Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
James Ehnes on working from home 17th June 2021The 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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Antonio Pappano on Vaughan Williams and Strauss 16th June 2021The 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.
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Cecilia McDowall at 70 12th June 2021The composer talks about the new album of her choral works recorded by Stephen Layton and Trinity College Choir, and looks back over her musical career.
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Stolen Pearls for Double Bass and Piano 10th June 2021The Oyster Duo (Nicholas Schwartz and Anna Fedorova) talk about their new album Stolen Pearls, featuring a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century works transcribed for double bass and piano.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart Momentum 5th June 2021The Norwegian pianist talks about his new album, the first of a diptych that focuses in on a formative moment in Mozart's evolution as a composer.
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Elizabeth Llewellyn on Heart and Hereafter 3rd June 2021The soprano talks to Katherine about her album of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with pianist Simon Lepper, released last week on Orchid Classics.
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Linus Roth on Virtuoso Dances 1st June 2021The violinist talks about his recent album of works putting virtuosic twists on dance music - from Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances to Piazzólla's Grand Tango.
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Ben Goldscheider and the legacy of Dennis Brain 30th May 2021Rising star horn player Ben Goldscheider discusses his new album exploring the musical legacy of the legendary Dennis Brain, born 100 years ago this May and killed at the age of 36 in a motoring accident.
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John Brancy and Peter Dugan on The Journey Home 28th May 2021The American baritone and pianist talk to Katherine about their recital and film-project exploring the aftermath of war, released digitally today to mark Memorial Weekend.
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Ian Page on Arne's Artaxerxes 26th May 2021The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language opera seria about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
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Anna Lucia Richter on Il Delirio della Passione 24th May 2021The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
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Mark Bebbington on Poulenc 20th May 2021The pianist talks to Katherine about his recent recordings of the Concert champêtre, Aubade, and Le Bal masqué with members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Resonus Classics.
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William Towers on Handelian Pyrotechnics 19th May 2021The countertenor talks about his recent album of Handel arias with Armonico, Handel's methods of encapsulating moods in music, and his own relationship with Handel's works.
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Alfred the Great - Brendel at 90 13th May 2021The Austrian pianist and author, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday in January, reflects on how the classical music world has altered since he began his career seven decades ago...
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Esther Yoo and Narek Hakhnazaryan on Shostakovich and Babadjanian 10th May 2021The violinist and cellist of the Z.E.N. Trio talk about the works on their most recent album, Burning Through The Cold.
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Lisette Oropesa on Mozart 7th May 2021The Cuban-American soprano talks to David about today's Recording of the Week, Ombra compagna.
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Ana de la Vega on Bach Unbuttoned 6th May 2021The Australian flautist talks about her new album of new perspectives on Bach, inspired by an intriguing detail on one of the most famous statues erected to him.
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Miloš Karadaglić on The Moon and the Forest 5th May 2021The Montenegrin guitarist talks to Katherine about recording two new concertos written especially for him: Joby Talbot's Ink Dark Moon and Howard Shore's The Forest.
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Sabine Weyer on Miaskovsky and Bacri 29th April 2021The Luxembourger pianist talks about her recent album Mysteries, in which she juxtaposes two very different composers' approaches to pushing the limits of Romanticism.
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Joyce DiDonato on Winterreise 27th April 2021The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recording with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, which approaches Schubert's great song-cycle from the perspective of the woman whom the narrator leaves behind...