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Interview,
Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions
19th March 2019
The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, released this Friday on Rubicon.
Interview,
Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th March 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust plays Bach Concertos
15th March 2019
The German violinist joins forces with oboist Xenia Löffler and Bernhard Forck's Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time.
New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2019
15th March 2019
New albums from Khatia Buniatishvili, Fazil Say and the Artemis Quartet, the final release in Iván Fischer’s Mahler series with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Elgar, Moeran and Vaughan Williams from the Barbirolli Society archives.
Interview,
Richard Watkins on The Romantic Horn
14th March 2019
The British horn-player talks to David about his new album of music by Beethoven, Strauss, Schumann, Scriabin and more with the pianist Julius Drake, out now on Signum Classics.
Presto Classical Recording of the Week
JS Bach: Violin Concertos
Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, CD Quality FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
David listens to Isabelle Faust's new Bach recording, which combines the Violin Concertos with a selection of sinfonias, overtures and trio sonatas in their reconstructed, original versions.
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