Classical Interviews
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Owain Park on Radiant Dawn
15th Dec 2025
The director of The Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new album, which sees them collaborating with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.
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Matilda Lloyd (trumpet), The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Piers Connor Kennedy on Nowel el el
11th Dec 2025
The composer and singer talks about his new works featured on Ensemble Pro Victoria's latest album, Nowel.
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Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward
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David Fray on Baroque Encores and the Offrande Musicale festival
8th Dec 2025
The pianist talks about his new album of Baroque keyboard works performed on the piano, his inspirations, and the music festival he runs in his home region in the south-west of France.
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David Fray (piano)
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David Matthews & Jac van Steen on their musical friendship
2nd Dec 2025
The British composer and Dutch conductor discuss their various collaborations over the last three decades, including a new album of Matthews's Symphony No. 11, Flute Concerto and Symphonic Diptych from the opera Anna (released last month on SOMM).
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Michael Waldron on his new Christmas album with London Choral Sinfonia
27th Nov 2025
The Musical Director of London Choral Sinfonia visited Presto to talk about his latest album of Christmas music, released on Orchid Classics to celebrate the ensemble's tenth anniversary.
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Christophe Rousset on Christmas with Charpentier
26th Nov 2025
The French conductor talks about his new album with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, which puts the spotlight on glorious ancien régime works for the Christmas season.
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Thibaut Garcia on adapting and performing Bach's Goldberg Variations with Antoine Morinière
24th Nov 2025
A unique new twist on Bach's Goldberg Variations sees these two guitarists rehearse, play - and even think - as one.
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Anoushka Shankar on tradition and innovation
19th Nov 2025
In the wake of winning the Ivor Novello Innovation Award last week, the sitar virtuoso and composer reflects on how she found a balance between honouring her father's legacy and forging her own artistic identity - with a little help from her friends...
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Ed Long on Songs of Ourselves
17th Nov 2025
The chair of London-based LGBTQ+ vocal ensemble The Fourth Choir talks about the group's new album, marking their début recording.
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Anne Dudley reflects on her career
11th Nov 2025
In the wake of becoming the 33rd Fellow of The Ivors Academy, the British composer recounts how she found her niche - from an early gig on Play School to working on The Crying Game, Jeeves and Wooster and Poldark.
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Vasily Petrenko on Elgar and Rachmaninoff
6th Nov 2025
Ahead of the release of their debut recording on Harmonia Mundi next week, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Music Director reflects on the parallels between two works which were premiered in 1913 - Elgar's Falstaff and Rachmaninoff's The Bells.
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Kitty Whately on Rebecca Clarke
5th Nov 2025
In advance of the release of Clarke's complete songs on Signum this Friday, the British mezzo discusses her ongoing advocacy for women composers, with plans including a focus-day on Clarke at Wigmore Hall this weekend and a major new song competition early next year.
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Raphaela Gromes on Fortissima
29th Oct 2025
The German cellist discusses her new album of music by female composers (including sonatas by Henriëtte Bosmans, Emilie Mayer and Luise Adolpha Le Beau), released earlier this month on Sony.
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Paavo Järvi on Arvo Pärt
27th Oct 2025
In the wake of an album celebrating Pärt's ninetieth birthday, the Estonian conductor discusses his long relationship with the man and his music, how his father Neeme's early advocacy of the Credo led to both composer and conductor being blacklisted by the Soviet authorities, and his own 'holy mission' to champion the work of his compatriots.
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Vilde Frang on Elgar
20th Oct 2025
In the wake of winning a Gramophone Award for her outstanding recording of the Violin Concerto with Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Norwegian violinist discusses how her relationship with Elgar's music has blossomed from a transformative encounter with the Serenade for Strings as a teenager.
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Sir Thomas Allen reflects on his career
16th Oct 2025
In the wake of receiving Gramophone's Lifetime Achievement Award last night, the beloved British baritone shares insights and anecdotes from his five decades on stage - and picks out four favourite recordings from his vast discography...
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Clare Hammond on Tippett, Britten and Walton
14th Oct 2025
British pianist Clare Hammond spoke to Matthew Ash about her new album dedicated to the music of Tippett, Britten and Walton, and her tireless work to provide musical opportunities and exposure for everyone, irrespective of background, race or gender.
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Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee on Golden Age
9th Oct 2025
In a break from rehearsals for Laurent Pelly's production of La fille du régiment at the Metropolitan Opera, the American soprano and tenor discuss their new album of arias and duets by Donizetti, Bizet, Delibes, Adam and Rossini (out tomorrow on Pentatone).
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Anna Clyne and Marin Alsop on Abstractions
8th Oct 2025
The composer and conductor talk about their long history of working together, including their first collaboration at the Cabrillo Festival back in 2010, the Last Night of the Proms in 2013, and their latest album of four pieces with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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Francesco Piemontesi on Brahms and Alchemy
7th Oct 2025
A deep-thinking and communicative pianist, Francesco Piemontesi spoke to Matthew Ash about his new Brahms album, the support that made it possible, and the things that need to come together to create music on the most orchestral of instruments.
