJ

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Our new #discoftheweek is a riveting new recording of Meyerbeer's grand opera Le Prophète. Tenor John Osborn is on fabulous form, alongside mezzo Elizabeth DeShong & soprano Mané Galoyan. Mark Elder directs the LSO & local forces as to the manner born... https://t.co/MFOQGL28qB

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Our current #discoftheweek is a premiere recording of Saint-Saëns’s last opera, Déjanire. Based on a story from Sophocles, it’s sung by an excellent cast, with @MonteCarlo_Orch underKazuki Yamada. Another triumph from @BruZane! Read our review here... https://t.co/3minMn9ms1

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Our #discoftheweek is a fabulous new recording of Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, with an unexpected but fascinating coupling of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder. The @OSMconcerts are on phenomenal form under @rafaelpayare, and @sonyayoncheva is the radiant singer... https://t.co/4mxyxGJP8d

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Our new #discoftheweek is a fascinating album of orchestral music by Dorothy Howell. Consisting mostly of first recordings, it shows her flair for orchestration, brilliantly played by the @BBCCO under @rmconductor. Perfect for #IWD2024! Read our review https://t.co/6B7GWJsG9F

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Our #discoftheweek is a splendid new account of #Smetana's cycle of symphonic poems 'Má vlast'. Performed by the @CzechPhil under chief conductor @SemyonBychkov1, it's a performance that oozes deep knowledge and love of the music. Read our review here... https://t.co/QOCMtIa1GH

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Our new #discoftheweek is a dazzling collection of piano character pieces by Alkan, a composer whose star is at last rising. That's thanks largely to @MarkVinerPiano, whose playing here ranges from exquisite intimacy to stellar virtuosity. Read our review: https://t.co/dkUINLM3F3

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Our new #discoftheweek is a revelatory recording of #Bruckner's Symphony no.3 in its 1873 version. Superbly performed by the Gürzenich-Orchester of Cologne under @fxrroth, it's a splendid continuation of their ongoing Bruckner cycle. Read our review... https://t.co/R7fd9kdVHB

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Our #discoftheweek is a wonderful collection of music for Advent sung by @SJCChoir. Under the inspired direction of @ANethsingha and George Herbert, 'Advent Live Volume 3' is the ideal companion in the run-up to Christmas. Read our review... https://t.co/BCfhEzUcma

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Our new #discoftheweek is a compelling new album of choral music by Kodály & Bartók, performed with tremendous conviction and style by excellent soloists and the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra under Lawrence Foster. We review it here... https://t.co/b5QrbIvKse

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@helencharlston @GramophoneMag @toby_carr Richly deserved!

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Our new #discoftheweek is an enthralling collection of 17th-century Italian vocal music including Orazio Benevoli's splendid Missa 'Tu es Petrus' for 4 choirs. It's dazzlingly sung by @ifagiolini under Robert Hollingworth. Read our review here... https://t.co/jtNhVzneuy

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The culmination of an epic journey: Igor Levit's new album on @sonyclassical scales four peaks of the piano repertoire, by Bach, Liszt, Berg and Busoni. Entitled 'Fantasia', it had us captivated from start to finish! Read our review here... https://t.co/y0x9wZZhgX

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'Dvořák playing of the highest order': our new #discoftheweek is a fabulous traversal of the composer's Piano Trios, performed with immense verve & thoughtfulness by @BorisGiltburg & two members of the splendid Pavel Haas Quartet. Read our review here... https://t.co/Bm7tSoQuWi

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Our #discoftheweek is the long overdue first recording of Ethel Smyth's 1902 one-act opera Der Wald. @JKAConductor directs a strong cast and BBC forces in this revelatory performance, a must for lovers of early 20th-century opera. Read our review here... https://t.co/6wiU8sAmUC

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This week's #SpinDoctor column reviews what must surely be one of the classical books of the year, and perhaps even decade. Read our thoughts on @LeahBroad's 'Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World' from @FaberBooks here... https://t.co/faTknSZDSz

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The great @EmersonQuartet take a final bow on disc ahead of their last concerts. Together with @HanniganBarbara & @ChamayouB they present an enthralling programme of both famed & lesser-known early-C20th music. Read our review of 'Infinite Voyage' here... https://t.co/zMo7XVyGPr

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Our #discoftheweek brings together Fauré's complete Nocturnes & Bagatelles: all 26 of them! @MarcAndreHam expertly traces Fauré's stylistic development over more than four decades. The album closes with a lovely account of the Dolly suite. Read our review: https://t.co/Zu775DZBOK

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An illuminating collection of songs by #Rachmaninov & #Tchaikovsky is our new #discoftheweek. Tenor @piotrbeczala and pianist @DeutscheHelmut bring their considerable talents to bear on this programme of Romances on @PENTATONEmusic. Read our review here... https://t.co/nH0qSzqEKd

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Our new #discoftheweek is a centenary tribute from one of today's great exponents of verismo opera to one of last century's greatest Italian sopranos. Melody Moore takes us through the significant works in Renata Tebaldi's life in this enthralling survey… https://t.co/PMJqL4l6dx