Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Christoph Croisé on his Russian Album 4th November 2019
The award-winning young cellist talks to Katherine about his second album on Avie, featuring sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.
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Interview,
The Pavel Haas Quartet on Shostakovich 1st November 2019
Three members of the Quartet share their thoughts on their new album and their upcoming recital and recording plans...
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Interview,
Judith Weir on Airs from Another Planet 30th October 2019
David talks to the composer about the new album of her vocal and instrumental works, just released on Delphian and encompassing a wide range of styles and influences.
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Interview,
Peter Phillips on Josquin and Bauldeweyn 26th October 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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Interview,
Jennifer Johnston's Love Letter To Liverpool 24th October 2019
The mezzo talks to Katherine about her eclectic tribute to her home city, released last month on Rubicon and featuring music by Ives, Bantock, The Beatles, The Spinners, and seven young Liverpool composers.
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Interview,
Gianandrea Noseda on Shostakovich 21st October 2019
The London Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor talks to Katherine about the challenges of recording the Fourth Symphony, the latest instalment of his Shostakovich cycle on the orchestra's own label, which was released earlier this month.
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Interview,
Vaughan Williams's The Song of Love 12th October 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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Interview,
Alan George on Shostakovich's String Quartets 10th October 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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Interview,
Ning Feng on Virtuosismo 9th October 2019
The Chinese violinist shares his thoughts on balancing virtuosity and lyricism in two tremendously demanding concertos by Paganini and Vieuxtemps, out now on Channel Classics and one of Katherine's personal picks from the September releases.
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Interview,
Ralph Couzens on Chandos 3rd October 2019
To mark their fortieth anniversary, the British independent record-label's Managing Director talks to Katherine about their evolution and plans for the future...
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Interview,
Ivana Gavrić on Origins 30th September 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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Interview,
Ed Lyon on his 17th-Century Playlist 26th September 2019
The English tenor talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of songs by Landi, Dowland, Lambert, Cavalli and more with Theatre of the Ayre, released tomorrow on Delphian.
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Interview,
Daniel Behle on Zero to Hero 24th September 2019
The German tenor talks to Katherine about his new album of Mozart arias (released last Friday on Sony), and his own ongoing transition into more heroic repertoire.
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Interview,
Ermonela Jaho on Le Willis 19th September 2019
The Albanian soprano talks to Katherine about singing the role of Anna on Sir Mark Elder's recording of Puccini's first opera in its original one-act incarnation, released tomorrow on Opera Rara.
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Interview,
The Queen's Six on The Last Rose of Summer 17th September 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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Interview,
Wu Wei on Silk Baroque 15th September 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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Interview,
Robin Ticciati on Duruflé and Debussy 12th September 2019
The conductor talks to Katherine about his third recording of French repertoire with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, which pairs the Duruflé Requiem with Debussy's Nocturnes.
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Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on The Sound of Silence 11th September 2019
The guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album, conceived during his recovery from a hand injury which put his career on hold for several years.
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Interview,
Raphaël Pichon on Libertà! 9th September 2019
The French conductor talks to Katherine about recording three 'mosaics' of music which Mozart composed or encountered during the period leading up to his life-changing collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte, including extracts from his abandoned operas Lo sposo deluso and L'oca del Cairo, and music by Salieri, Paisiello and Soler.
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Interview,
Andrew Manze on Vaughan Williams 5th September 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...
