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Gramophone Awards 2015

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The leading classical music magazine, Gramophone, has announced the Gramophone Awards 2015.

Among the winners for 2015 are ...

Recording of the Year 2015: Bruckner's Symphony No 9, Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon

Recording of the Year 2015: Bruckner's Symphony No 9, Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon

Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi

Artist of the Year: Paavo Järvi

Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog

Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog

Lifetime Achievement: Bernard Haitink

Lifetime Achievement: Bernard Haitink

You can read reviews of the winning recordings on Gramophone's awards page.

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BBC Proms 2015

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It's Proms season once again!

The BBC Proms, take place from 2015-07-17 to 2015-09-12 in London.  Founded on 1895, these concerts feature a richly varied programme performed by some of the finest classical musicians in the world.  Check the BBC Proms 2015 Web page for details.

You can listen to the Proms concerts live on BBC Radio 3 via Internet radio. 

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57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners

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Here's the list of the winners of the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

The 57th GRAMMY Awards Ceremony was held on 2015-02-08, in Los Angeles, California.  Big winners on the night included:

Sam Smith, with four awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year

  • Pharrell Williams - 3 awards
  • Beyoncé - 3 awards
  • Roseanne Cash - 3 awards

Let's discuss the winners. 

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Download all 25 track of Linn Records’ 24-bits of Christmas free until 2014-01-06

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Linn 24-bits of Christmas 2014

Each day in December leading up to Christmas Linn Records provided free a track from their catalogue for download.  Tracks were available in several resolutions, up to 24/192.

Now, until 2015-01-06 you can download the whole of 25 track collection free here.

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Nominees for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Announced

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The nominees for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on 2014-12-05.

Leading the list of nominees are  Beyoncé, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams, with six nominations each.

GRAMMYs will be awarded in 83 categories at the awards ceremony on 2015-02-08, in Los Angeles, California.

Lets discuss the nominees.  Please comment share your thoughts.

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BBC Proms 2014

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That summer festival of classical music, the BBC Proms, takes place from 2014-07-18 to 2014-09-13 in London.  Founded on 1895, these concerts feature a richly varied programme performed by some of the finest classical musicians in the world.  Check the BBC Proms 2014 Web page for details.

The Proms are broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and streamed live on their Web site. 

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New on Naxos: March 2014

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New music for March 2014 on Naxos

New on Naxos 2014-03

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New on Naxos: February 2014

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New music for February 2014 on Naxos

New on Naxos 2014-02

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Google’s Interactive Music Timeline

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Google's Music TimelineGoogle’s Big Picture Group has produced a Music Timeline.  This is an interactive visualisation of how the popularity of various music genres has varied over time.

The Music Timeline is based on statistics collected from Google Play Music.  While the timeline is based only on this source, and while it doesn’t include a major genre like classical music it porvides an interesting view of what kinds of music people list to.… Read the full post

New on Naxos: January 2014

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New music for January 2014 on Naxos

New on Naxos 2014-01

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