XLR8R — Though fellow Bristolians Appleblim (pictured above) and Komonazmuk have teamed up before (producing remixes for Harmonia, The Black Ghosts, and Bonobo, to name just a few), the duo has announced its first official release, a two-track effort called ... more info

Guardian Music — Beaumont/Solvang/Academia Montis Regalis/De Marchi (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) "A wretched hotchpotch" is how one eminent scholar described Telemann's Flavius Bertaridus, first performed in 1729. It's sometimes dubbed his only opera seria. In fact, it'... more info

Guardian Music — Harmonia MundiBeautifully presented as always, the latest collection from the conductor-less choir Stile Antico is of music "inspired by Holy Week". That loose description doesn't fit Tallis's sublime O sacrum convivium, but the repertory ranges from... more info

Guardian Music — On the centenary of the great countertenor's birth, his grandson recalls how he came to know and love his musicTall and athletically built, debonair and with a thick goatee that he accessorised with a pipe, Alfred Deller cut a distinctive figure. Bor... more info

Guardian Music — Invernizzi/Johannsen/Oro/Brutscher/Abete/Academia Mortis Regalis/De Marchi(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - Two CDs)In 1709, Antonio Caldara succeeded Handel as maestro di cappella to Cardinal Ruspoli in Rome. The two composers had probably met the previous... more info

Perez Hilton — YaY!! Go gurl!! Cyndi Lauper is returning to Bones to play her lovably kooky Avalon Harmonia! The zany psychic really livens up the place, don't ya think??? Well executive producer Stephen Nathan definitely agrees with us! Setting Cyndi in one of ... more info

Guardian Music — Matthias Goerne/Christoph Eschenbach(Harmonia Mundi)This is the sixth release in Matthias Goerne's Schubert series for Harmonia Mundi, and the second in which he has been accompanied by Christoph Eschenbach. There may be some logic to pairing Schuber... more info

Guardian Music — Nuria Rial (soprano), La Floridiana/Paraschivescu(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Marianna Martines, one of the most celebrated Viennese performers and composers of her day, died 200 years ago, an anniversary that offers an opportunity to reassess her output... more info

Guardian Music — Rial/Kammerorchester Basel/Schröder(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Telemann wrote some 50 operas, of which all but one (a little comedy called Pimpinone) have languished in obscurity since his death in 1767. This disc attempts a reappraisal of the rest of ... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the finest and most sought after concert pianists of his generation. His recent survey of Beethoven's piano masterpieces including complete Beethoven Sonata and Concerto cycles, both in concert and ... more info