Latest News: Classical, Onyx (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Verismo from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 27th October 2023The orchestra and their Chief Conductor perform a selection of orchestral highlights from verismo operas, from familiar favourites to rarer gems.
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Interview,
Domingo Hindoyan on life in Liverpool 5th October 2022The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's new Chief Conductor talks about his debut recording of Debussy, Roussel and Dukas on Onyx, his relationship with his mentor Daniel Barenboim, and how being part of the original El Sistema in Venezuela has informed his approach to music education and community work.
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Interview,
Chen Reiss on Fanny Hensel 8th March 2022The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new recording on Onyx showcasing Hensel's under-appreciated gifts as an orchestrator, and why she feels 'it’s about time that we give this composer the stage that she deserves'...
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Interview,
James Ehnes on working from home 17th June 2021The Canadian violinist tells Katherine about turning his living-room into a temporary studio for his recent recording of the Ysaÿe sonatas, and 'bubbling' with his string quartet for a new Beethoven project.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works 21st May 2021A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts Stravinsky & Respighi 30th October 2020Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform two contrasting ballets from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Stravinsky's unnerving Petrushka and Respighi's sparkling Boutique fantasque.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven from Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne 20th March 2020The Israeli soprano is sparkling and technically fearless in a programme of arias with the Academy of Ancient Music, whilst Goerne's song-recital with Jan Lisiecki is an altogether darker affair.
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Interview,
Chen Reiss on Beethoven's Women 17th March 2020The Israeli soprano talks to Katherine about her new album on Onyx Classics, Immortal Beloved, which includes music from Fidelio and Egmont as well as some of the composer's earliest vocal works.
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Interview,
Andrew Manze on Vaughan Williams 5th September 2019The conductor talks to David about his recently-concluded series of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Onyx, and the postscript to the cycle which will be released in October...
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Recording of the Week,
The final instalment of Andrew Manze's Vaughan Williams cycle with the Liverpool Philharmonic 24th May 2019Andrew Manze and the Liverpool Philharmonic round off their Vaughan Williams series with vivid accounts of the majestic seventh and pensive ninth symphonies.
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Interview,
Melvyn Tan on Miroirs 13th May 2019The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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Recording of the Week,
Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov from Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpool Philharmonic 14th December 2018The Russian conductor presides over sparkling, taut accounts of two avian fairy-tales: the complete ballet music for The Firebird and the suite from the posthumously-premiered opera Le Coq d’Or.
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Interview,
Leonard Elschenbroich on Musica Nostalgica 9th February 2017The German cellist talks to Katherine about his disc of Schnittke, released on Onyx last month.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies 20th January 2017James listens to the culmination of Vasily Petrenko's Tchaikovsky cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - symphonies Nos. 3, 4, and 6.
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Interview,
Vasily Petrenko on Tchaikovsky 19th January 2017Katherine talks to the Russian conductor about his Tchaikovsky cycle with the Liverpool Philharmonic on Onyx.
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky Symphonies conducted by Vasily Petrenko 10th June 2016James listens to Vasily Petrenko's triple-bill of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Andrew Manze begins a cycle of symphonies by Vaughan Williams 8th April 2016David enjoys Andrew Manze's interpretations of Vaughan Williams' Second and Eighth Symphonies.
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Interview,
Prokofiev from Kirill Karabits 19th August 2015David talks to conductor Kirill Karabits about the latest instalment in his Prokofiev series.
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Recording of the Week,
James Ehnes performs works for violin and viola by Franck, Strauss, and Berlioz 27th April 2015James listens to two new discs featuring James Ehnes on the violin and viola.
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Recording of the Week,
Russian Orchestral Music from the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic 4th August 2014Katherine enjoys an unusual take on Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade from Sascha Goetzel and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic.