Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil 13th June 2019
The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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Interview,
John Andrews on Arne's The Judgment of Paris 10th June 2019
The conductor talks to David about his new recording of Thomas Arne's long-forgotten work, inspired by the contest of the three goddesses in Greek mythology.
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Mark Williams on The Pillar of the Cloud 6th June 2019
Director of Music Mark Williams talks to David about his new album with the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, surveying music from the past five centuries connected to the city.
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Interview,
Martin James Bartlett on Love and Death 5th June 2019
The BBC Young Musician of the Year winner talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Warner, which takes its title from a work by Granados and also features music by Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Prokofiev.
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Xavier Sabata on L'Alessandro amante 30th May 2019
Ahead of his appearance as Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina at the Barbican tomorrow evening, the Catalan countertenor talks to Katherine about his recent album exploring baroque representations of Alexander the Great.
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Interview,
Gerald Finley on Kaija Saariaho's True Fire 29th May 2019
The bass-baritone talks to Katherine about recording the Finnish composer's song-cycle on texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Seamus Heaney and Mahmoud Darwish, written for him in 2014 and released on Ondine earlier this month.
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Interview,
Lise Davidsen on Wagner & Strauss 27th May 2019
The Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano discusses her career so far and her debut album on Decca, out this Friday.
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Interview,
Michael Fabiano on Donizetti and Verdi 23rd May 2019
The charismatic American tenor talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Pentatone, centring on two composers who have played a pivotal role in his career to date.
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Interview,
Yevgeny Sudbin on late Beethoven 20th May 2019
The Russian pianist talks to David about his new album of the Bagatelles & Piano Sonatas Nos. 31 & 32.
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Interview,
Colin Matthews on NMC 16th May 2019
The English composer looks back over 30 years at the helm of Britain's cutting-edge contemporary music label NMC.
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Interview,
Melvyn Tan on Miroirs 13th May 2019
The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites 9th May 2019
The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin.
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Interview,
Sir András Schiff on Schubert 7th May 2019
The Hungarian-born British pianist talks to Katherine about late Schubert, and ‘falling in love at first sight’ with the Brodmann fortepiano which he plays on his recent recordings of sonatas and impromptus on ECM.
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Interview,
Jess Gillam on RISE 2nd May 2019
The young saxophonist talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Decca, released last week and including music by Dowland, Milhaud and David Bowie, plus a new commission by her teacher and producer John Harle.
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Interview,
Paul McCreesh on An English Coronation 1st May 2019
The conductor talks to David about his latest recording with Gabrieli, which weaves music and readings from the coronations of four British monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) into a composite ceremony, recorded in Ely Cathedral.
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Interview,
Valentina Lisitsa on Tchaikovsky 24th April 2019
The Ukrainian pianist talks to David about her monumental latest recording project - the complete solo piano works of Tchaikovsky.
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Interview,
Pēteris Vasks 18th April 2019
The Latvian composer talks to David about his new album of choral works, featuring two large-scale liturgical compositions and written as a centenary present to his country.
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Interview,
Carolyn Sampson on Reason in Madness 15th April 2019
The soprano talks to Katherine about her Nietzsche-inspired recital of songs depicting vulnerable women by Debussy, Koechlin, Poulenc, Schumann and others, out now on BIS.
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Interview,
Tasmin Little reflects on her career 11th April 2019
In the wake of winning Personality of the Year at last night's BBC Music Magazine Awards, the British violinist chats to Katherine about her life in music and her plans for retirement.
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Interview,
Iestyn Davies on Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell 9th April 2019
The countertenor talks to David about his new album with Fretwork, playing off the juxtaposition of baroque works by Henry Purcell with works by contemporary composer Michael Nyman.
