Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Clare Hammond on Mysliveček 7th April 2019
The British pianist and Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winner talks to Katherine about reconstructing and recording the piano concertos of the Czech composer with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan.
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Interview,
Kinan Azmeh on Uneven Sky 4th April 2019
Syrian clarinettist Kinan Azmeh talks to David about his new double album showcasing his own compositions and those of three other composers from his native country.
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Interview,
Bojan Čičić on Giovanni Giornovich 2nd April 2019
The Croatian violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the volatile violinist-composer's 'London' concertos, released on Delphian last Friday.
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Interview,
Tamara Stefanovich on Influences 28th March 2019
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut recording on Pentatone, featuring music by JS Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen.
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Interview,
Introducing Andrei Ioniță 27th March 2019
The Romanian cellist talks to Katherine about his debut solo album Oblique Strategies, which includes the world premiere recording of Brett Dean's Brian Eno-inspired work of the same name as well as music by JS Bach, Kodály and Svante Henryson.
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Interview,
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider on Mozart 25th March 2019
The violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the Mozart concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, and his role as president of the Carl Nielsen International Competition, which is currently in full swing in Denmark.
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Interview,
Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's L’Ange de Nisida 21st March 2019
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s 1839 opera, released tomorrow on Opera Rara with Joyce El-Khoury in the title-role.
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Interview,
Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions 19th March 2019
The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, released last Friday on Rubicon.
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Interview,
Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams 18th March 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
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Interview,
Richard Watkins on The Romantic Horn 14th March 2019
The British horn-player talks to David about his new album of music by Beethoven, Strauss, Schumann, Scriabin and more with the pianist Julius Drake, out now on Signum Classics.
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Interview,
Andreas Ottensamer on Blue Hour 11th March 2019
Clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer talks to David about his new album of Romantic clarinet works, with Yuja Wang and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Interview,
Leila Josefowicz on Bernd Alois Zimmermann 5th March 2019
In the wake of her new recording of the Violin Concerto on Ondine with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the American-Canadian violinist tells Katherine about her 'crusade' to bring the German composer's music to a wider audience.
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Interview,
Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations 27th February 2019
Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Interview,
Mark Bebbington on Private Passions 25th February 2019
The British pianist talks to David about his new album of works by Arnold Bax & Harriet Cohen.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Busoni 20th February 2019
The pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Italian composer’s gargantuan Piano Concerto of 1904, released this week on Myrios with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo.
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Interview,
The Foyle-Štšura Duo on Penderecki and Lutosławski 18th February 2019
David talks to the Duo about their new album exploring chamber works by two Polish twentieth-century giants.
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Interview,
Sir George Benjamin on Lessons in Love and Violence 13th February 2019
The composer talks to Katherine about the genesis of his third opera, which premiered at Covent Garden last May and was released on DVD and Blu-ray at the end of December.
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Interview,
David Trippett on Liszt's Sardanapalo 8th February 2019
The musicologist and driving-force behind today's Recording of the Week talks to Katherine about the mysterious genesis of Liszt's uncompleted opera, and the process of reconstructing the manuscript for performance.
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Interview,
Hilary Hahn on Bach 30th January 2019
The American violinist talks to Katherine about returning to Bach's solo sonatas and partitas two decades after her debut recording aged 16.
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Interview,
Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis 24th January 2019
The composer talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
