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Having announced the individual recording category award winners some weeks ago, in a departure from tradition (or rather, a return to an old tradition, sort of), the leading classical music awards have been announced. The rest of them. -
Classical Crossover: Bad Move...or Step Forward?
Classical music has its share of crossover artists, but is this really advancing the art form? Rock musicians who write operas aren't the only famous artists crossing musical boundaries these days--witness Renée Fleming's 2010 album Dark Hope, featuring the singer in indie hits from bands like Arcade Fire, Band of Horses and Death Cab for Cutie. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Luciano Pavarotti Recordings
Essential recordings from the much-missed great Italian tenor, as Decca marks 50 years of his international career... -
Decca Invites Pavarotti Fans to Record Their Versions of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma"
"Nessun Dorma" indeed--"none shall sleep"--in many opera-loving households this month, as Luciano Pavarotti's record company, Decca, marks 50 years since the late, great Italian tenor's international debut with a remarkable online... -
Here are Gramophone Magazine's Classical Music Awards for 2013
Gramophone, which has been a scion of the classical music world since its establishment in 1923, has announced its latest round of awards--which, in turn, are perhaps the most-respected prizes the industry offers... -
U.K. Piano Star James Rhodes Tweets of Stolen Solti 'Ring' CDs
British pianist James Rhodes is used to reaching out to new audiences for classical music. His albums on, variously, Warner and Signum, have titles such as 'Bullets & Lullabies,' 'Now Would All Freudians Please Stand Aside'... -
Accordion Player Martynas Levickis Goes Number One for Decca
23-year-old Martynas Levickis has made history by becoming the first accordionist to reach the top of the classical album charts...
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