Classical Interviews
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Claire Booth on Mussorgsky
8th Dec 2021
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album with pianist Christopher Glynn, which intersperses some of the composer's lesser-known songs with a selection of his piano pieces.
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David Bates on Handel's 'Unsung Heroes'
6th Dec 2021
The Artistic Director of La Nuova Musica talks about his new album of Handel arias, shining the spotlight not just on the vocalists but on the instrumentalists whose obbligato lines enhance the music.
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Daniel Hyde on Carols from King's
2nd Dec 2021
The Director of Music at King's College Cambridge talks about the college choir's new album of Christmas carols – reflecting the unique circumstances of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Jack Liebeck on Ysaÿe
22nd Nov 2021
The violinist talks about his new album of the six sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe for solo violin.
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Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas
Jack Liebeck (violin), Daniel Grimwood (piano)
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Martin Jones on the piano works of Elisabeth Lutyens
15th Nov 2021
The pianist discusses the first volume of his planned complete series of Lutyens's unique and complex piano music.
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Lutyens: Piano Works, Vol. 1
Martin Jones (piano)
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Reels, Drones and Jigs from Perpetuo
10th Nov 2021
The ensemble's founder and artistic director James Turnbull talks about Perpetuo's recent release of music inspired by the meeting of folk and classical idioms.
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Anna Fedorova on Shaping Chopin
8th Nov 2021
The Ukrainian pianist talks about her relationship with Chopin's music, and the solace it brought her during lockdown.
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Shaping Chopin
Anna Fedorova (piano)
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Michael Spyres on Baritenor
2nd Nov 2021
The American singer talks to Katherine about moving between tenor and baritone repertoire on his new album, and why he believes that the fach system often 'does our voices and artistry an injustice'.
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Della Jones on Opera Rara
27th Oct 2021
The veteran Welsh mezzo talks to Katherine about her career and her relationship with the label, which began in the late 1970s with a recording of Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi.
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Marina Rebeka and Franco Vassallo on Il Pirata
25th Oct 2021
The Latvian soprano and Italian baritone discuss their roles as Imogene and Ernesto in Bellini's early opera, recorded last summer in the composer's native Catania and released on Rebeka's own label Prima Classic last month.
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Joséphine Olech on Romantic flute concertos
14th Oct 2021
The flautist talks about her new album, pairing the relatively well-known flute concertos of Nielsen and Françaix with a rarely-heard gem by Theodor Verhey.
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Owain Park on Fading
14th Oct 2021
The conductor, singer and composer talks about his album, inspired by the office of Compline and the concept of day turning to night and back again.
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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Roger Sayers on Vierne's organ symphonies
12th Oct 2021
The organist of London's Temple Church talks about symphonies, the French Romantics, registrations and film soundtracks.
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John Butt on Bach cantatas
5th Oct 2021
The Dunedin Consort's musical director talks about the Consort's new recording, drawing together three of JS Bach's most profound and moving cantatas.
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Andrew Litton on Prokofiev
30th Sep 2021
The American conductor talks to Katherine about his recordings of the complete Prokofiev symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, released as a box-set tomorrow on BIS.
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The Jukebox Album
27th Sep 2021
Elena Urioste and Tom Poster talk about their wide-ranging album of arrangements for violin and piano, which grew out of a project to reconnect with audiences during quarantine in 2020.
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The Jukebox Album
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
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Anna-Liisa Eller on Strings Attached
21st Sep 2021
The kannel player talks about her instrument, and her new album that combines early-music transcriptions with contemporary compositions and improvisations.
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Charles Owen on Liszt and lockdown
15th Sep 2021
The British pianist discusses his new recording of Suisse from Années de Pèlerinage (out this Friday on Avie Records), his role as a Steinway ambassador, and how his relationship with the 'three pianos in his life' shifted in lockdown.
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries
9th Sep 2021
The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.
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Alexander Lingas on Hymns of Kassianí
28th Aug 2021
The founder and director of Cappella Romana talks about his recent album showcasing the music of the ninth-century Byzantine abbess and poet, Kassía.
