Half of Apple Music Classical’s Top 10 is new this week, although #1 remains Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” for the fourth week in a row. Augustin Hadelich’s “American Road Trip,” last …
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A significant new recording of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony arrives just in time for the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday, while British composers Elgar and Holst — Imogen, that is — also make a …
New Recordings of Note: Birthday Bruckner and the Brits Read More Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” remains #1 for the third week in a row, while Augustin Hadelich’s “American Road Trip” and Bryce Dessner’s “Solos” debut at #2 and #4, respectively. In between, …
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This week’s new releases include two albums from stars on the rise — Nathalie Stutzmann, the only female music director of a major American orchestra today, and the Danish String Quartet, …
New Recordings of Note: Rising stars and superstars Read More After weeks of volatility at the top of the chart, the latest Apple Music Classical Top 10 remains relatively unchanged. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” and Valentin Silvestrov’s “Forgotten Word I Wished …
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With the major US political parties’ conventions officially behind us, the throughline for this week’s notable new recordings is American nationalism: violinist Augustin Hadelich’s recital of works by American composers, …
New Recordings of Note: Nationalism and The National Read More A new week, a new #1 on the Apple Music Classical chart: Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final recital album, “Opus,” debuts in the top position. Meanwhile, Isata Kanneh-Mason’s album of Felix and …
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Rediscoveries highlight this week’s new releases: Juliana Koch revisits the underappreciated works for oboe by Ruth Gipps, Brett Dean continues finding inspiration from the 16th century in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” and …
New Recordings of Note: Rediscovering the past Read More For the second week in a row, Apple Music Classical has a new release at the top of its chart: Sony’s new album of piano and voice from Ukrainian composer …
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In this week’s new releases, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason explores both Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic bite off a big chunk of Shostakovich, and Sony releases …
New Recordings of Note: Isata Kanneh-Mason’s Mendelssohns, Mäkelä bites into Shostakovich, and Sakamoto’s final recital Read More