Classical Interviews
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Roderick Williams warms up for The Last Night of the Proms
11th Sep 2014
The baritone (and regular Presto customer!) talks to Katherine about the festival ahead of Saturday's performance.
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Pumeza Matshikiza - Voice of Hope
4th Sep 2014
Katherine talks to the soprano about her new disc of opera arias and songs from her native South Africa.
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad
30th Aug 2014
Katherine talks to the up-and-coming British composer about two of the works on her new disc: a one-woman setting of Beowulf, and a response to Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben.
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Rinaldo Alessandrini
21st Aug 2014
David asks Rinaldo Alessandrini about his new imagined Vespers for San Marco – and picks up some tips on eating like a Renaissance Venetian too!
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Benjamin Grosvenor - a postscript
13th Aug 2014
Following on from Monday's newsletter, I caught up with Benjamin over email to find out more about his new disc Dances - and whether or not he has two left feet…
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Gabriel Jackson – Airplane Cantata
26th Jul 2014
David talks to British composer Gabriel Jackson about his new disc on Signum with the BBC Singers, featuring several new works including his Airplane Cantata.
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Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom
24th Jul 2014
Katherine talks to the composer (recently named Master of the Queen's Music) about her 1990 opera based on Scottish folklore, released this month on NMC Records.
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Daniel Behle on Gluck's tenors
2nd Jul 2014
To mark the tercentenary of Gluck's birth today, Katherine talks to the German lyric tenor about his new disc exploring the composer's writing for high male voice.
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Anna Bonitatibus on Semiramide
25th Jun 2014
The Italian coloratura mezzo talks to Katherine about Semiramide, the enigmatic Assyrian queen around whom her latest recording project is based.
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Robert King on Purcell's Ten Sonatas in Four Parts
19th Jun 2014
Robert King talks to David about his new disc of Purcell sonatas with The King's Consort.
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James Rhodes - Five
17th Jun 2014
David talks to James Rhodes about his new disc of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Sgambati.
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Marie Fel - Rameau's Muse
11th Jun 2014
Carolyn Sampson on her new disc of French baroque music with Ex Cathedra.
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Julian Bliss on the art of transcription
5th Jun 2014
David talks to the young British clarinettist about his new disc on Signum Classics, which features works by Debussy, Françaix, Glinka, Milhaud & Prokofiev.
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Gil Shaham's Music to Drive Away Loiterers
21st May 2014
David asks violinist Gil Shaham about his latest release, the intriguingly-titled "Music to Drive Away Loiterers".
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Chad Hoopes plays Adams and Mendelssohn
15th May 2014
Young American violinist Chad Hoopes talks to David about his latest disc of violin concerti by Mendelssohn and Adams.
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Joyce DiDonato on Maria Stuarda
13th May 2014
Joyce DiDonato talks to Katherine about the challenges of bringing Donizetti's Stuart queen to life.
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Julia Lezhneva on Alleluia!
8th May 2014
The phenomenal young Russian soprano talks to Katherine about her recent disc of motets by Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora and Mozart, and her plans for the future.
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Alisa Weilerstein on Dvorak
6th May 2014
The young American cellist tells us about her relationship with the Dvorak Concerto, which she's recently recorded for Decca Classics.
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Stephen Hough on 'In the Night'
1st May 2014
The great British pianist and composer talks to Katherine about his new disc 'In the Night', out now on Hyperion.
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John Butt on Mozart's Requiem
3rd Apr 2014
The Dunedin Consort's director discusses the challenges of recreating the first performance of Mozart's enigmatic final work.
