Latest News: Classical, Hyperion (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich from Alina Ibragimova 29th May 2020The Russian-born violinist brings searing intensity and muscular tone to the two concertos, backed to the hilt by Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'.
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Interview,
Alina Ibragimova on Shostakovich 21st May 2020The Russian-British violinist talks to Katherine about her recording of the two concertos with Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', out on Hyperion next Friday.
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Recording of the Week,
Howells from David Hill and the Bach Choir 1st May 2020David Hill leads the Bach Choir and BBC Concert Orchestra in a masterful new recording of Howells's monumental Missa Sabrinensis - a rarely-heard masterpiece ripe for revival.
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Interview,
Julia Sitkovetsky on Rachmaninov 30th April 2020The British/American coloratura soprano talks to Katherine about her debut album, out tomorrow on Hyperion, and about establishing her own musical identity in a family of 'big artistic personalities'.
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Interview,
Erkki-Sven Tüür on Mythos 13th March 2020The Estonian composer talks to David about his new album of three world premieres on Alpha, with long-time friend and collaborator Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Vaughan Williams Symphonies from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra 10th January 2020Martyn Brabbins continues his Vaughan Williams cycle with the sharply-contrasted Third and Fourth symphonies, as well as the première of a newly-restored work for tenor, chorus and orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Stanford Ceremonial Works from Howard Shelley and the Ulster Orchestra 16th August 2019Pomp and circumstance aplenty in A Song of Agincourt and the 'Solemn March and Heroic Epilogue' Verdun, and ethereal magic from the ladies of Codetta chamber choir in Fairy Day.
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Interview,
David Owen Norris on Mozart in the Nineteenth-Century Drawing-Room 5th August 2019The pianist talks to Katherine about his new recording of Hummel, Cramer and Clementi’s arrangements of Mozart symphonies and overtures for ‘Jupiter Ensemble’ (flute, violin, cello and piano), out now on Hyperion.
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Recording of the Week,
Mahan Esfahani plays Bach Toccatas 2nd August 2019David enjoys Mahan Esfahani's exhilarating recording of Bach's seven keyboard toccatas, BWV910-916.
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Interview,
Mahan Esfahani on Bach's Toccatas 2nd August 2019The Iranian-American harpsichordist talks to David about his new album, featuring lively accounts of the seven keyboard toccatas by JS Bach.
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Interview,
Nicky Spence on Janáček 9th July 2019The Scottish tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of The Diary of One Who Disappeared and Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, and about his broader relationship with Czech repertoire.
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Recording of the Week,
Martyn Brabbins conducts Elgar's Caractacus 29th March 2019Martyn Brabbins conducts the Huddersfield Choral Society and the Orchestra of Opera North in a stirring new recording of Elgar's rarely-performed cantata, Caractacus.
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Recording of the Week,
Franck and Vierne from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien 1st March 2019The Russian violinist and French pianist bring a refreshing clarity and delicacy to two sonatas written for the Belgian composer-violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.
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Recording of the Week,
Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen perform cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky 1st February 2019The cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky are given expressive performances by Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen, alongside Prokofiev's Ballade and a handful of shorter works.
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Interview,
Choral Works by Owain Park 20th November 2018The young singer, conductor and composer talks to David about his choral works as recently recorded on Hyperion by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge.
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Recording of the Week,
Rachmaninov's Études-tableaux from Steven Osborne 3rd August 2018Katherine is mesmerised by the Scottish pianist’s introspective but evocative accounts of Rachmaninov’s two sets of ‘study-pictures’, out now on Hyperion.
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Interview,
Mark Dourish on De Profundis 19th July 2018The founder and director of Cambridge-based early music specialists De Profundis talks about the group's second album of Renaissance treasures for lower voices, released at the end of June on Hyperion.
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Interview,
Robert Hollingworth on Vivanco's Missa Assumpsit Jesus 11th July 2018Conductor and musicologist Robert Hollingworth talks polyphony, period performance and pitch (and his new recording of Spanish Renaissance music with male-voice ensemble De Profundis).
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Interview,
Christopher Purves on Handel 5th July 2018The British bass-baritone talks to Katherine about the second volume of 'Finest Arias for Base Voice', out now on Hyperion.
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Interview,
Owain Park on English Motets 11th June 2018Conductor Owain Park talks to David about his recent album of English Tudor gems with the Gesualdo Six.