Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
The Ssens Trio on Norwegian string trios 11th July 2022
The trio's members talk about their latest album of twentieth-century string trios from their home country.
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Interview,
Florian Sempey on Rossini 28th June 2022
The French baritone discusses his new album Figaro? Sì! (out now on Alpha Classics), the stage-director who transformed his perspective on Rossini's wheeler-dealing barber, and how the composer's joie de vivre is often underscored by melancholy...
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Interview,
Tom Poster and Elena Urioste on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's chamber music 20th June 2022
The acclaimed husband-and-wife duo talk about their latest project – bringing the early chamber works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor back into the repertoire in new editions, recorded by the Kaleidoscope Ensemble.
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Interview,
Bart Van Reyn on CPE Bach's Die Auferstehung 14th June 2022
The Belgian conductor discusses his new recording of Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, a passion-oratorio on Christ's Resurrection and Ascension which was conducted by Mozart in the presence of Beethoven and Haydn (and influenced the latter's The Creation).
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Interview,
Franz Welser-Möst on Richard Strauss 7th June 2022
The Austrian conductor talks to Katherine about his lifelong affection for the composer's music, his new recording of Macbeth, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel with the Cleveland Orchestra, and why their home at Severance Hall is 'the absolute perfect setting' for some of Strauss's most magical moments...
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Interview,
Guitar works by John Brunning 31st May 2022
Composer John Brunning and guitarist Xuefei Yang talk about working together on an album of John's works for the guitar.
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Interview,
Jakub Józef Orliński on Farewells 30th May 2022
The Polish countertenor discusses his new album of songs by his compatriots, why he thinks his native language is 'a big, beautiful playground' for singers, and how his friendship with pianist Michał Biel began with 'a story of rejection!'.
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Interview,
Golda Schultz on This Be Her Verse 26th May 2022
The South African soprano discusses her debut solo recording - a 'love-letter to women in music' featuring songs by Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Rebecca Clarke and Nadia Boulanger, plus a new commission by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Lila Palmer.
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Interview,
Laurence Equilbey on Lucio Silla 17th May 2022
The French conductor discusses her new recording of Mozart's early opera on Erato, starring Alessandro Liberatore as the eponymous dictator and Franco Fagioli in the castrato role of Cecilio.
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Interview,
Noemi Gyori and Gergely Madaras on Romantic flute duos 11th May 2022
Flautist couple Noemi Gyori and Gergely Madaras talk about their new album of flute works – showcasing the work of the entrepreneurial Doppler brothers and the "Beethoven of the Flute", Friedrich Kuhlau.
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Interview,
Harry Bicket on Handel's La Resurrezione 9th May 2022
The conductor talks about his new recording of Handel's unusual oratorio dramatising the post-Easter story.
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Interview,
Dylan Perez on Samuel Barber 5th May 2022
The American pianist discusses recording his compatriot's complete songs on Resonus, with a line-up of singers including Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, and his husband Nicky Spence.
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Interview,
Paul Hillier on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass 3rd May 2022
The conductor of Theatre of Voices talks about his new recording of a striking, atmospheric work by Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Interview,
Annelien Van Wauwe on FLOW 27th April 2022
The Belgian clarinettist discusses her recent recording of the Mozart concerto and a new yoga-inspired commission by Wim Henderickx - and explains how her own daily yoga-practice has transformed her approach to making music.
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Interview,
Jonathan Radford on the rise of the saxophone 20th April 2022
The saxophonist talks about the pioneering Rudy Wiedoeft, who played a crucial role in promoting and popularising his instrument early in the twentieth century.
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Interview,
Melanne Mueller on Avie Records 13th April 2022
To mark Avie's twentieth birthday, the label's co-founder talks to Katherine about their commitment to 'giving something back to musicians', why the recording industry 'needs to be nimble', and long lunches with Julian Bream and Jon Lord...
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Interview,
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Gábor Takács-Nagy on Mozart piano concertos 11th April 2022
The pianist and conductor discuss Manchester, music as medicine, Mozart, motifs and Masonry.
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Interview,
Semyon Bychkov on Mahler 6th April 2022
In advance of the first instalment of his Mahler cycle with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on Pentatone, the conductor reflects on 'a lifetime of exploring and loving this music' - and why he believes that 'all Czech people are born musicians'...
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Interview,
Choral music by Ian King from Gloucester Cathedral 5th April 2022
Gloucester Cathedral's Director of Music Adrian Partington discusses his choirs' new album of sacred works by the late Ian King – long a stalwart of the local folk scene, but also steeped in the tradition of church music.
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Interview,
The Korros Ensemble: Nostalgica 30th March 2022
The ensemble's members talk about their new album of chamber music for flute, clarinet and harp by Howard Blake, Elizabeth Poston and others.
