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Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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A Yuletide Spin

This month, instead of his usual On the Record column, Clive Paget recommends some recent Christmas albums, leading to his festive top three.

November 24, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: November 2025

This month features a major rediscovery, Simon Rattle’s take on a concert staple, a probing Well-Tempered Clavier and, remarkably for the first time, the complete My Fair Lady.

October 20, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: October 2025

This month features a new opera by Jake Heggie, dramas by Handel and Bantock, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and a treasurable new symphony by Mark Isaacs.

September 22, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
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On the Record: September 2025

This month features music by Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Holst and Britten alongside international labels featuring Australian composers Malcolm Williamson and Liza Lim.

August 25, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: August 2025

This month features operatic fantasies for cello, Shostakovich quartets, new albums from the Seraphim Trio and Andrea Lam, and the latest in Simon Rattle’s Janáček project.

July 21, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: June 2025

This month features three homegrown blockbusters, two new takes on Ravel, women’s-eye views of Venetian Baroque, a haunting Faerie Bride and a Flying Dutchman for the library.

May 19, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: May 2025

This month we feature a treasure trove of discoveries, from unknown Lieder and operatic rarities to the birth of the nocturne and another wonderful unearthed female composer.

April 22, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: April 2025

A disc of Donizetti gold, a Mahler 3 from the Czech Philh and the best in homegrown chamber music. Simon Rattle’s latest Creation is the icing on the cake.

March 24, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: March 2025

This month features Spanish Baroque opera, castanets and all, pitch-perfect Mahler from Simon Rattle, and the winner of a notorious song contest (hint: it isn’t Eurovision).

February 24, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: January/February 2025

Essential holiday listening includes a Britten rarity, stunning recordings of Elgar and Tippett, a pair of oddball operas, and three outstanding discs of orchestral music by women.

December 20, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: November 2024

This month features a Kurt Weill trifecta, idiomatic Dvořák symphonies from the Czech Phil, a major Joshua Bell rediscovery and a radical take on Mozart’s Requiem.

October 21, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: October 2024

This month includes Don Quixote, but not as you know him, rare archival Bruckner, two of Germany’s most interesting Lieder singers and Meyerbeer’s greatest hit.

September 23, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Vocal & Choral
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On the Record: September 2024

Folk-flecked piano trios, Elder’s Elgar, Jurowski’s Stravinsky, and orchestral songs from Magdalena Kožená and Stanford. This month’s releases are strikingly eclectic.

August 19, 2024

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