Classical Interviews
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Liszt, Reubke and Mendelssohn from Stephen Cleobury
5th May 2015
Stephen 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 2015
Katherine 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 Apr 2015
David 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 Apr 2015
The 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 Apr 2015
Chris 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 Apr 2015
Ahead 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 Mar 2015
David talks to Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital about his new solo album, Vivaldi.
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A road-trip with the Aurora Orchestra
13th Feb 2015
David talks to the Orchestra's conductor Nicholas Collon about their innovative new American-inspired album.
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Flight of Angels
4th Feb 2015
David 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 Jan 2015
Katherine 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 Jan 2015
David 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 Jan 2015
Katherine 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 Jan 2015
David 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 Dec 2014
David 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 Dec 2014
David 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 Dec 2014
Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Ton Koopman at 70
13th Nov 2014
David talks to early-music maestro Ton Koopman about the completion of his Buxtehude series, looking back over his career as he passes his seventieth birthday.
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A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo
5th Nov 2014
David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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Mahan Esfahani on Rameau
1st Nov 2014
David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Lawrence Zazzo on A Royal Trio
21st Oct 2014
The countertenor talks to Katherine about his new disc of music commissioned by The Royal Academy of Music in the 1720s.
