Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Julian Podger on the music of Dufay 9th February 2023The director of Gothic Voices talks about the group's new album of choral works from Florentine collections, including two of Dufay's most famous motets - Nuper rosarum flores and O tres piteulx.
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Beatrice Rana on Clara & Robert Schumann 8th February 2023In the wake of her recording of the Schumanns' piano concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Italian pianist reflects on the 'powerful, open and beautiful' relationship between the couple.
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Matthew Schellhorn on the piano music of Herbert Howells 26th January 2023The pianist talks about his second volume of piano works by Howells, consisting almost entirely of world premiere recordings.
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Christopher Tin on The Lost Birds 22nd January 2023The composer talks about his new work, calling attention to declining bird biodiversity through settings of Romantic poetry.
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Ivan Ilić on Joseph Jongen 19th January 2023Ahead of the release of his recording of two sets of Préludes on Chandos tomorrow, the Serbian-American pianist talks to Katherine about the Belgian composer and teacher's 'huge appetite for contrast'.
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Ian Venables on the first recordings of his Requiem 18th January 2023The composer talks to David about his Requiem, recorded on Somm Records in 2020 by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral, and more recently in its full orchestral version by the choir of Merton College Oxford and the Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia.
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Dussek on Dussek 16th January 2023Pianist Michael Dussek talks about his new album of innovative music by his ancestor Jan Ladislav, and of the influence it had on Chopin.
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Rebecca Saunders on 'Skin' 10th January 2023The British composer talks about her new album, drawing together three of her collaboratively-created contemporary works: Skin, void and Unbreathed.
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Bojan Čičić on La Notte 5th January 2023The Croatian violinist speaks to David and Katherine about his collection of 'Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night' with the Illyria Consort, released on Delphian in late November.
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Frank Agsteribbe on elaborate Requiem Masses by Philippus van Steelant 3rd January 2023The conductor discusses the splendour of funerary works by Philippus van Steelant, newly recorded by B'Rock Orchestra and cantoLX.
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Parker Ramsay and Nico Muhly on The Street 29th December 2022The harpist and composer talk about a striking new work based on the Stations of the Cross.
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Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano 28th December 2022The Mexican tenor discusses his recent Pentatone album exploring Donizetti's Italian operas (including rarities such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Giovedì Grasso), and explains why singing these works leaves him 'feeling satisfied and happy, rather than mentally exhausted!'.
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Julian Marshall and James Gilchrist on The Angel in the Forest 22nd December 2022The British composer discusses his atmospheric song-cycle for tenor and chamber ensemble (released as an EP on Orchid Classics last month) with its dedicatee.
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Daniel Trocmé-Latter and Patrick Allies on The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539 21st December 2022Siglo de Oro's director Patrick Allies and musicologist Daniel Trocmé-Latter talk about a new recording of Renaissance motets with an unexpected origin.
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ATMA Classique's complete Massenet songs project 19th December 2022The label's artistic director Michel Ferland talks to Katherine about one of the most ambitious recording-projects ever undertaken in Canada, featuring over 300 songs and a line-up of artists including Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Julie Boulianne.
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Christophe Rousset on Les Talens Lyriques at 30 15th December 2022As his ensemble celebrates its thirtieth birthday, the conductor and harpsichordist talks about turning people onto Lully, venturing towards Wagner, and 'opening doors' for the next generation of young musicians and music-lovers in France...
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Will Dawes on Dawn of Grace 14th December 2022The Director of Music at Oxford's Somerville College talks about a new album celebrating the Christmas music of contemporary women composers.
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Christopher Gray on Russell Pascoe's Secular Requiem 6th December 2022The conductor talks about his new recording of a piece reimagining the idea of a Requiem from a non-religious perspective - and about his recently-announced new job.
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Frank La Rocca and Richard Sparks on the Mass of the Americas 1st December 2022The composer and conductor talk about a fascinating new work drawing together musical and liturgical influences from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Clare Hammond on the piano études of Hélène de Montgeroult 23rd November 2022The pianist talks about her new album focusing on the revolutionary piano studies of Hélène de Montgeroult - anticipating many of the ideas that would be adopted by later Romantic composers.