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This week's reviews. All good: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Orchid Classics GeorgeLepauw (.tez/.eth) Kansas City Symphony Reference Recordings Bruce Brubaker Les Siècles Aparté 📀🎶 VOCES8 Jack Liebeck

Two great, underrated 20th century composers, both nattily dressed. Read more: theartsdesk.com/classical-cds-… Black Dyke Band BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Records Christine Moore Vassallo Meridian Records Bill Laurance Signum Classics Bernard Hughes

‘An extraordinary, genuinely unforgettable evening' ★★★★★ @BBCProms 42 #Beethoven9 @AuroraOrchestra @NicholasCollon - Aurora's 'most challenging' from-memory Prom is a dramatic coup, says Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Reading this review made me emotional because it sums up exactly how I feel about what we do at Aurora Orchestra ❤️

Amy Harman Aurora Orchestra Agreed. Since we started the memorised projects 10 years ago I’ve had to listen to the naysayers and as last night demonstrates - it’s about trying to get closer to the music

So sad to read about the death of Russell Malone. I have an indelible memory of him at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/…

‘The opportunity to hear every member of the #CzechPhilharmonic come to such glorious life was unforgettable’ ★★★★ @BBCProms 49 #AnastasiaKobekina Czech Philharmonic Jakub Hrůša - Glorious playing save for a disappointing cellist, says Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

I'm quite pleased with this short piece.. about change, the new government, Guildhall Jazz Jo Lawry and Scott Stroman. My regular column for German magazine Magazin für Jazz jazzthetik.de/kolumne-09-10-…

Lots of GREAT stuff in this jumbo selection: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Sebastian Scotney Bernard Hughes Warner Classics & Erato Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Kristoffer Hyldig Benoit d'Hau Paloma Kouider LatvianRadioChoir SKANi label Dalia Stasevska 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Beans, carrots and bassoons: Danish pianism, a great conductor's Italian recordings and a bold contemporary compilation feature in Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺's latest #classical #cd round up w Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Very sad to hear of the passing of a great London Welsh RFC 🇺🇦 man. Kelvin Bryon left us yesterday to be with his beloved wife Pat. A past President, Chairman and Honorary Life Member. Thank You Kelvin, you will be missed. Jonathan Mills

RIP Herbie Flowers. One of my favourite bassists of all time. Will never forget the day Herbie kindly let me jam with him on Walk On The Wild Side using the famous blue bass he played on Space Oddity.

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LA TRAVIATA The Royal Opera - A charismatic soprano in a serviceable revival - #RichardEyre's classic production looks great but lacks fizz, says Alexandra Coghlan theartsdesk.com/opera/la-travi…

Exceptional Elgar from Vilde Frang & Pappano's LSO, plus a whole constellation of Planets: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… review theartsdesk.com

This week's haul: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Alpha Classics Arthur Ancelle Stewart Goodyear Andrew Litton BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Orchid Classics Bright Shiny Things Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Soft toys, starlings and tarantellas@ Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺's regular classical #CD round up with Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney includes French piano duets, a sung ballet plus two discs of viola music theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

★★★★ A joyous celebration of dance: Dance, No One’s Watching the new album by #EzraCollective taps into the zeitgeist writes Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

I have tried to do justice to a superb chamber music album by Marius Neset and Leif Ove Andsnes (and Louisa Tuck and Ingrid Neset) here on theartsdesk.com theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

#ClassicalCDs from Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney - A lovable French composer boxed up, plus discs of choral and chamber music #Poulenc Warner Classics & Erato Gautier CAPUÇON #ImogenHolst BBC Singers Adrian Sutton Roelof Temmingh Corvus Consort theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…