Latest News: Classical, Rachel Podger (Violin)
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Interview,
Rachel Podger and Chad Kelly on reimagining Bach's Goldberg Variations 4th December 2023The violinist and composer share their thoughts on adapting Bach's immortal set of keyboard variations for Baroque instrumental ensemble.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on Tutta Sola 22nd November 2022The violinist talks about her new album exploring the ancestry of Bach's works for unaccompanied violin, with works from Tartini, Matteis, Westhoff and Vilsmayr.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven violin sonatas from Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn 25th March 2022Three snapshots from the beginning, middle and end of Beethoven's career trace his development of the violin sonata form from its Classical roots into new directions.
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Recording of the Week,
A Mozart postscript from Rachel Podger 26th March 2021Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn bring to life a selection of musicologist Timothy Jones’s thoughtful completions of fragmentary Mozart works, offering a variety of plausible perspectives on what might have been.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites 9th May 2019The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin.
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Recording of the Week,
Rachel Podger plays the Bach Cello Suites 26th April 2019The baroque violinist's own transcriptions of one of the pinnacles of the cello repertoire have an integrity and intelligence that's entirely convincing on its own terms, and the music never stops dancing.
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Interview,
Rachel Podger on The Four Seasons 21st April 2018The violinist, whose previous recordings of Vivaldi have won widespread critical acclaim, talks to Katherine about taking on the 'Red Priest''s most popular work.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi's Four Seasons from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque 13th April 2018The British violinist breathes new life into the most popular of baroque violin concerti with these vivid one-per-part accounts which exude wit and affection.
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Recording of the Week,
Violin music by Bach and Vivaldi from Gil Shaham and Rachel Podger 9th March 2015David listens to two new albums of violin music - Vivaldi concertos from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, and Bach solo sonatas and partitas from Gil Shaham.
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Video Interview,
Rachel Podger on La cetra 30th June 2012Chris visits the baroque violinist to discuss her new recording of Vivaldi's twelve concerti Op. 9, recorded with Holland Baroque and released on Channel Classics earlier this month.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi from Rachel Podger 25th June 2012Following her Gramophone Award-winning recording of La stravaganza in 2003, the British baroque violinist tackles La cetra with Holland Baroque Society.
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Recording of the Week,
Bach's Violin Concertos from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque 11th October 2010Following her widely acclaimed recordings of the solo sonatas and sonatas for violin and harpsichord, the British violinist and her hand-picked ensemble bring clarity and imagination to the concertos.