Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Aleksandra Kurzak on Mozart 23rd December 2021
The Polish soprano talks to Katherine about drawing on her background as a violinist to direct the Morphing Chamber Orchestra on her new recording of opera arias with obbligato instruments.
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Interview,
Vanessa Benelli Mosell on Debussy 16th December 2021
The Italian pianist and conductor talks to Katherine about her new recording of the Second Book of Préludes, why she now considers the composer to be 'the father of contemporary music', and plans for her parallel career on the podium...
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Interview,
Jeanine De Bique on Mirrors 14th December 2021
The Trinidadian soprano talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, juxtaposing a series of Handel heroines against their counterparts in operas by Telemann, Manna, Broschi and Graun.
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Interview,
Claire Booth on Mussorgsky 8th December 2021
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album with pianist Christopher Glynn, which intersperses some of the composer's lesser-known songs with a selection of his piano pieces.
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Interview,
David Bates on Handel's 'Unsung Heroes' 6th December 2021
The Artistic Director of La Nuova Musica talks about his new album of Handel arias, shining the spotlight not just on the vocalists but on the instrumentalists whose obbligato lines enhance the music.
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Interview,
Daniel Hyde on Carols from King's 2nd December 2021
The Director of Music at King's College Cambridge talks about the college choir's new album of Christmas carols – reflecting the unique circumstances of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Interview,
Martin Jones on the piano works of Elisabeth Lutyens 15th November 2021
The pianist discusses the first volume of his planned complete series of Lutyens's unique and complex piano music.
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Interview,
Reels, Drones and Jigs from Perpetuo 10th November 2021
The ensemble's founder and artistic director James Turnbull talks about Perpetuo's recent release of music inspired by the meeting of folk and classical idioms.
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Interview,
Anna Fedorova on Shaping Chopin 8th November 2021
The Ukrainian pianist talks about her relationship with Chopin's music, and the solace it brought her during lockdown.
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Interview,
Michael Spyres on Baritenor 2nd November 2021
The American singer talks to Katherine about moving between tenor and baritone repertoire on his new album, and why he believes that the fach system often 'does our voices and artistry an injustice'.
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Interview,
Della Jones on Opera Rara 27th October 2021
The veteran Welsh mezzo talks to Katherine about her career and her relationship with the label, which began in the late 1970s with a recording of Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi.
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Interview,
Marina Rebeka and Franco Vassallo on Il Pirata 25th October 2021
The Latvian soprano and Italian baritone discuss their roles as Imogene and Ernesto in Bellini's early opera, recorded last summer in the composer's native Catania and released on Rebeka's own label Prima Classic last month.
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Interview,
Joséphine Olech on Romantic flute concertos 14th October 2021
The flautist talks about her new album, pairing the relatively well-known flute concertos of Nielsen and Françaix with a rarely-heard gem by Theodor Verhey.
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Interview,
Owain Park on Fading 14th October 2021
The conductor, singer and composer talks about his album, inspired by the office of Compline and the concept of day turning to night and back again.
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Interview,
Roger Sayers on Vierne's organ symphonies 12th October 2021
The organist of London's Temple Church talks about symphonies, the French Romantics, registrations and film soundtracks.
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Interview,
John Butt on Bach cantatas 5th October 2021
The Dunedin Consort's musical director talks about the Consort's new recording, drawing together three of JS Bach's most profound and moving cantatas.
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Interview,
Andrew Litton on Prokofiev 30th September 2021
The American conductor talks to Katherine about his recordings of the complete Prokofiev symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, released as a box-set tomorrow on BIS.
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Interview,
The Jukebox Album 27th September 2021
Elena Urioste and Tom Poster talk about their wide-ranging album of arrangements for violin and piano, which grew out of a project to reconnect with audiences during quarantine in 2020.
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Interview,
Anna-Liisa Eller on Strings Attached 21st September 2021
The kannel player talks about her instrument, and her new album that combines early-music transcriptions with contemporary compositions and improvisations.
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Interview,
Charles Owen on Liszt and lockdown 15th September 2021
The British pianist discusses his new recording of Suisse from Années de Pèlerinage (out this Friday on Avie Records), his role as a Steinway ambassador, and how his relationship with the 'three pianos in his life' shifted in lockdown.
