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Classical CDs: Violins, timpani thwacks and a symphony of iron and steel

CLASSICAL CDS Violins, timpani thwacks and a symphony of iron and steel

A birthday tribute for celebrated violinist Gidon Kremer, plus symphonies, operetta and a great 20th century piano concerto

Gidon Kremer: The Warner Collection (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs: Two bass drums, three oranges and seven symphonies

CLASSICAL CDS Soviet Russian music, plus some engaging post-war and 21st century repertoire

Box sets of Soviet Russian music, plus some engaging post-war and 21st century repertoire

Prokofiev Litton Prokofiev: The Symphonies Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton (BIS)

Romeo and Juliet, Birmingham Royal Ballet & Royal Ballet review - a storming start to the season

★★★★ ROMEO & JULIET, BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET/ROYAL BALLET Storming season start

Half a century on MacMillan's R&J is still the business

Two households, both alike in dignity … and both launching their respective seasons with a production of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet.

Gabriela Montero, Kings Place review - improvising to a Chaplin classic is the icing on a zesty cake

★★★★★ GABRIELA MONTERO, KINGS PLACE Recital ends in improvisations on Chaplin classic

Grabbing the audience and never letting go at the start of the London Piano Festival

As the Statue of Liberty appears in Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant, our improvising pianist proclaims “The Star-Spangled Banner”, only for it to slide dangerously.

Ólafsson, Philharmonia, Järvi, BBC Proms review - a ravishing Proms debut

★★★★ OLAFSSON, PHILHARMONIA, JARVI, BBC PROMS A ravishing Proms debut

Musical time-travel from top Icelander, Estonian and great London orchestra

What does it mean to be Classical? It’s the question award-winning Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has consistently asked in a career that has collided music from Bach to Debussy, presenting them as part of a single conversation and continuum. Here, in a striking BBC Proms debut, he continued to probe and challenge, with a little help from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Paavo Järvi.

Classical CDs: wolves, woodwinds and a masonic funeral

CLASSICAL CDS Martha Argerich, Leif Ove Andsnes and much more

A great pianist celebrates a significant birthday, plus music for solo winds and a rare French ballet score

Martha Argerich Edition (EuroArts)

Classical CDs: Three great conductors remembered, Mahler with accordion and a song cycle with no singer

CLASSICAL CDS Three great conductors remembered

Big box sets, a symphonic swansong in miniature and contemporary music for piano trio

André Previn: The Warner Edition – Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs: Janáček, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, John Wilson

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY An arboreal opera, two Soviet symphonies and rare English string music

An arboreal opera, two Soviet symphonies and some rarely heard English string music

Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley, Sophia Burgos London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Sir Simon Rattle (LSO Live)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bruckner, Elgar, Prokofiev

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Stellar Antipodeans, English late romanticism and Soviet ballet music

Stellar Antipodeans, English late romanticism and Soviet ballet music

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Australian World Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (ABC Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Prokofiev, A Tale of Two Violas

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Piano sonatas from Germany and Russia, plus a disc of string duets

Weighty piano sonatas from Germany and Russia, plus a disc of string duets

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Fazil Say (Warner Classics)

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