Latest News: Classical, Delphian (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Bob Chilcott's Christmas Oratorio 1st December 2023Benjamin Nicholas and the choir of Merton College, Oxford perform Bob Chilcott's new Christmas Oratorio - filled with lyrical solo writing, beautiful choral numbers and sweeping congregational tunes.
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Interview,
Bob Chilcott on his Christmas Oratorio 1st December 2023The composer talks about his new choral work, setting a range of traditional texts to re-tell the Christmas story and just released by the choir of Merton College, Oxford on Delphian Records.
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Interview,
Benjamin Nicholas on Orchestrated Anthems 25th July 2023Merton College Choir, the Britten Sinfonia and Benjamin Nicholas present a selection of magnificent orchestrations of favourite church music.
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Video Interview,
Elgan Llŷr Thomas on Unveiled 28th June 2023In the wake of the release of his debut album featuring a bold new translation of Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets (plus music by Tippett, Gipps and Thomas himself), the Welsh tenor discusses queer representation in opera and song - and why he feels that 'it's about time we started adding other stories into the mix'...
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Interview,
Ian Venables on the first recordings of his Requiem 18th January 2023The 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,
Bojan Čičić on La Notte 5th January 2023The Croatian violinist speaks to David and Katherine about his collection of 'Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night' with the Illyria Consort, released on Delphian in late November.
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Interview,
Daniel Trocmé-Latter and Patrick Allies on The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539 21st December 2022Siglo de Oro's director Patrick Allies and musicologist Daniel Trocmé-Latter talk about a new recording of Renaissance motets with an unexpected origin.
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Recording of the Week,
Baroque instrumental music for Christmas from Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort 25th November 2022Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort present an alternative Christmas sound-world, replacing vocal and choral music with string concertos and sonatas from around Europe.
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Interview,
Bojan Čičić on Adriatic Voyage 13th January 2022The Croatian violinist talks to Katherine about his Presto Award-winning recording of 'Seventeenth-Century Music from Venice to Dalmatia', released on Delphian last summer and featuring music by composers including Francesco and Gabriele Usper, Ivan Lukačić and Tomaso Cecchino.
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 24: On Song with The Hermes Experiment 31st October 2021Paul meets the members of The Hermes Experiment, one of the UK's most innovative contemporary music groups, in the week that their second album is released on Delphian Records.
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Recording of the Week,
Baroque fireworks from Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort 29th October 2021The violinist and his ensemble present four virtuosic concertos, showcasing the legacy of Vivaldi's incredible panache as a performer as well as the earliest origins of what would eventually become the solo violin caprice.
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Interview,
Alexandra Whittingham on My European Journey 19th June 2021The guitarist talks about her debut album, released recently on Delphian, which sees her explore European guitar repertoire from Spain to Denmark, via Austria-Hungary and England.
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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,
Joseph Fort on Holst's Cloud Messenger 30th June 2020Conductor Joseph Fort talks about his recently-released new recording of Holst's Himalayan-inspired work, in Fort's own arrangement for chamber orchestra.
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Interview,
Sean Shibe on Bach 18th June 2020The eloquent young Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about his third solo album on Delphian, Pour La Luth Ò Cembal, which was recently described by The Times as 'masterful, beautiful and convincing in every way'.
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Recording of the Week,
Sean Shibe plays Bach Lute Suites 22nd May 2020The award-winning young Scottish guitarist's third solo album on Delphian sees him turn to the music of JS Bach, with a highly varied triple-bill of suites for solo lute.
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Interview,
Judith Weir on Airs from Another Planet 30th October 2019David talks to the composer about the new album of her vocal and instrumental works, just released on Delphian and encompassing a wide range of styles and influences.
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Interview,
Ed Lyon on his 17th-Century Playlist 26th September 2019The English tenor talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of songs by Landi, Dowland, Lambert, Cavalli and more with Theatre of the Ayre, released tomorrow on Delphian.
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Interview,
Bojan Čičić on Giovanni Giornovich 2nd April 2019The Croatian violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the volatile violinist-composer's 'London' concertos, released on Delphian last Friday.
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Interview,
The Foyle-Štšura Duo on Penderecki and Lutosławski 18th February 2019David talks to the Duo about their new album exploring chamber works by two Polish twentieth-century giants.