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29th August: Hollywood’s John Williams exhibition, Google Doodle boosts Debussy sales, and a large-scale recording of Britten’s War Requiem

Thursday 29th August 2013

Classic FM Online

John Williams exhibition to open in Hollywood

John Williams is to be the subject of a new exhibition at the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, beginning this weekend

Debussy Google Doodle boosts music sales

After Google featured Debussy’s dreamy Clair de lune as an animated Google Doodle, sales of the track have soared on iTunes

Gareth Malone’s new choir covers Death Grips song

Gareth Malone’s new choir, Voices, have released a taster from their new album – a choral cover of experimental hip-hop duo Death Grips’ song, ‘Guillotine’

Gramophone

LA Philharmonic celebrates 10th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall

A series of special events feature Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yo-Yo Ma, Leif Ove Andsnes and Julie Andrews

Paul McCreesh and his Gabriele musicians to release Britten’s War Requiem

Large-scale recording, featuring 300 performers, is due for release on September 2 on Signum Classics/Winged Lion

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2013 category winners revealed!

Read full reviews and listen to tracks from each of the winners

The Times

Simon Callow on getting inside the head of Richard Wagner

Simon Callow sees Wagner’s life as an energetic one-man show

Der Tagesspiegel

Die Ausstellung “Unternehmen Oper”

Digitale Desdemona: Bertelsmann zeigt Einblicke ins Ricordi-Archiv

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The Times