Latest News: Classical, Video Interview
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Video Interview,
John-Henry Crawford on Rachmaninoff 13th September 2023
The cellist talks about his new album of Rachmaninoff cello works, built around the sonata in G minor and exploring the relationship between the cello's timbre and the human voice.
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Elgan Llŷr Thomas on Unveiled 28th June 2023
In 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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Paavo Järvi on Haydn's 'London' symphonies 14th June 2023
The conductor talks about his recently-launched Haydn project, his upcoming milestone with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and why "there is absolutely zero difference between Haydn and Bruckner"...
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Michael Waldron on Sword in the Soul 22nd May 2023
Conductor Michael Waldron shares some of his thoughts on Francis Grier's contemporary Passion oratorio 'Sword in the Soul', which he conducts on a new recording with the London Choral Sinfonia alongside works by Park, Bednall and Elgar.
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Matilda Lloyd on 'Casta Diva' 3rd May 2023
In an exclusive post-concert interview for Presto Music following her launch recital at London's Wigmore Hall, trumpeter Matilda Lloyd talks about her new album of opera-inspired variations for trumpet and ensemble, 'Casta Diva' - featuring arrangements of works by Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Viardot and more, and showcasing the instrument's more lyrical side.
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Video Interview,
Tim Mead on Beauteous Softness 30th March 2023
The countertenor discusses his new album of songs by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey and William Webb with La Nuova Musica & David Bates (released last week on Pentatone).
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Héloïse Luzzati on La Boîte à Pépites 11th October 2022
The French cellist introduces her new label celebrating the legacies of women composers, which launched at the end of last month with a collection of vocal and chamber works by Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955).
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Video Interview,
Alessandro Quarta on Sixteen Seasons 6th July 2022
Italian violinist, composer and musical superstar Alessandro Quarta talks to Presto's Paolo Pezzangora about his new album Sixteen Seasons - juxtaposing four composers' musical responses to the seasons of the year.
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Video Interview,
Lola Descours on Bassoon Steppes 27th June 2022
The bassoonist discusses her new album of transcriptions, featuring Shostakovich, Rachmaninov and more, and the unique relationship between the instrument and Russian repertoire.
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Video Interview,
Daniel Hyde on Lenten, Passiontide and Easter music from King's 25th April 2022
The Director of Music at King's College discusses the Choir's new album, featuring music for Easter and the period leading up to it.
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Video Interview,
Joyce DiDonato on EDEN 7th March 2022
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new album on Erato, and answers some questions submitted by Presto readers along the way...
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Video Interview,
Coco Tomita on Origins 3rd March 2022
The violinist talks about her debut album Origins, released tomorrow on Orchid Classics, and discusses her musical upbringing and influences.
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Video Interview,
Jack Liebeck on Ysaÿe 22nd November 2021
The violinist talks about his new album of the six sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe for solo violin.
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Video Interview,
Francisco Fullana on Bach's Long Shadow 9th August 2021
The Majorcan violinist talks to David about his second solo album on Orchid Classics, featuring Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major plus music by Tárrega, Kreisler and Ysaÿe.
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Video Interview,
Randall Goosby on Roots 1st July 2021
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
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Video Interview,
Adrian Chandler on Extra Time 28th July 2020
Adrian Chandler talks about his latest album of rarely-encountered Baroque gems with La Serenissima, released this Friday on Signum.
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Video Interview,
John Nelson on Berlioz 7th March 2019
Ahead of his performance and recording of the Grande Messe des Morts at St Paul's Cathedral tomorrow evening to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, the American conductor talks to Katherine about his fifty-year relationship with music which 'lit something up in me that's remained all my life'.
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Video Interview,
Paavo Järvi on Sibelius 4th February 2019
The Estonian conductor talks to Katherine about recording the first-ever complete set of Sibelius symphonies with a French orchestra during his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.
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Thibaut Garcia on Bach Inspirations 1st November 2018
The French guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album of Bach-influenced works by Villa-Lobos, Tansman, Barrios Mangoré and Gounod - as well as transcriptions of the composer's own Chaconne and two of his best-known chorales.
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Video Interview,
BACH 333 unboxed 25th October 2018
Chris and Katherine explore Deutsche Grammophon's mammoth new Bach Edition, produced in collaboration with Decca Classics and the Leipzig Bach Archive and running to over 280 hours of music.
