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    Ty Segall conjures a warm retro universe on Possession

    The Californian nods to The Beatles and west coast garage-rock in his breezy 16th record

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    Francis Bebey: Trésor Magnétique — rediscovered tapes from a Cameroonian polymath

    This compilation presents alternative versions of songs from the 1970s and 1980s, plus previously unheard fragments

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    My Days: Fretwork — a fascinating blend of ancient and modern

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    Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful — an exercise in slickness and versatility

    The pop star has released a high-fashion ‘visual album’ that veers from disco to electropop

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    Five stars for Christian Gerhaher’s recording of Brahms’ brooding songs

    The German baritone sings as if in a private conversation with the listener

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    These New Puritans: Crooked Wing — songs that shimmer and pound

    The Essex duo’s first record in six years is an organ-heavy affair exploring religion and ritual

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    Trilogy 3 — Chick Corea last tour captured in a dazzling album

    This posthumous release is the third in a series featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade

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  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
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    I’m the Problem — country superstar Morgan Wallen returns with a booze-soaked marathon

    The 37 tracks are melodiously sung but hardly ever shift from their midrange setting

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  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
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    Ammar 808: Club Tounsi — Tunisian folk reimagined with synths

    The producer goes back to his north African roots with this set of updated traditional songs

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    Lido Pimienta makes an audacious leap into orchestral music on La Belleza

    The Colombian-born pop singer defies expectations by blending influences such as Gregorian chants and gothic Czech cinema

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    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 — spine-tingling recording of Yunchan Lim’s breakout performance

    This new release from Decca captures the young pianist’s competition-winning concert from 2022

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    Eurovision Song Contest 2025 — when else is a disco dominatrix on the same bill as a tribute to the first dog in space?

    This year’s 37 entries range from pure smut to sing-your-heart-out seriousness

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    Bizet’s Mélodies captured on record for the first time

    This complete collection of the composer’s songs features French song specialist Cyrille Dubois and the excellent mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul

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    Brandon Woody: For the Love of It All — from gentle lyricism to swaggering virtuosity

    The young trumpeter’s Blue Note debut is a thrilling blend of rooted modernism and contemporary beats

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    TikTok was the singer’s launchpad but her ethos is less carefree than it seems

  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
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    Femi Kuti supercharges old songs in Journey Through Life

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    Yuja Wang is delightfully playful in Shostakovich: Piano Concertos

    The pianist continuously lights upon quicksilver changes of colour and accent

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  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
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    William Tyler: Time Indefinite — off-kilter yet immersive

    The American musician’s album is embedded in computerised textures and results from a mid-life sense of crisis

  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
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    Before It All Goes Dark — Jake Heggie’s opera about Nazi-looted art gets its first recording

    The plot centres around a US veteran in search of his family’s long-lost paintings in Prague

  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
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    Charles Rouse: Two Is One — sumptuous and beguiling

    This 1974 reissue finds the saxophonist blending modal harmonies, Afro-futurism and free jazz

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  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
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    Self Esteem expands her maximalist sound in A Complicated Woman

    The UK singer’s ambitious third album fully embraces orchestral players and backing singers

    A blonde woman in a cropped tracksuit jacket and trousers holds a microphone with her elbows raised outward. Behind her, backup singers mirror the same pose
  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
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    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer — Lise Davidsen roars like a North Sea gale

    The soprano brings powerful singing to this recording of concert performances with the Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera

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  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
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    With a Vengeance — Sherelle flies the flag for UK dance music

    The London DJ combines drum and bass, techno and acid house in her surprise-released debut record

  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
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    Salif Keita: So Kono — Malian star returns with intimate acoustic album

    The musician’s first album since announcing his retirement in 2019 features both new and reworked songs

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  • Saturday, 12 April, 2025
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    Pygmalion’s Bach: Mass in B Minor — vivid and deeply felt

    Raphaël Pichon and his early music group deliver a hyper-emotional performance of this Baroque masterpiece

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