Latest News: Classical, Somm (label)
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 53: Rebeca Omordia talks African Pianism 30th September 2024
Matthew spoke with award-winning pianist Rebeca Omordia about her latest exploration of the rich vein of African piano music, on SOMM Recordings.
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Interview,
Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello 20th May 2024
The cellist talks about his new album of British Romantic works for cello and piano with pianist Andrew West, out now on Somm.
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Interview,
Ian Venables on the first recordings of his Requiem 18th January 2023
The composer talks to David about his Requiem, recorded on Somm Records in 2020 by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral, and more recently in its full orchestral version by the choir of Merton College Oxford and the Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia.
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Interview,
Dussek on Dussek 16th January 2023
Pianist Michael Dussek talks about his new album of innovative music by his ancestor Jan Ladislav, and of the influence it had on Chopin.
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Interview,
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman on Beethoven and Scharwenka 27th July 2021
The piano duo talk about their new series of recordings of Beethoven's symphonies transcribed by Scharwenka, and discuss the unique musical changes that took place over Scharwenka's own lifetime.
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Interview,
Roderick Williams on the songs of Arthur Somervell 25th June 2020
The English baritone talks to David about his new recording of two song-cycles by this rarely-heard Victorian composer, including a setting of Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'.
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Interview,
Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet 5th March 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Interview,
Papagena - Hush! 15th February 2020
David talks to members of the all-female vocal quintet about their new recording on Somm Recordings.
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Interview,
Mishka Rushdie Momen on Variations 20th November 2019
Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen talks to David about her debut recording, which draws together a variety of musical responses to a theme by Schumann and includes world premieres by Vijay Iyer and Nico Muhly.
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Interview,
Mark Bebbington on Private Passions 25th February 2019
The British pianist talks to David about his new album of works by Arnold Bax & Harriet Cohen.
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Interview,
Maria Marchant on Granville Bantock 25th June 2018
Pianist Maria Marchant talks to David about her new album Bantock Rediscovered, featuring première recordings of nine works by Granville Bantock.
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Interview,
John Joubert at 90 18th April 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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Interview,
Mark Bebbington on the piano music of Arthur Bliss 28th May 2015
David talks to the champion of British piano repertoire about the latest volume in his Bliss series on Somm Records.
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Recording of the Week,
Elgar and the First World War 5th November 2012
Sir Andrew Davis presides over a touching account of the incidental music for The Starlight Express, whilst John Wilson champions wartime rarities including Polonia, Carillon, and Le drapeau belge*; Simon Callow narrates with gusto on both recordings.
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Recording of the Week,
Two important Elgar rarities 9th November 2009
Sir Andrew Davis conducts The Crown of India with the BBC Philharmonic, and Roderick Williams and others explore The Fringes of the Fleet, a patriotic song-cycle setting texts by Rudyard Kipling.
