Latest News: Classical, Erato (label)
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Video Interview,
Joyce DiDonato on 'In War and Peace' 3rd November 2016The great American mezzo answers our questions about her 'most personal project to date'.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach and Telemann cantatas from Philippe Jaroussky 14th October 2016Katherine listens to the star countertenor's bewitching performances of solo cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
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Interview,
Renaud Capuçon on Lalo, Sarasate and Bruch 18th February 2016Katherine talks to the French violinist about his new recording of three of the most popular works for violin and orchestra, out now on Erato.
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Recording of the Week,
Vocal Recitals from Sabine Devieilhe and Véronique Gens 20th November 2015Katherine enjoys a double helping of French soprano virtuosity.
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Interview,
Joyce DiDonato 5th September 2015The great American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recital-disc with Tony Pappano from the Wigmore Hall.
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich Cantatas from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra 11th May 2015James listens to three rarely-heard cantatas by Shostakovich, conducted by Paavo Järvi.
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Interview,
Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine 1st May 2015Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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Recording of the Week,
Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah 8th December 2014David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Interview,
Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites 2nd December 2014Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Recording of the Week,
Joyce DiDonato sings bel canto arias 25th August 2014Katherine listens to Joyce DiDonato's Stella di Napoli, which explores the Neapolitan school of bel canto opera arias.
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Interview,
Joyce DiDonato on Maria Stuarda 13th May 2014Joyce DiDonato talks to Katherine about the challenges of bringing Donizetti's Stuart queen to life.
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Recording of the Week,
Mendelssohn from the Quatuor Ebène 7th January 2013The award-winning young French quartet bring their trademark commitment and passion to chamber-music by the Mendelssohn siblings, including Felix’s ‘quartet-Requiem’ for his beloved sister.
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Recording of the Week,
Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit 26th November 2012The French pianist and friends (including Natalie Dessay, Madeleine Peyroux, Juliette and Bénabar) get together for a joyous compendium of music by regular visitors to the eponymous Parisian nightclub during the 1920s, including Ravel, Milhaud, and Clément Doucet.
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Recording of the Week,
Rare baroque vocal delights 12th November 2012Philippe Jaroussky and Max Cencic lead an all-male cast (featuring no fewer than five countertenors!) in the world premiere recording of Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse, and Christophe Rousset & Company make a splendid case for Antoine Dauvergen’s Hercule mourant.
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Recording of the Week,
Duetti da Camera: Philippe Jaroussky & Max Emanuel Cencic 21st November 2011Two of today’s leading countertenors join forces with veteran baroque specialist William Christie for a programme of non-operatic secular duets by composers including Porpora, Mancini, Bononcini, Marcello, Conti, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
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Recording of the Week,
Handel's Ariodante 9th May 2011Joyce DiDonato sings the title-role on Alan Curtis’s recording of Handel’s Scottish opera, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the dastardly Polinesso and Karina Gauvin as the woman they both love.
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Recording of the Week,
Handel and Strauss from Dessay and Damrau 17th January 2011Dessay trails her imminent performances of Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Paris by recording all of the Egyptian queen’s arias with Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, whilst Damrau is sensual in Strauss Lieder with Christian Thielemann.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi Operas - Ottone in Villa and Ercole 6th December 2010Ercole sul Termodonte (starring Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazón) from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, and Ottone in Villa (with Sonia Prina in the title-role) from Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
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Recording of the Week,
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia and Joyce DiDonato 5th April 2010The American mezzo sings an astonishing Rosina from a wheelchair after breaking her ankle on the opening night of Covent Garden’s production, with Juan Diego Flórez as her suitor Count Almaviva and Pietro Spagnoli as the eponymous Spanish barber.
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Recording of the Week,
Monteverdi as you've never heard it before! 26th January 2009Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata make their debut on Virgin Classics with a fascinating exploration of Monteverdi’s ‘Theatre of Love’, aided by superb contributions from Philippe Jaroussky and Nuria Rial.