Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Anna Bonitatibus on 'En Travesti' 14th February 2018
The Italian mezzo talks to Katherine about her album exploring the history of the trouser-role in opera over three centuries.
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Interview,
Michael Barenboim on Italian music for solo violin 13th February 2018
The violinist talks to Katherine about his new album of works by Sciarrino, Tartini, Berio & Paganini.
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Interview,
Joseph Calleja on Verdi 8th February 2018
Katherine talks to the Maltese tenor about his new album of arias from operas including Otello, Il trovatore, Don Carlo and Aida.
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Interview,
Mark Viner on Alkan 6th February 2018
The young British pianist talks to Katherine about the music of the eccentric Parisian pianist-composer, which he's championed throughout his career.
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Interview,
Franco Fagioli on Handel 1st February 2018
Katherine talks to the Argentinian countertenor about his new album of arias from operas including Serse, Rinaldo and Ariodante - the latter previously unrecorded by this voice-type.
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Interview,
Angela Gheorghiu on Tosca and Eternamente 23rd January 2018
Katherine talks to the Romanian soprano about returning to one of her signature-roles at Covent Garden this week, and her new album of verismo arias on Warner Classics.
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Interview,
Sheku Kanneh-Mason on Inspiration 22nd January 2018
The award-winning teenage cellist talks to Katherine about his wide-ranging debut album on Decca, and his remarkable career to date.
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Interview,
Clare Howick on British violin music 18th January 2018
The violinist talks to Katherine about her world premiere recordings of concertos by Gordon Jacob, Kenneth Leighton and Paul Patterson.
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Interview,
Jake Heggie on It's A Wonderful Life 16th January 2018
The American composer talks to Katherine about his opera based on Frank Capra's classic 1946 film, released on Pentatone at the end of last year.
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Interview,
Gawain Glenton on Music in a Cold Climate 9th January 2018
David talks to the director of In Echo about their new recording of music from Hanseatic Europe, plus a world premiere blending old and new idioms.
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Interview,
Susan Orlando on Naïve's Vivaldi Edition 19th December 2017
Katherine talks to one of the driving forces behind the project, which resumes this month with Dorilla in Tempe.
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Interview,
Graham Fitkin on the string quartet 13th December 2017
The British composer talks to Katherine about his complete works in this genre, which have recently been recorded by the Sacconi Quartet on Signum.
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Interview,
Dmitry Masleev 28th November 2017
Ahead of his St John's Smith Square recital on Thursday, the Russian pianist talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording of Scarlatti, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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Interview,
Manfred Honeck on The Epic of Gilgamesh 14th November 2017
The conductor talks to Katherine about making the first English-language recording of Martinů's Babylonian epic.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Scriabin 7th November 2017
David talks to the pianist about his recent recording of Scriabin's Piano Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Interview,
The King's Singers at 50 2nd November 2017
As the group prepare to celebrate their half-century, Katherine talks to countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright about their commemorative recording GOLD, out tomorrow on Signum.
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Interview,
Hannu Lintu on Sibelius 25th October 2017
Katherine talks to the conductor about his new recording of Tapiola, En Saga & eight songs in new orchestrations by Aulis Sallinen.
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Interview,
Noa Wildschut on Mozart 17th October 2017
Rising star Noa Wildschut - a protégée of Anne-Sophie Mutter - talks to David about her debut disc, an all-Mozart programme with pianist Yoram Ish-Hurwitz and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Gordan Nikolić.
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Interview,
Marina Rebeka on Amor fatale 16th October 2017
The Latvian soprano, who opens as Norma at the Metropolitan Opera tonight, talks to Katherine about her new album of arias from Rossini's tragic operas.
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Interview,
Lost is my Quiet 12th October 2017
Katherine talks to Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton about their new album of duets by Purcell/Britten, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Quilter.
