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Apple Buys Classical Music Streaming Service Primephonic

Apple has acquired renowned classical music streaming service Primephonic and will launch a dedicated classical music app next year.

Classical Features4 weeks ago

“I Fell In Love With The Original Again”: Max Richter On Recomposing Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’

Having fallen in love with Vivaldi as a child Max Richter recomposed 'The Four Seasons' - and fell in love with the original again.

Classical News4 weeks ago

Watch BBC Documentary On The Kanneh-Masons

Watch BBC documentary on the exceptionally gifted musical family the Kanneh-Masons, ‘Imagine: This House Is Full Of Music’, on 29 August 2021.

Classical Features1 month ago

Best Leonard Bernstein Works: 10 Essential Pieces

Discover our selection of the best Leonard Bernstein works featuring 10 masterpieces by the great composer including ‘West Side Story’.

Classical News1 month ago

Soprano Anna Netrebko Announces New Album ‘Amata Dalle Tenebre’

Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko will release her first solo album for five years, ‘Amata Dalle Tenebre’, in November 2021.

Classical News1 month ago

Christian Li, Youngest Artist To Record Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’, Releases Debut Album

13-year-old violinist Christian Li, the youngest artist to record Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’, has released his debut album.

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Classical Features1 month ago

Saint-Saëns’ ‘Carnival Of The Animals’: A Grand Zoological Fantasy

Explore our masterpiece guide to Saint-Saëns’ ‘Carnival Of The Animals’, a grand zoological fantasy, featuring The Kanneh-Masons’ recording.

Classical Features1 month ago

Best Debussy Works: 10 Essential Pieces By The Great Composer

Discover our selection of the best Debussy works featuring 10 masterpieces including 'Suite Bergamasque' and 'Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune'.

Classical News1 month ago

Beethoven’s 10th Symphony Completed By AI: Premiere October 2021

The world premiere performance of Beethoven’s 10th Symphony, which has been completed with the help of AI, will take place on 9 October 2021.

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Hans Zimmer Composes Second Film Score For ‘Dune’

Zimmer's new score for the film will accompany a making-of book titled 'The Art and Soul of Dune.'

Classical News1 month ago

‘Paura’, Italian Horror Sounds From CAM Sugar Archives, Announced

‘Paura’, a new collection of previously unreleased rare Italian horror sounds from the CAM Sugar archives, has been announced to mark Friday 13th!

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Classical News2 months ago

Watch Max Richter’s Video For ‘Flowers Of Herself’

Max Richter’s ‘Flowers of Herself’, the opening track on his new album ‘Exiles’, was inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel ‘Mrs Dalloway’.

Classical News2 months ago

‘The Gurrumul Story’, Featuring Gurrumul’s Most Popular Songs, Announced

‘The Gurrumul Story’, the first collection of indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Gurrumul’s most popular songs, will be released in September 2021.

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Classical News2 months ago

Vladimir Ashkenazy Announces New Recording Of Bach’s English Suites

Vladimir Ashkenazy will release his new recording of Bach’s ‘English Suites 1 – 3’ with his first Bach recording from 1965, the ‘Concerto in D minor’.

Classical Features2 months ago

Violinist Nicola Benedetti Explores The Baroque

Nicola Benedetti spoke to us about her chart-topping album ‘Baroque’ featuring concerti by Vivaldi and Geminiani’s arrangement of Corelli’s ‘La Folia’.