Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Lars Vogt on Brahms 6th May 2020
The German pianist and conductor talks to Katherine about the joys and challenges of directing the two Brahms concertos from the keyboard on his recent recordings with Royal Northern Sinfonia on Ondine.
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Interview,
Julia Sitkovetsky on Rachmaninov 30th April 2020
The British/American coloratura soprano talks to Katherine about her debut album, out tomorrow on Hyperion, and about establishing her own musical identity in a family of 'big artistic personalities'.
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Interview,
Graham Ross on Arvo Pärt 28th April 2020
The conductor of the choir of Clare College Cambridge talks to David about his new album, showcasing the music of Arvo Pärt, Pēteris Vasks and James MacMillan.
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Interview,
Jack Liebeck on Brahms and Schoenberg 22nd April 2020
The violinist talks to Katherine about his BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month, which was inspired in part by the memory of his grandfather Walter Liebeck - an accomplished amateur violinist and German emigré.
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Interview,
Marina Rebeka on Elle 20th April 2020
The Latvian soprano talks to Katherine about her new album of French opera arias, out now on Prima Classic.
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Interview,
Catherine Foster on Wagner 16th April 2020
The British dramatic soprano, who sings Brünnhilde on the Weimar Ring Cycle which is now available on Arthaus Musik, talks to Katherine about her remarkable journey from midwifery to Bayreuth.
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Interview,
Penelope Thwaites on her choral music and songs 14th April 2020
The pianist and composer talks to David about her eclectic new album with Carolyn Sampson, James Gilchrist and Ex Cathedra, recently released on Somm.
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Interview,
Nigel Short on Gesualdo and Couperin 9th April 2020
David talks to conductor Nigel Short about Tenebrae's new album of atmospheric Holy Week responsories by Couperin and Gesualdo.
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Interview,
Damien Guillon on Stradella 8th April 2020
The French conductor and countertenor talks to Katherine about recording the Italian composer's dramatic 1675 oratorio San Giovanni Battista with Le Banquet Céleste.
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Interview,
Richard Egarr on Handel's Brockes-Passion 7th April 2020
The conductor talks to David about his recording of Handel's visceral Passion setting, which was taken from a live performance at the Barbican on Good Friday 2019 and released on the Academy of Ancient Music's own label last autumn.
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Interview,
Peter Jablonski on Scriabin 2nd April 2020
The pianist talks to David about his recently-released album of Scriabin mazurkas on Ondine.
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Interview,
Alain Lanceron 26th March 2020
The President of Warner Classics and Erato talks to Katherine about his fifty-year career.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau 23rd March 2020
James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Interview,
Eric Lu on Chopin, Brahms and Schumann 19th March 2020
The Leeds International Piano Competition winner talks to Katherine about his first studio recording, released on Warner Classics last month.
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Interview,
Chen Reiss on Beethoven's Women 17th March 2020
The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new album on Onyx Classics, Immortal Beloved, which includes music from Fidelio and Egmont as well as some of the composer's earliest vocal works.
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Interview,
Erkki-Sven Tüür on Mythos 13th March 2020
The Estonian composer talks to David about his new album of three world premieres on Alpha, with long-time friend and collaborator Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Interview,
Simon Callaghan on Roger Sacheverell Coke 11th March 2020
The pianist discusses his research on the life and work of the British composer, whose Cello Sonatas he has recently recorded with Raphael Wallfisch on Lyrita.
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Interview,
Odaline de la Martinez on Ethel Smyth 8th March 2020
The Cuban-American conductor talks to David about the music of Ethel Smyth, four of whose songs she conducts on a new album from Somm.
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Interview,
Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet 5th March 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Interview,
Ruby Hughes on Clytemnestra 4th March 2020
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album featuring Rhian Samuel's Aeschylus-inspired monodrama and song-cycles by Mahler and Berg, out now on BIS.
