Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Cordelia Williams on Nightlight 25th August 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new playlist-style album on Somm Records, exploring different facets of night as depicted in works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin, Tomkins and Bill Evans.
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Interview,
Seong-Jin Cho returns to Chopin 23rd August 2021
The pianist talks about his return to Chopin, the technical demands of his concertos, and the composer's reputation within Korea.
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Interview,
Sean Shibe on Camino 20th August 2021
The Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week, which he describes as 'a profound spiritual journey'.
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Interview,
Long Yu on The Song of the Earth 17th August 2021
The conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra talks about his new recording, pairing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with a newly-commissioned setting by Xiaogang Ye of the original Chinese poems on which it was based.
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Jan Lisiecki on Chopin 11th August 2021
The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Interview,
Andrew Matthews-Owen on Taliesin's Songbook 5th August 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about a new anthology of Welsh song, featuring music by composers including Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Grace Williams and Huw Watkins.
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Interview,
Lan Shui on the Singapore Symphony Orchestra 3rd August 2021
The Conductor Laureate of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, recently succeeded by Hans Graf, looks back over the ensemble's history and his own long tenure at the helm.
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Interview,
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman on Beethoven and Scharwenka 27th July 2021
The piano duo talk about their new series of recordings of Beethoven's symphonies transcribed by Scharwenka, and discuss the unique musical changes that took place over Scharwenka's own lifetime.
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Interview,
Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc 26th July 2021
Following her release in early July of a recording of two symphonies by Louise Farrenc, conductor Laurence Equilbey digs further into the life and work of a unique French composer.
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Interview,
Charles Richard-Hamelin on Chopin 22nd July 2021
In the wake of his new recording of the 24 Préludes Op. 28 on Analekta, the Canadian pianist talks to Katherine about why playing Chopin's music always 'feels like coming home' to him.
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Interview,
Sonya Bach on Rachmaninov 15th July 2021
The Korean pianist talks about her new album of works by Rachmaninov for solo piano, featuring the Moments Musicaux Op.16 and the 1931 revision of the Sonata No.2.
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Interview,
Bomsori Kim on Wieniawski and the inspiration of the stage 13th July 2021
The Korean violinist talks about her new album of works inspired by the stage, and her particular affinity for the works of the Polish violinist-composer Henryk Wieniawski.
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Interview,
Isata Kanneh-Mason on Summertime 8th July 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new all-American album (released tomorrow on Decca Classics), which features music by Barber, Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Gershwin and Copland.
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Interview,
Hideko Udagawa on Nostalgic Russia 6th July 2021
The violinist talks about her new release of Russian rarities for violin and piano with Petr Limonov, and reflects on her relationship with music from Russia.
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Interview,
Kate Lindsey on Tiranno 29th June 2021
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her recent album exploring baroque depictions of Nero (and the women surrounding him), which features music by Monteverdi, Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti and Bartolomeo Monari.
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Interview,
Roxanna Panufnik on Heartfelt 26th June 2021
The composer talks about her new album, with works inspired by sources ranging from the trenches of World War I to contemporary Myanmar and even new milestones in veterinary science.
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Interview,
Hervé Niquet on La flûte enchantée 24th June 2021
The conductor talks to Katherine about his recording of a new French-language version of Die Zauberflöte with Le Concert Spirituel, following a spectacular production at Versailles last year.
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Interview,
Alexandra Whittingham on My European Journey 19th June 2021
The guitarist talks about her debut album, released recently on Delphian, which sees her explore European guitar repertoire from Spain to Denmark, via Austria-Hungary and England.
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Interview,
James Ehnes on working from home 17th June 2021
The Canadian violinist tells Katherine about turning his living-room into a temporary studio for his recent recording of the Ysaÿe sonatas, and 'bubbling' with his string quartet for a new Beethoven project.
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Interview,
Antonio Pappano on Vaughan Williams and Strauss 16th June 2021
The conductor discusses his recent recordings of Vaughan Williams symphonies and Strauss orchestral works, his recent appointment at the LSO, and the ongoing impact of lockdowns on musical life.
