Latest News: Classical, Hyperion (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Alina Ibragimova plays violin concertos by Bach 23rd October 2015David listens to the latest album from the young star violinist, featuring five violin concertos by JS Bach.
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Interview,
Brazilian Adventures with Ex Cathedra 20th October 2015Conductor and musicologist Jeffrey Skidmore talks to David about his latest CD of Latin American Baroque rarities, and about musical heritages lost and found.
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Recording of the Week,
Howard Shelley performs works for piano and orchestra by Henri Herz 27th July 2015David listens to some long-lost piano gems by the Romantic composer Henri Herz, performed by Howard Shelley.
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Interview,
American choral works from Stephen Layton and Polyphony 22nd July 2015Stephen Layton talks to David about his recent disc of American choral music with Polyphony.
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Recording of the Week,
Markus Stenz conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder 29th June 2015James listens to Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln's new recording of Schoenberg's colossal epic.
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Interview,
Alina Ibragimova on Ysaÿe 12th June 2015The violinist talks about the Belgian composer's sonatas for unaccompanied violin, which she has just recorded on Hyperion.
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich from the Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin 30th March 2015David listens to the Takács Quartet's stirring account of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2, joined by Marc-André Hamelin for his Piano Quintet.
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Recording of the Week,
Russian Cello and Piano Concertos from Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein 2nd March 2015David listens to a pair of new releases that throw light on early versions of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
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Interview,
A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo 5th November 2014David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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Interview,
Mahan Esfahani on Rameau 1st November 2014David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Recording of the Week,
Dussek Piano Concertos and Romantic Violin Concertos on Hyperion 21st July 2014James enjoys a double-bill of concertos on Hyperion Records - the first of the Classical Piano Concertos series with Howard Shelley and the latest instalment of Romantic Violin Concertos with Tanja Becker-Bender.
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Recording of the Week,
Prokofiev Violin Sonatas from Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne 14th July 2014David listens to two very contrasting Prokofiev Violin Sonatas, performed by the star duo of Steven Osborne and Alina Ibragimova.
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Interview,
Marie Fel - Rameau's Muse 11th June 2014Carolyn Sampson on her new disc of French baroque music with Ex Cathedra.
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Interview,
Stephen Hough on 'In the Night' 1st May 2014The great British pianist and composer talks to Katherine about his new disc 'In the Night', out now on Hyperion.
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Recording of the Week,
Jack Liebeck plays violin music by Kreisler 31st March 2014Katherine enjoys Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekisheva’s performances of Kreisler’s flamboyant violin showpieces.
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Interview,
Iestyn Davies on singing Dowland 28th March 2014British countertenor Iestyn Davies talks to Presto's David Smith about his new Dowland recording, The Art of Melancholy, out on 31st March on Hyperion Records.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven Cello Sonatas from Isserlis and Levin 6th January 2014Playing on period instruments, the cellist and fortepianist get the year off to a tremendous start with spellbinding accounts of the complete cello sonatas, variations, and a transcription of the horn sonata.
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2013 23rd December 2013Schubert from the Pavel Haas Quartet, Pierre-Louis Dietsch’s opera on The Flying Dutchman, two Turnage premieres, and masses by Cipriano de Rore.
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Recording of the Week,
Christmas Oratorios from Bach, Berlioz, and Britten 2nd December 2013The Christmas Oratorio from Trinity College Cambridge, Saint Nicolas from Cambridge University Music Society (with Andrew Kennedy in the title-role), and L’Enfance du Christ from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Robin Ticciati.
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Recording of the Week,
Works for Pedal Piano by Gounod 4th November 2013For the 62nd volume of Hyperion’s The Romantic Piano Concerto series, Roberto Prosseda joins Howard Shelley and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana for the Concerto for pedal piano, Suite concertante and Fantaisie sur l’hymne national russe.