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Zemlinsky String Quartets from the Brodsky Quartet
9th Feb 2015
Katherine enjoys string quartets by the Romantic composer Alexander Zemlinsky, performed by the Brodsky Quartet.
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Fascinating Aida
29th Jan 2015
Decca announce exclusive contract with soprano Aida Garifullina, winner of the 2013 Operalia competition.
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The International Opera Awards
17th Jan 2015
Katherine introduces the shortlisted discs for this year's 'Opera Oscars'…
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A trip to the gallery with Paul Lewis.
15th Jan 2015
Katherine talks to the British pianist about his new recording of Mussorgsky and Schumann, out this week on Harmonia Mundi.
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Anna Netrebko sings Tchaikovsky's Iolanta
12th Jan 2015
Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of a little-known late Tchaikovsky opera, the one-act Iolanta.
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Max Cencic on Hasse's Il Siroe Re di Persia
10th Jan 2015
Katherine talks to the Croatian countertenor about his rehabilitation of an opera that was 'praised to the skies' in its day…
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2014 in review and looking ahead to 2015
29th Dec 2014
Katherine looks back over the year, and takes a peek into the crystal ball at what 2015 holds...
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Mozart Operas
12th Dec 2014
Katherine trawls through her collection and makes some difficult decisions…
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Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites
2nd Dec 2014
Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Music for Christmas
1st Dec 2014
Katherine listens to some of this year's Christmas discs, featuring Renee Fleming, the choir of Clare College Cambridge and Arte dei Suonatori.
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Anna Netrebko sings Strauss's Four Last Songs
24th Nov 2014
Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.
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Francis Poulenc
21st Nov 2014
Katherine selects some favourite recordings of the French composer Francis Poulenc.
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World premiere recording of Hasse's opera, Siroe Re di Persia
3rd Nov 2014
Katherine listens to the first ever recording of J A Hasse’s exotic opera, featuring vocal fireworks from Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Julia Lezhneva.
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Verlaine settings
30th Oct 2014
The countertenor returns to late-Romantic French song for his next project on Erato.
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Vincenzo Bellini
25th Oct 2014
Katherine selects some favourite recordings of works by the bel canto composer.
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Lawrence Zazzo on A Royal Trio
21st Oct 2014
The countertenor talks to Katherine about his new disc of music commissioned by The Royal Academy of Music in the 1720s.
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Four rarities from Opera Rara
9th Oct 2014
Sir Mark Elder reveals four forthcoming projects, focusing on French bel canto and verismo.
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Cole Porter in Hollywood
6th Oct 2014
Katherine listens to the John Wilson Orchestra's sparkling new collection of Cole Porter songs for the big screen.
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Sandrine Piau - Desperate Heroines
1st Oct 2014
Katherine talks to the French soprano about her new disc of Mozart arias, out yesterday on Naive.
