Music
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
How to start a church choir
It is time to renew choral music — and our culture
Alkan the Awesome
Alkan: Complete organ works, vol. 1 (Signum Classics)
Classical musicians should spread their wings
We need more collaboration and more experimentation for classical music to flourish
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