Latest News: Classical, Signum (label)
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Interview,
Emmanuel Despax on Spira, Spera 25th February 2021The pianist talks about his new album of Bach transcriptions, inspired in part by his personal reaction to the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of 2019.
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Interview,
David Temple on seasonal Britten 1st December 2020The conductor talks about his new recording of Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Saint Nicolas with Crouch End Festival Chorus, Mark Le Brocq and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
A Christmas double-bill from Mexico and Ireland 27th November 2020Two glorious albums from Siglo de Oro and the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin bring us onto the final straight to Christmas – focusing on Central American and Gaelic festive celebrations.
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Interview,
Anna Lapwood on All Things Are Quite Silent 14th October 2020The director of music at Pembroke College Cambridge talks about the debut album from the college's adult choir and recently-formed girls' choir, featuring an eclectic mix of sacred and secular repertoire.
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Video Interview,
Adrian Chandler on Extra Time 28th July 2020Adrian Chandler talks about his latest album of rarely-encountered Baroque gems with La Serenissima, released this Friday on Signum.
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Recording of the Week,
Byrd and more from the Magdalena Consort and friends 26th June 2020The Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts join forces for a second volume of English verse-anthems presented in glorious instrumental Technicolor.
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Recording of the Week,
Purcell's Fairy Queen from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli 10th April 2020A glorious return to the Restoration stage, with a semi-opera if anything even more vivid than King Arthur - featuring a cast of gods, fairies, peasants, poets and... monkeys?
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Interview,
Nigel Short on Gesualdo and Couperin 9th April 2020David talks to conductor Nigel Short about Tenebrae's new album of atmospheric Holy Week responsories by Couperin and Gesualdo.
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Interview,
Owen Rees on Josquin and his legacy 17th February 2020David talks to conductor and musicologist Owen Rees about his latest album with Contrapunctus, exploring the impact of Josquin on Spanish polyphony.
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Interview,
Two new concertos by Gabriel Prokofiev 8th January 2020Russian-British composer, DJ and record producer Gabriel Prokofiev talks to David about his recently-released double-bill of concertos, showcasing the saxophone and bass drum as solo instruments.
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Recording of the Week,
La Serenissima's The Godfather 15th November 2019La Serenissima explore the network of friendships and collaborations that helped bring together German and Italian styles during the Baroque, with concertos by Telemann, Pisendel, Brescianello and others.
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Recording of the Week,
Purcell's King Arthur from Gabrieli and Paul McCreesh 25th October 2019Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli give a sparkling performance of Purcell's patriotic extravaganza, from a new edition prepared by Christopher Suckling.
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Interview,
The Queen's Six on The Last Rose of Summer 17th September 2019Bass Simon Whiteley of The Queen's Six talks to David about their new album of British and Irish folksong arrangements.
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Interview,
Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil 13th June 2019The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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Interview,
Paul McCreesh on An English Coronation 1st May 2019The conductor talks to David about his latest recording with Gabrieli, which weaves music and readings from the coronations of four British monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) into a composite ceremony, recorded in Ely Cathedral.
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Interview,
Iestyn Davies on Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell 9th April 2019The countertenor talks to David about his new album with Fretwork, playing off the juxtaposition of baroque works by Henry Purcell with works by contemporary composer Michael Nyman.
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Interview,
Richard Watkins on The Romantic Horn 14th March 2019The British horn-player talks to David about his new album of music by Beethoven, Strauss, Schumann, Scriabin and more with the pianist Julius Drake, out now on Signum Classics.
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Interview,
Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis 24th January 2019The composer talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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Interview,
Dame Sarah Connolly on A Walk with Ivor Gurney 8th November 2018The great English mezzo talks to David about her new album exploring the music and poetry of the wartime composer Ivor Gurney, with Tenebrae and the Aurora Orchestra.
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Interview,
The Calidore Quartet on 'Resilience' 11th October 2018The members of the young American string quartet talk to David about their début recording, which features four quartets from composers experiencing a variety of personal and political traumas.