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Here's a treat for a wet and windy day: our trusted team of critics choose their picks of this year's #classical #CDs incl Trio Medieval Ukrainian carols, John Rutter and much more from Graham Rickson @bernardlhughes Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

This is how you use classical celebrity: to promote new music and young artists. Fab Christmas concert from Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Choirs last night: inews.co.uk/culture/arts/t… review The i Paper

PICK OF THE WEEK theartsdesk.com from Alexandra Coghlan - Christmas #Messiah, a new English National Ballet #Nutcracker, Sam Fender live - a preview of the week ahead, and reprise of recent hits CLICK mailchi.mp/theartsdesk/pr… HERE

★★★★★ #KennyBarron - BEYOND THIS PLACE - ‘Consistently glorious: nothing less than a very great album’ Sebastian Scotney's #AlbumoftheYear - plus @ZaraMcFarlane #SweetWhispers Marius Neset Leif Ove Andsnes #WhoWeAre #NormaWinstone #KitDownes #OutpostofDreams theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

I am surprised this one hasn't appeared on other albums of the year lists.... theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

My column in the new Magazin für Jazz (in German) is all about Iain Ballamy jazzthetik.de/kolumne-01-02-…

Woden, waltzes and watchmaking: classical CD picks from Graham Rickson, Sebastian Scotney @bernardlhughes with big box sets, a great British symphony and a pair of solo cello discs theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

I'm very privileged to be a junior member of theartsdesk.com's classical CD's team with Graham Rickson and @bernardlhughes. Here's a 2024 albums of the year round-up theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

BEST OF 2024: CLASSICAL CDS - Rich pick of the year's best #ClassicalCDs releases from Graham Rickson Sebastian Scotney @bernardlhughes theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Sir Gerald Davies 🦁 A giant of our sport and a true Lions legend 🫡 Congratulations on being awarded a knighthood 👏

Feel very honoured to be part of theartsdesk.com's film team. Here's my 4* take on Quentin Dupieux's The Second Act with #leaseydoux from MUBI theartsdesk.com/film/second-ac…

I'm really missing Martin Hummel Martin Hummel . His death, far too soon, is a huge loss for the entire UK jazz scene. I wrote about him for the German magazine Magazin für Jazz in 2021. In sadness. jazzthetik.de/kolumne-11-12-…

I find Ludovico Einaudi SO hard to write about. Here goes ... on theartsdesk.com theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu… .

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The Royal Family uses dangling modifiers. 😱🤓

A privilege to contribute to the classical CD column at theartsdesk.com . Graham Rickson does the heavy lifting, I get to write about some super discs - like Purcell and his contemps gloriously sung by Helen Charlston on BIS theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…