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Tom Poster and Elena Urioste on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's chamber music
20th Jun 2022
The acclaimed husband-and-wife duo talk about their latest project – bringing the early chamber works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor back into the repertoire in new editions, recorded by the Kaleidoscope Ensemble.
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Gábor Takács-Nagy on Mozart piano concertos
11th Apr 2022
The pianist and conductor discuss Manchester, music as medicine, Mozart, motifs and Masonry.
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John Wilson on Ravel
7th Feb 2022
The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.
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John Wilson conducts orchestral works by Ravel
28th Jan 2022
The latest album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson presents a dazzling collection of orchestral works by Ravel, including La valse and Pavane pour une infante défunte alongside premiere recordings of the original versions of Ma Mère l'Oye and Boléro.
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Peter Donohoe plays Busoni
6th Aug 2021
The British pianist is a clear-eyed but infectiously enthusiastic guide through the Italian composer-pianist's weird and wonderful world, taking in the 7 Elegien, Sonatina super Carmen, and two Toccatas.
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Busoni: Piano Works
Peter Donohoe (piano)
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Sibelius from Edward Gardner, the Bergen Philharmonic, and Lise Davidsen
2nd Jul 2021
The Norwegian soprano combines drama and delicacy in the tone-poem Luonnotar, whilst the Bergen string sound in Tapiola, Rakastava and Pelléas & Mélisande is a thing to marvel at.
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American Quintets from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
28th May 2021
An arresting debut album from the shape-shifting ensemble features piano quintets by Amy Beach and Florence Price, plus Samuel Barber's Dover Beach with bass Matthew Rose in superb voice.
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Francesca Dego on Paganini's Violin
22nd Feb 2021
The violinist talks about her new recording on Paganini's own violin, featuring works by, dedicated to and responding to the great composer.
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John Wilson conducts English music for strings
29th Jan 2021
Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson present their latest stunning album of music for string orchestra by Britten, Bridge, Berkeley, and Bliss.
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Ivan Ilić on L’art de varier
13th Jan 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about the third volume of his acclaimed Antoine Reicha series on Chandos (released last Friday), which features just one work - an extraordinary set of 57 variations composed in 1802–03.
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Verklärte Nacht from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
1st Jan 2021
Schoenberg's masterpiece is framed by works for voice and orchestra (also on the theme of 'transfigured night') by Franz Lehár, Oskar Fried, and Erich Korngold.
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Anna Patalong and Benedict Nelson on Miss Julie
20th Aug 2020
The British soprano and baritone (and real-life couple) discuss bringing William Alwyn's unjustly neglected opera to life last year for a concert-performance at the Barbican followed by a studio recording, released on Chandos last month.
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John Wilson and Sinfonia of London perform Respighi's Roman Trilogy
31st Jul 2020
For his third album with Sinfonia of London, John Wilson turns to Respighi's dazzling triptych of orchestral works depicting the city of Rome through the ages.
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William Alwyn's Miss Julie from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
3rd Jul 2020
Real-life husband-and-wife Anna Patalong and Benedict Nelson star in the English composer's 1977 opera, based on Strindberg's great naturalistic drama from 1888.
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Edward Gardner on Schoenberg
9th Jun 2020
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of Erwartung & Pelleas und Melisande, released on Chandos last month, and socially-distanced music-making in Bergen.
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Korngold's Violin Concerto from John Wilson, Andrew Haveron and the RTE Concert Orchestra
3rd Apr 2020
A bracing, unsentimentalised take on the composer's most popular work, plus an exuberant account of the youthful String Sextet from the Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble.
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Charles Hubert Parry's Judith from William Vann and the London Mozart Players
21st Feb 2020
Parry’s 1888 oratorio on the Apocryphal tale of an avenging Jewish widow emerges as a worthy successor to Mendelssohn’s Elijah in this gripping world premiere recording with Sarah Fox, Kathryn Rudge and Toby Spence.
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John Wilson on Sinfonia of London
30th Jan 2020
The British conductor talks to James about his new ensemble and their first two recording projects of music by Korngold plus a selection of French orchestral works.
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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night: The Russian Connection
3rd Jan 2020
The young British soprano Louise Alder traces her family history through a programme of Rachmaninov, Grieg, Medtner, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Britten, with superb support from Joseph Middleton.
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Bliss from Sarah Connolly, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
8th Nov 2019
Davis continues his advocacy for the English composer with three relatively late works - the dramatic scena The Enchantress (written for Kathleen Ferrier), the Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, and the 1963 cantata Mary of Magdala.
