Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Joyce DiDonato 5th September 2015The great American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recital-disc with Tony Pappano from the Wigmore Hall.
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Henning Kraggerud's Equinox 2nd September 2015David talks to the Norwegian violinist and composer about Equinox, his new sequence of concertos depicting 24 hours in 24 time-zones.
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Ian Venables 24th August 2015In the wake of his sixtieth birthday last month, Katherine talks to the British composer about his latest disc 'The Song of the Severn', out now on Signum.
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Prokofiev from Kirill Karabits 19th August 2015David talks to conductor Kirill Karabits about the latest instalment in his Prokofiev series.
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Pablo Heras-Casado on 'Praetorius' 28th July 2015Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado talks to David about his new disc exploring the rarely-heard works of Jakob, Michael and Hieronymus Praetorius.
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American choral works from Stephen Layton and Polyphony 22nd July 2015Stephen Layton talks to David about his recent disc of American choral music with Polyphony.
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José Serebrier on Dvorak 18th June 2015David talks to the conductor about his recently-completed Dvorak set, out now on Warner Classics.
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Alina Ibragimova on Ysaÿe 12th June 2015The violinist talks about the Belgian composer's sonatas for unaccompanied violin, which she has just recorded on Hyperion.
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Stile Antico celebrate their tenth birthday 7th June 2015Katherine talks to two members of the early music ensemble about their first decade - and future plans…
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Mark Bebbington on the piano music of Arthur Bliss 28th May 2015David talks to the champion of British piano repertoire about the latest volume in his Bliss series on Somm Records.
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Graham Ross on Shostakovich's chamber symphonies 20th May 2015Conductor Graham Ross talks to David about his new project of Shostakovich chamber symphonies with the Dmitri Ensemble.
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Paul McCreesh on Handel’s 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' 8th May 2015David talks to the conductor about Handel's tripartite work, which weighs up the appeals of the hedonistic and the intellectual lifestyles in a kind of musical argument.
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Liszt, Reubke and Mendelssohn from Stephen Cleobury 5th May 2015Stephen Cleobury, the long-serving Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, talks to David about his latest album - featuring three large-scale organ works.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine 1st May 2015Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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Harping on with Xavier de Maistre 29th April 2015David talks to the harpist about his new disc, Moldau, featuring Slavic-flavoured arrangements and compositions for the harp.
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Dagmar Pecková's Sinful Women 22nd April 2015The Czech dramatic mezzo talks about the gallery of vamps and viragos on her new disc, out now on Supraphon…
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Record Store Day - Chris on Radio 3! 18th April 2015Chris joined Richard Morrison and Andrew McGregor to quite literally talk shop - and vinyl, and streaming, and downloads…
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Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's Les Martyrs 3rd April 2015Ahead of Opera Rara's release of the work's premiere recording next month, Katherine talks to the British conductor about Donizetti's Parisian breakthrough.
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The Miraculous Mandolin 26th March 2015David talks to Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital about his new solo album, Vivaldi.
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A road-trip with the Aurora Orchestra 13th February 2015David talks to the Orchestra's conductor Nicholas Collon about their innovative new American-inspired album.