Latest News: Classical, Decca (label)
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Interview,
Joseph Calleja and Dominic Fyfe on The Magic of Mantovani 5th October 2020The Maltese tenor and record-producer discuss bringing Mantovani's music back to life on a new album which sees Calleja 'duetting' with vintage recordings from the Universal Music archives.
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Interview,
Xuefei Yang on Sketches of China 7th August 2020Guitarist Xuefei Yang talks about her new album of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions originating from her native country.
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Recording of the Week,
Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar 7th August 2020The Scottish-Italian violinist embraces the heart-on-sleeve qualities of a work which the composer ruefully described as 'awfully emotional', her passion and responsiveness matched by Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Cherubini from Riccardo Chailly and Filarmonica della Scala 7th February 2020The Italian conductor and orchestra present nine world premiere recordings of occasional marches alongside energetic accounts of the Overture in G minor and Symphony.
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Interview,
Angela Gheorghiu on Plaisir d'amour 8th December 2019On the 25th anniversary of the BBC broadcast of her landmark Traviata from Covent Garden, the Romanian soprano reminisces about the production with Katherine and discusses her new recording on Decca Classics.
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Interview,
Miloš Karadaglić on The Sound of Silence 11th September 2019The guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album, conceived during his recovery from a hand injury which put his career on hold for several years.
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Recording of the Week,
Works by Richard Strauss from Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6th September 2019Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in thrillingly-detailed and impassioned performances of four orchestral works by Richard Strauss.
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Interview,
Nicola Benedetti on Wynton Marsalis 22nd July 2019The violinist talks to Katherine about premiering the legendary jazz musician's Violin Concerto (released earlier this month on Decca), which draws on influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Scottish folk music and Stravinsky.
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Recording of the Week,
Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann 5th July 2019The 24-year-old pianist makes her debut on Decca with a bicentenary tribute to one of the nineteenth century’s most remarkable women, including the Piano Concerto which she completed at sixteen and premiered with Mendelssohn and the Gewandhausorchester.
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Interview,
Isata Kanneh-Mason on Clara Schumann 5th July 2019The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, released to commemorate Schumann's bicentenary this year.
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Recording of the Week,
The Fellini Album - The Film Music of Nino Rota 21st June 2019Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly enchant and delight in an album celebrating the legendary and prolific collaboration between director Federico Fellini and composer Nino Rota.
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Recording of the Week,
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss 31st May 2019The robust young Norwegian soprano thrills in scenes from Tannhäuser and Ariadne auf Naxos, and Strauss's Four Last Songs.
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Interview,
Lise Davidsen on Wagner & Strauss 27th May 2019The Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano discusses her career so far and her debut album on Decca, out this Friday.
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Interview,
Jess Gillam on RISE 2nd May 2019The young saxophonist talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Decca, released last week and including music by Dowland, Milhaud and David Bowie, plus a new commission by her teacher and producer John Harle.
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Interview,
Valentina Lisitsa on Tchaikovsky 24th April 2019The Ukrainian pianist talks to David about her monumental latest recording project - the complete solo piano works of Tchaikovsky.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi from Cecilia Bartoli and Ensemble Matheus 23rd November 2018Nearly twenty years after her landmark album devoted to the operas of the 'Red Priest', the Italian mezzo is as dazzling as ever in arias from works including Orlando furioso, Il Giustino and Ottone in Villa.
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Recording of the Week,
Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Janáček 31st August 2018Late recordings of the Glagolitic Mass, Taras Bulba, the Sinfonietta and The Fiddler's Child bear witness to the Czech conductor's affinity for his countryman's music.
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Recording of the Week,
Alfred Brendel performs music by Schumann and Brahms 16th March 2018Live recordings by Alfred Brendel of Schumann's Piano Concerto and Brahms's Handel Variations have been made available on disc for the first time.
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Interview,
Max Cencic on Porpora 14th March 2018The countertenor talks to Katherine about his two recent recordings paying homage to the Neapolitan singing-teacher and composer, the anniversary of whose death fell on 2nd March.
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Recording of the Week,
Porpora from Max Emanuel Cencic 2nd March 2018The Viennese countertenor marks the 250th anniversary of the composer and singing-teacher's death with a stunning collection of arias and a complete recording of Germanico in Germania.