Latest News: Classical, Orchid Classics (label)
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Interview,
Berginald Rash and Fiona Gryson on 'Dathanna' 2nd April 2024The duo talk about their new album 'Dathanna: Hues & Shades', released in February on Orchid Classics and featuring works for clarinet and harp - both originals and arrangements.
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Interview,
Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva on the art of the piano duo 27th December 2023The curators of the London Piano Festival reflect on what makes the perfect partner on the piano-bench, and discuss their new album of music by Poulenc, Milhaud and Debussy (released on Orchid Classics last month).
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Interview,
Robyn Allegra Parton on Burnished Gold 19th July 2023The British soprano discusses her Klimt-inspired debut solo album on Orchid Classics, exploring music by composers associated with the Viennese Secession movement and featuring songs by Joseph Marx, Alma Mahler, the teenage Erich Korngold and Johanna Müller-Hermann.
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Interview,
Kirill Troussov on his EP of violin duos with Julia Fischer 11th July 2023The violinist discusses his recently-released EP, pairing Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano with Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins.
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Video Interview,
Michael Waldron on Sword in the Soul 22nd May 2023Conductor Michael Waldron shares some of his thoughts on Francis Grier's contemporary Passion oratorio 'Sword in the Soul', which he conducts on a new recording with the London Choral Sinfonia alongside works by Park, Bednall and Elgar.
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Interview,
Julian Marshall and James Gilchrist on The Angel in the Forest 22nd December 2022The British composer discusses his atmospheric song-cycle for tenor and chamber ensemble (released as an EP on Orchid Classics last month) with its dedicatee.
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Interview,
Michael Waldron on Colourise 17th August 2022The director of London Choral Sinfonia discusses their new album, featuring the world premiere recordings of Lennox Berkeley's Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons and Vaughan Williams's arrangement of the Five Mystical Songs for voice, choir, piano and strings .
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Video Interview,
Lola Descours on Bassoon Steppes 27th June 2022The bassoonist discusses her new album of transcriptions, featuring Shostakovich, Rachmaninov and more, and the unique relationship between the instrument and Russian repertoire.
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Video Interview,
Coco Tomita on Origins 3rd March 2022The violinist talks about her debut album Origins, released tomorrow on Orchid Classics, and discusses her musical upbringing and influences.
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Interview,
Schubert on Tape 14th February 2022Edna Stern talks about her new album of Schubert, in which she deliberately turns back the clock on today's recording techniques to capture a more authentic performance.
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Video Interview,
Jack Liebeck on Ysaÿe 22nd November 2021The violinist talks about his new album of the six sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe for solo violin.
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Interview,
Elizabeth Llewellyn on Heart and Hereafter 3rd June 2021The soprano talks to Katherine about her album of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with pianist Simon Lepper, released last week on Orchid Classics.
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Recording of the Week,
Mark Simpson's Geysir and Mozart's Gran Partita for Winds 4th December 2020Mark Simpson leads an ensemble in radiant performances of two works for wind instruments: his own composition, Geysir, alongside Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Interview,
Mark Simpson on Mozart and 'Geysir' 16th November 2020The British composer and clarinettist talks about his exciting new work Geysir, conceived as a musical response to Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Interview,
Jack Liebeck on Brahms and Schoenberg 22nd April 2020The violinist talks to Katherine about his BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month, which was inspired in part by the memory of his grandfather Walter Liebeck - an accomplished amateur violinist and German emigré.
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Interview,
Introducing Andrei Ioniță 27th March 2019The Romanian cellist talks to Katherine about his debut solo album Oblique Strategies, which includes the world premiere recording of Brett Dean's Brian Eno-inspired work of the same name as well as music by JS Bach, Kodály and Svante Henryson.
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Interview,
Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations 27th February 2019Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Interview,
Louise Alder on Strauss Lieder 24th August 2017The award-winning young British soprano talks to us about her debut solo recording, 'Through Life and Love', out now on Orchid Classics.
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Interview,
Edna Stern on the piano works of Hélène de Nervo de Montgeroult 8th March 2017David talks to the Belgian-Israeli pianist about the fascinating music of a musical innovator writing during turbulent times in France.
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Interview,
Wonderland, a new collaborative work by 13 contemporary composers 19th December 2016David talks to violinist Matthew Trusler about this new suite based on Lewis Carroll's most famous novel.