Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Stile Antico celebrate their tenth birthday 7th June 2015Katherine talks to two members of the early music ensemble about their first decade - and future plans…
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Mark Bebbington on the piano music of Arthur Bliss 28th May 2015David talks to the champion of British piano repertoire about the latest volume in his Bliss series on Somm Records.
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Graham Ross on Shostakovich's chamber symphonies 20th May 2015Conductor Graham Ross talks to David about his new project of Shostakovich chamber symphonies with the Dmitri Ensemble.
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Paul McCreesh on Handel’s 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' 8th May 2015David talks to the conductor about Handel's tripartite work, which weighs up the appeals of the hedonistic and the intellectual lifestyles in a kind of musical argument.
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Liszt, Reubke and Mendelssohn from Stephen Cleobury 5th May 2015Stephen Cleobury, the long-serving Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, talks to David about his latest album - featuring three large-scale organ works.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine 1st May 2015Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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Harping on with Xavier de Maistre 29th April 2015David talks to the harpist about his new disc, Moldau, featuring Slavic-flavoured arrangements and compositions for the harp.
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Dagmar Pecková's Sinful Women 22nd April 2015The Czech dramatic mezzo talks about the gallery of vamps and viragos on her new disc, out now on Supraphon…
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Record Store Day - Chris on Radio 3! 18th April 2015Chris joined Richard Morrison and Andrew McGregor to quite literally talk shop - and vinyl, and streaming, and downloads…
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Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's Les Martyrs 3rd April 2015Ahead of Opera Rara's release of the work's premiere recording next month, Katherine talks to the British conductor about Donizetti's Parisian breakthrough.
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The Miraculous Mandolin 26th March 2015David talks to Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital about his new solo album, Vivaldi.
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A road-trip with the Aurora Orchestra 13th February 2015David talks to the Orchestra's conductor Nicholas Collon about their innovative new American-inspired album.
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Flight of Angels 4th February 2015David talks to Harry Christophers about his new disc of polyphonic gems from the Spanish Renaissance with The Sixteen.
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A trip to the gallery with Paul Lewis. 15th January 2015Katherine talks to the British pianist about his new recording of Mussorgsky and Schumann, out this week on Harmonia Mundi.
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Live Beethoven from the Elias Quartet 13th January 2015David talks to the young British quartet about their Beethoven cycle from the Wigmore Hall.
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Max Cencic on Hasse's Il Siroe Re di Persia 10th January 2015Katherine talks to the Croatian countertenor about his rehabilitation of an opera that was 'praised to the skies' in its day…
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Hindemith Sonatas with Alexander Melnikov 2nd January 2015David talks to Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov about his new disc of Hindemith instrumental sonatas.
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John Robinson takes carols from Cambridge to Cambridge 17th December 2014David talks to the English choirmaster about 'Christmas in Harvard Square', a new festive release fromThe Boys of St Paul's Choir School.
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Contemporary Song Round-Up 13th December 2014David talks to pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen about three new discs of British song, including works by Alun Hoddinott, Charlotte Bray and Jonathan Dove.
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Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites 2nd December 2014Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.