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Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
21st Nov 2022
The prolific composer and writer, known particularly for his art songs, has died aged 99.
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Anna Fedorova on Rachmaninoff concertos and the Davidsbündler Academy
16th Nov 2022
The pianist talks about her new recording of Rachmaninoff, her upcoming recording plans, and her extensive and ongoing efforts to support Ukrainian refugees through music.
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Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans
15th Nov 2022
From new recordings from Pygmalion, Mahan Esfahani and the Marian Consort to magnificent new editions of Tudor keyboard music, browse our selection of books and recordings for lovers of Renaissance and baroque music.
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Owain Park on Lux Aeterna
14th Nov 2022
The director of the Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new album, featuring music for remembrance and commemoration.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th November 2022
11th Nov 2022
Italian Baroque gems from Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, sacred-inspired Liszt from the Orchester Wiener Akademie, Schumann from Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin, and a mythology-flavoured debut from Les Argonautes.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Dvořák's Poetic Tone Pictures
9th Nov 2022
The pianist talks about his new recording of Dvořák's rarely-heard contribution to the genre of pictorial piano miniatures.
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Steven Isserlis explores the cello's Golden Decade
4th Nov 2022
Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih take us on a journey to uncover some lesser-known works from an astonishingly fruitful decade for the cello - sonatas from Strauss and Le Beau, Bruch connections and more.
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Amanda Lee Falkenberg and Nicole Stott on the Moons Symphony
31st Oct 2022
The composer and astronaut talk about their collaboration on an inspiring new work depicting seven of the Solar System's moons, and about art's role in communicating the wonders of scientific discovery.
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Early Music Round-Up - Autumn 2022
27th Oct 2022
Motets by Vicente Lusitano and Isabella Leonarda, violin concertos by Joseph Chevalier de Saint-George and Maddalena Sirmen, Handel and Lully operas, Robert Levin's box-set of Mozart sonatas on the fortepiano, and more.
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Isabella Leonarda: Solo and Duo Motets, Trio Sonatas and a ‘Cantata Morale’
Robert Crowe (soprano), Emanuele Breda (violin), Barbara Mauch-Heinke (violin), Daniela Wartenberg (cello), Toshinori Ozaki (theorbo), Sofya Gandilyan (harpsichord), Sandra Röddiger (soprano)
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Midori Komachi on the violin works of Vaughan Williams
24th Oct 2022
The violinist talks about her recent album of Vaughan Williams's music for violin and piano, with Simon Callaghan.
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Joby Burgess on A Percussionist's Songbook
10th Oct 2022
The percussionist talks about his new album of solo commissions from contemporary composers, and about his lifelong relationship with the marimba.
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Telemann Fantasias from Alina Ibragimova
7th Oct 2022
The violinist adds a fourth album of unaccompanied repertoire to her tally - following Bach, Ysaÿe and Paganini up with Telemann's twelve fantasias, written to be technically approachable yet musically satisfying.
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Valentyn Sylvestrov
29th Sep 2022
As the Ukrainian composer turns 85, David listens to some of the greatest recordings of his music - by turns introverted and reflective, rapturously spiritual, and politically impassioned.
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Bjarte Eike on The Playhouse Sessions
26th Sep 2022
Violinist and music director Bjarte Eike talks about his new album and follow-up to the highly successful Alehouse Sessions, drawing further inspiration from the lively nightlife of Restoration England.
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Sean Shibe on Lost and Found
21st Sep 2022
The guitarist talks about his wide-ranging new album on the electric guitar, taking in Hildegard, Moondog, Chick Corea and more.
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Andrew Nethsingha on The Psalms
19th Sep 2022
The director of music at St John's College Cambridge talks about his new album of psalms, and looks ahead to his upcoming move to Westminster Abbey.
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Jenny Q Chai on Songs of Love
12th Sep 2022
The pianist and entrepreneuse talks about her album in memory of her teacher Seymour Lipkin, the Shanghai music school she set up in 2011, and her involvement in bringing music and AI together.
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Jenny Q Chai (piano)
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Martin Roscoe on Beethoven's Hammerklavier
8th Sep 2022
Martin Roscoe talks about the final volume of his Beethoven sonata series, featuring the Hammerklavier offset by two lighter sonatas.
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Episode 29: Eine kleine Havanamusik with Sarah Willis
5th Sep 2022
Horn-player Sarah Willis discusses the second of her Cuban-inspired albums, and the connections between Mozart and Latin American dance.
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Alison Balsom's Quiet City
26th Aug 2022
Alison Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia offer a colourful collection of works and arrangements that place the trumpet firmly at the centre of attention.
