Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Nicolas Hodges on Birtwistle and Beethoven 19th January 2021
Reflecting on his recent release on Wergo, the pianist talks about Bagatelles, improvisation and his own relationship with Harrison Birtwistle.
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Interview,
Ivan Ilić on L’art de varier 13th January 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about the third volume of his acclaimed Antoine Reicha series on Chandos (released last Friday), which features just one work - an extraordinary set of 57 variations composed in 1802–03.
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Interview,
Ironwood on Louise Farrenc 12th January 2021
The Australian period-instrument ensemble's cellist Daniel Yeadon and fortepianist Neal Peres Da Costa talk to Katherine about their recording of the French composer-pianist's Piano Quintet No. 1, released on ABC Classics last autumn.
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Interview,
Hélène Grimaud on The Messenger 7th January 2021
The French pianist talks to Katherine about her recording of works by Mozart and Valentin Silvestrov with Camerata Salzburg, released at the end of last year on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Interview,
Neal Davies on Vaughan Williams 31st December 2020
The Welsh bass-baritone talks to Katherine about recording the Songs of Travel with Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé, in orchestrations by the composer and his assistant Roy Douglas.
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Interview,
Paavo Järvi on Franz Schmidt and Tchaikovsky 22nd December 2020
The Estonian conductor talks to Katherine about falling in love with the music of Franz Schmidt, and how Leonard Bernstein reignited his passion for the Tchaikovsky symphonies.
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Interview,
Errollyn Wallen's Peace on Earth 17th December 2020
The composer talks to David about her recently-released EP of three choral works, recorded with the Choir of King's College Cambridge under the late Stephen Cleobury.
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Interview,
Daniel Lozakovich on Beethoven 16th December 2020
The violinist talks about his new recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and discusses some of the influences on himself as a musician.
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Interview,
Bertrand Chamayou on Good Night! 9th December 2020
The French pianist talks to Katherine about his beguiling collection of lullabies by composers including Lyapunov, Liszt, Alkan and Mel Bonis, released in October on Erato.
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Interview,
Gunnar Idenstam on Metal Angel 6th December 2020
The Swedish concert organist talks about his new album, blending the French Romantic sound-world with influences from Scandinavian symphonic metal.
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Interview,
David Temple on seasonal Britten 1st December 2020
The conductor talks about his new recording of Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Saint Nicolas with Crouch End Festival Chorus, Mark Le Brocq and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
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Interview,
Avi Avital on The Art of the Mandolin 23rd November 2020
The Israeli mandolinist talks about his latest album, in which he swaps his usual diet of transcriptions for a programme of works written specifically for the mandolin.
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Interview,
Elīna Garanča on Schumann and Brahms 18th November 2020
The Latvian mezzo talks to Katherine about her first lieder recording (released earlier this month on Deutsche Grammophon, with Malcolm Martineau), and preparing to make her Wagner debut as Kundry...
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Interview,
Mark Simpson on Mozart and 'Geysir' 16th November 2020
The British composer and clarinettist talks about his exciting new work Geysir, conceived as a musical response to Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Interview,
Lawrence Brownlee on Rossini 13th November 2020
The American tenor talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week Amici e Rivali, which sees him exploring friendship and rivalry in Rossini's Neapolitan operas with his compatriot Michael Spyres.
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Interview,
The Calidore String Quartet on Babel 10th November 2020
The New York-based Calidore String Quartet talk about their latest album, which weaves together themes of communication and separation.
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Interview,
John Andrews on The Dancing Master 5th November 2020
The British conductor talks to Katherine about recording Malcolm Arnold's one-act comic opera, written at high speed for TV in the early 1950s but rejected by the BBC for being 'too bawdy'...
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Interview,
Fatma Said on El Nour 29th October 2020
The Egyptian soprano talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Warner Classics, featuring songs by Egyptian, French and Spanish composers.
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Interview,
Nathan Meltzer on Roman Totenberg and a lost-and-found violin 27th October 2020
The US violinist talks about his debut album, a fascinating recital themed around the history of one unique instrument and its former owner.
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Interview,
Vaughan Williams's folksong arrangements 22nd October 2020
Baritone Roderick Williams, pianist William Vann, and researcher John Francis discuss the first instalment in a new series of recordings, featuring previously unheard folksong arrangements by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
