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Ton Koopman at 70
13th Nov 2014
David talks to early-music maestro Ton Koopman about the completion of his Buxtehude series, looking back over his career as he passes his seventieth birthday.
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Beethoven from the Elias String Quartet
11th Nov 2014
A new complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets performed by the Elias String Quartet, on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
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A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo
5th Nov 2014
David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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Mahan Esfahani on Rameau
1st Nov 2014
David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Music for Hallowe'en
31st Oct 2014
David picks out some great recordings on the theme of all things Hallowe'en... discs that go bump in the night!
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Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the RLPO
23rd Oct 2014
Onyx Classics announce the commencement of a new cycle of Vaughan Williams's symphonies.
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Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells
17th Oct 2014
David picks out some top recordings of two great twentieth-century English composers, Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells.
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Daniel Hope - Escape to Paradise
14th Oct 2014
David talks to the violinist about his new disc of music by composers in exile in the US.
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Will Todd - Lux et Veritas
7th Oct 2014
The composer tells David a little about his new disc of choral music with Tenebrae, out now on Signum Classics.
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Claude Debussy
2nd Oct 2014
David selects some of the best recordings of the French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy.
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Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014)
25th Sep 2014
David remembers the English conductor and harpsichordist, who has died aged 73.
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Alessio Bax plays Beethoven
23rd Sep 2014
David talks to pianist Alessio Bax about his new Beethoven disc, which combines well-loved sonatas with fresh transcriptions by Bax himself of orchestral works.
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Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Shostakovich symphonies
22nd Sep 2014
David listens to the final instalment in Vasily Petrenko's Shostakovich symphony cycle with the RLPO, the dark and angry No. 13 in B flat minor ('Babi Yar').
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Robin Ticciati conducts Schumann
19th Sep 2014
David talks to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's young conductor about his complete set of Schumann symphonies, out on Monday on Linn Records.
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Stile Antico - Music for the House of Hapsburg
12th Sep 2014
David talks to the early music ensemble's Kate Ashby about their latest disc, 'From the Imperial Court'
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William Byrd & Thomas Tallis
5th Sep 2014
A Tudor double-whammy - David listens to recordings of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis.
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Rinaldo Alessandrini
21st Aug 2014
David asks Rinaldo Alessandrini about his new imagined Vespers for San Marco – and picks up some tips on eating like a Renaissance Venetian too!
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Book One of JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
18th Aug 2014
David enjoys Pierre-Laurent Aimard's performance of Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier of JS Bach.
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Samuel Barber
15th Aug 2014
David listens to some great recordings of Samuel Barber, one of the finest American composers of the Twentieth Century.
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Frans Brüggen (1934-2014)
14th Aug 2014
Presto looks back on the influential career of Dutch early music specialist Frans Brüggen, who has died at the age of 79.
