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Peter Phillips on Josquin and Bauldeweyn
26th Oct 2019
Peter Phillips discusses the penultimate volume in the Tallis Scholars's unprecedented complete set of Josquin Masses, which pairs Josquin's late Missa Mater Patris with the disputed Missa Da pacem.
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Purcell's King Arthur from Gabrieli and Paul McCreesh
25th Oct 2019
Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli give a sparkling performance of Purcell's patriotic extravaganza, from a new edition prepared by Christopher Suckling.
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Vaughan Williams's The Song of Love
12th Oct 2019
David talks to mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, pianist William Vann and Albion Records' John Francis about their recently-released album of songs and duets by Vaughan Williams, including a number of works never recorded before.
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Alan George on Shostakovich's String Quartets
10th Oct 2019
Violist Alan George looks back on fifty years of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, and remembers their unique relationship with Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli (1935-2019)
2nd Oct 2019
The Georgian composer, known for his film music, sweeping orchestral laments and finely-wrought instrumental miniatures, has died at the age of 84.
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Ivana Gavrić on Origins
30th Sep 2019
The Bosnian-born pianist talks Haydn, Frances-Hoad and Sarajevan folklore – just some of the ingredients going into the melting-pot of her latest album.
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Ivana Gavrić (piano)
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Ethel Smyth's Mass in D from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
27th Sep 2019
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D and overture to The Wreckers.
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The Queen's Six on The Last Rose of Summer
17th Sep 2019
Bass Simon Whiteley of The Queen's Six talks to David about their new album of British and Irish folksong arrangements.
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The Queen's Six
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Wu Wei on Silk Baroque
15th Sep 2019
The sheng virtuoso discusses his fusion project with Holland Baroque (released earlier this summer on Pentatone), which features Chinese traditional tunes alongside music by Rameau, Telemann and Vivaldi.
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Holland Baroque Wu Wei (sheng)
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Andrew Manze on Vaughan Williams
5th Sep 2019
The conductor talks to David about his recently-concluded series of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Onyx, and the postscript to the cycle which will be released in October...
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Hyperion downloads now available!
4th Sep 2019
Hyperion and Helios recordings are now available to download (including over 400 in Hi-Res); to celebrate this new addition to the Presto catalogue, David picks out some highlights from Hyperion's forty-year history.
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Antoine Tamestit on Bach
27th Aug 2019
The viola-player talks to David about his recording of the three gamba sonatas on Stradivari’s ‘Gustav Mahler’ viola from 1672 - one of only thirteen extant violas by the legendary Cremonese luthier.
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Long Yu on Gateways
22nd Aug 2019
The conductor talks to David about his new album with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra - marking the orchestra's signing to Deutsche Grammophon with a programme of Russian- and Chinese- related works, including two by Shanghai-born composer Qigang Chen.
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Mahan Esfahani plays Bach Toccatas
2nd Aug 2019
David enjoys Mahan Esfahani's exhilarating recording of Bach's seven keyboard toccatas, BWV910-916.
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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
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Mahan Esfahani on Bach's Toccatas
2nd Aug 2019
The Iranian-American harpsichordist talks to David about his new album, featuring lively accounts of the seven keyboard toccatas by JS Bach.
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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
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Elizabeth Kenny on Old and New Music for Theorbo
29th Jul 2019
The theorbo-player and lutenist talks to David about her solo album Ars longa, released on Linn last month, which includes music by Kapsberger, Piccinini and Robert de Visée as well as new commissions from Benjamin Oliver and Nico Muhly.
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Handel's Concerti Grossi Op. 6 from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
26th Jul 2019
David enjoys sparkling accounts of Handel's sunny, Italianate concerti grossi Op. 6 from Bernhard Forck and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
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David Skinner on Praetorius
15th Jul 2019
The artistic director of Alamire talks to David about the choir's new album featuring large-scale polychoral works by Hieronymus Praetorius, with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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Carole Cerasi on Couperin
4th Jul 2019
The renowned harpsichordist and French Baroque specialist Carole Cerasi talks to David about her new complete recording of the harpsichord works of François Couperin.
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Guy Johnston & Jonathan Clinch on the Howells Cello Concerto
27th Jun 2019
David talks to cellist Guy Johnston and musicologist Jonathan Clinch about Howells's Cello Concerto - recently reconstructed by Clinch, recorded by Johnston and released on the King's College label.
