Classical Interviews
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Jonathan Radford on the rise of the saxophone
20th Apr 2022
The saxophonist talks about the pioneering Rudy Wiedoeft, who played a crucial role in promoting and popularising his instrument early in the twentieth century.
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Melanne Mueller on Avie Records
13th Apr 2022
To mark Avie's twentieth birthday, the label's co-founder talks to Katherine about their commitment to 'giving something back to musicians', why the recording industry 'needs to be nimble', and long lunches with Julian Bream and Jon Lord...
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Gábor Takács-Nagy on Mozart piano concertos
11th Apr 2022
The pianist and conductor discuss Manchester, music as medicine, Mozart, motifs and Masonry.
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Semyon Bychkov on Mahler
6th Apr 2022
In advance of the first instalment of his Mahler cycle with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on Pentatone, the conductor reflects on 'a lifetime of exploring and loving this music' - and why he believes that 'all Czech people are born musicians'...
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Choral music by Ian King from Gloucester Cathedral
5th Apr 2022
Gloucester Cathedral's Director of Music Adrian Partington discusses his choirs' new album of sacred works by the late Ian King – long a stalwart of the local folk scene, but also steeped in the tradition of church music.
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The Korros Ensemble: Nostalgica
30th Mar 2022
The ensemble's members talk about their new album of chamber music for flute, clarinet and harp by Howard Blake, Elizabeth Poston and others.
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Ian Bostridge on Tormento d'amore
28th Mar 2022
The English tenor discusses his recent album of arias from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian operas, featuring music by composers including Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella and Sartorio.
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Fenella Humphreys on Caprices
24th Mar 2022
The violinist talks to Katherine about how her new album sprang in part from conquering childhood demons about Paganini, and how commissioning a host of composers to contribute to a new set of micro-variations on his Caprice No. 24 for the project 'brought some absolutely brilliant people into her life'.
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Fenella Humphreys (violin)
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Ophélie Gaillard on A Night in London
22nd Mar 2022
The French cellist talks to Katherine about her new album centring on three composer-cellists who made their mark on the English capital in the mid-eighteenth century: the Italians Nicola Porpora and Giovanni Battista Cirri, and the Scotsman James Oswald.
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Nadine Sierra on Made for Opera
16th Mar 2022
The American soprano talks about her new album on Deutsche Grammophon (featuring snapshots of Verdi's Violetta, Donizetti's Lucia and Gounod's Juliette), how the #MeToo movement has played out in the opera world, and the women who've empowered her in her career.
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Martin James Bartlett on Rachmaninov and Gershwin
14th Mar 2022
The pianist talks about his new album that draws links between two giants of the early twentieth century, via Earl Wild and the New York jazz scene in the 1920s.
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Chen Reiss on Fanny Hensel
8th Mar 2022
The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new recording on Onyx showcasing Hensel's under-appreciated gifts as an orchestrator, and why she feels 'it’s about time that we give this composer the stage that she deserves'...
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Laurence Dreyfus on the consort music of John Jenkins
23rd Feb 2022
The director of acclaimed consort Phantasm talks about their new album of intricate, yet intimate, Renaissance works for viols.
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Phantasm
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Carmen Giannattasio on Opera Rara
21st Feb 2022
The Italian soprano reminisces about recording the title-roles in Ermione and La donna del lago (both recently reissued on the label's Rossini 1819 box-set) and discusses 'stepping into the second phase of my life as a singer' as she moves away from bel canto and towards verismo repertoire...
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Ermione - Carmen Giannattasio (Ermione), Rebecca Bottone (Cleone), Patricia Bardon (Andromaca), Colin Lee (Oreste), Paul Nilon (Pirro), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry La donna del lago - Gregory Kunde (Rodrigo di Dhu), Carmen Giannattasio (Elena), Patricia Bardon (Malcolm Groeme), Kenneth Tarver (Giacomo V), Douglas d’Angus (Robert Gleadow), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maurizio Benini Bianca e Falliero, Majella Cullagh (Bianca), Jennifer Larmore (Falliero), Barry Banks (Contareno), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Capellio), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
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Owain Park on Fading
20th Feb 2022
The consort's director Owain Park talks about their contemplative album from 2020, inspired by ancient monastic services and meditating on themes of darkness and light.
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Benjamin Appl on Winterreise
16th Feb 2022
The German baritone talks to Katherine about his new recording of Schubert's great song-cycle (released on Alpha Classics last Friday) and his relationship with his late mentor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
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Schubert on Tape
14th Feb 2022
Edna Stern talks about her new album of Schubert, in which she deliberately turns back the clock on today's recording techniques to capture a more authentic performance.
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Edna Stern (piano)
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Lynn Arnold and Charles Matthews on Vaughan Williams and more
9th Feb 2022
David talks to the piano duo about their recent album, including a transcription of Vaughan Williams's London Symphony and Maconchy's Preludio, Fugato e Finale
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John Wilson on Ravel
7th Feb 2022
The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.
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Sandrine Piau on Handel's Enchantresses
3rd Feb 2022
The French soprano talks to Katherine about her new album featuring snapshots of Alcina, Morgana, Cleopatra and others, and about her rather unorthodox route to a solo singing career...
