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Vasily Petrenko on Tchaikovsky
19th Jan 2017
Katherine talks to the Russian conductor about his Tchaikovsky cycle with the Liverpool Philharmonic on Onyx.
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Diana Damrau sings in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers from the Met
13th Jan 2017
Katherine enjoys a new staging of Bizet's glorious exotic opera, starring Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien.
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Renée Fleming on Distant Light
12th Jan 2017
Katherine talks to the great American soprano about her eclectic new disc of Barber, Björk and Anders Hillborg, released last week on Decca.
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Lisa Batiashvili on Sibelius and Tchaikovsky
10th Jan 2017
Katherine talks to the Georgian violinist about her recording of two of the most popular Romantic concertos - a Presto Disc of the Year.
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New Release Round-up - 6th January 2017
6th Jan 2017
Including Bruckner's complete symphonies conducted by Daniel Barenboim, Beethoven from the Elias Quartet, Renée Fleming's new disc of Scandinavian music and a celebration of Mstislav Rostropovich as both cellist and conductor.
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Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony
6th Jan 2017
Katherine listens to Bernard Haitink's new recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Alban Gerhardt on Rostropovich
4th Jan 2017
Katherine talks to the cellist about his tribute to 'Slava', out now on Hyperion.
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Gerald Finley sings Sibelius songs
30th Dec 2016
Katherine listens to baritone Gerald Finley's collection of brooding, melancholy orchestral songs by Sibelius.
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Stephen Hough on Dvorak and Schumann
27th Dec 2016
Katherine talks to the pianist about his award-winning pairing of two Romantic concerti.
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Jamie Barton on All Who Wander
20th Dec 2016
Katherine talks to the American dramatic mezzo about her debut recital-disc of songs by Mahler, Sibelius and Dvorak.
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All Who Wander
Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano)
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Osmo Vänskä on Sibelius
14th Dec 2016
Katherine talks to the Finnish conductor about his second Sibelius cycle on BIS - the final instalment of which was a Presto Disc of the Year.
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Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart's Don Giovanni
9th Dec 2016
Katherine listens to a powerful new account of Mozart's troubling masterpiece, with MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Dimitris Tiliakos (Don Giovanni), Vito Priante (Leporello), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Donna Anna), Kenneth Tarver (Don Ottavio), Karina Gauvin (Donna Elvira), Guido Loconsolo (Masetto), Christina Gansch (Zerlina), Mika Kares (Il Commendatore) MusicAeterna & MusicAeterna Choir, Teodor Currentzis
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Franco Fagioli on Adriano in Siria
8th Dec 2016
The Argentine countertenor talks to Katherine about singing the role of Farnaspe on Decca's new recording of Pergolesi's opera.
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Lucie Horsch on Vivaldi
1st Dec 2016
The Dutch recorder-player talks to Katherine about her debut disc on Decca.
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Diana Damrau releases for 2017
30th Nov 2016
Next year will bring DVDs of operas by Bizet, Salieri and Donizetti, plus a Meyerbeer recital disc in the spring, all on Warner Classics and Erato.
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico Ashton), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo Di Ravenswood), David Lee (Lord Arturo Bucklaw), Nicolas Testé (Raimondo Bidebent), Marie Mclaughlin (Alisa) & Andrew Lepri Meyer (Normanno) Münchener Opernchor & Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Matthias Goerne records Bach, Schumann and Wagner
22nd Nov 2016
The German bass-baritone embarks on three new projects on Harmonia Mundi in 2017.
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde), Falk Struckmann (Hunding), Sarah Castle (Waltraute), Karen Foster (Gerhilde), Katherine Broderick (Helmwige), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elaine McKrill (Ortlinde), Aurhelia Varak (Siegrune), Okka von der Damerau (Grimgerde), Laura Nykänen (Rossweise) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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Anne Sofie von Otter on So Many Things
17th Nov 2016
The Swedish mezzo talks to Katherine about her eclectic new album with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, out now on Naïve.
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Matthias Goerne sings Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre
11th Nov 2016
Katherine listens to the next instalment in Naxos's Ring Cycle, conducted by Jaap van Zweden.
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Elīna Garanča sings dramatic arias for mezzo-soprano
4th Nov 2016
Katherine enjoys the Latvian mezzo's new recital disc of dramatic arias.
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Joyce DiDonato on 'In War and Peace'
3rd Nov 2016
The great American mezzo answers our questions, on camera, about her 'most personal project to date'.
