Classical Interviews
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Dame Janet Baker
21st Aug 2017
On the great English mezzo's birthday, here's Katherine's exclusive video-interview with her, made shortly before her 80th in 2013.
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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
15th Aug 2017
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony.
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Stephen Layton on the choral works of Stanford
2nd Aug 2017
Stephen Layton, Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge, talks to David about his recent disc with the chapel choir.
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Stephen Cleobury on the restored organ of King's College Chapel
26th Jul 2017
Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, talks to David about his new disc celebrating the newly-refurbished chapel organ.
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Christopher Glynn on the songs of Donald Swann
19th Jul 2017
Katherine talks to the British pianist about the prolific song-writing career of a composer best known for his comical collaborations with Michael Flanders.
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Sean Shibe on Dreams & Fancies
11th Jul 2017
David talks to the guitarist about his debut disc of English music for guitar, out on July 21st on Delphian.
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Joo Yeon Sir on Suites & Fantasies
6th Jul 2017
David talks to the South Korean violinist about her debut disc of Britten, Milhaud, Schnittke and more on Rubicon Classics.
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Julia Lezhneva sings Carl Heinrich Graun
4th Jul 2017
Katherine talks to the Russian soprano about unearthing a treasure-trove of Italian opera arias by the German baroque composer.
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Rachel Barton Pine on Paganini
29th Jun 2017
David talks to the American violinist about her new album, centred on Paganini's fiendishly difficult Caprices but also featuring a new work composed by Pine herself.
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Rachel Barton Pine (violin)
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Daniel Behle on Schubert's unfinished operas
22nd Jun 2017
The German tenor talks to Katherine about recording the surviving fragments of Schubert's works for the stage.
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Bojan Čičić on Carbonelli
8th Jun 2017
The Croatian baroque violinist talks to Katherine about recording the Italian virtuoso's sonate da camera, out later this month on Delphian.
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Christiane Karg on Parfum
7th Jun 2017
The German soprano talks to Katherine about her new disc of French song, out now on Berlin Classics.
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Kate Lindsey on Thousands of Miles
2nd Jun 2017
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her debut disc of Kurt Weill, Korngold, Zemlinsky and Alma Mahler, out now on Alpha.
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Sonia Prina on Gluck
30th May 2017
Katherine talks to the Italian contralto about Heroes in Love, released on Glossa this month.
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Véronique Gens on Proserpine
25th May 2017
The French falcon talks to Katherine about taking on the dark and dramatic title-role in the first complete recording of Saint-Saëns's drame lyrique.
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Ablaze with Light - The Choral Music of William Petter
23rd May 2017
David talks to conductor Peter Foggitt about the legacy of the young British choral composer, who died last year.
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Peter Donohoe on Shostakovich
17th May 2017
Peter Donohoe talks to David about his new recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues.
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Pavol Breslik on Dvořák Songs
10th May 2017
The Slovakian tenor discusses his new disc on Supraphon, including the well-known Gypsy Melodies and the rarely-recorded Cypresses.
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John Joubert at 90
18th Apr 2017
David talks to the Birmingham-based composer, who turned 90 last month, about his opera Jane Eyre - recently recorded for the first time on Somm Records.
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Manfred Honeck on Spring in Vienna
12th Apr 2017
Katherine talks to the Austrian conductor about the Wiener Symphoniker's Easter concerts, and in particular last year's programme which was recently released on Solo Musica.
