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Roger Sayers on Vierne's organ symphonies
12th Oct 2021
The organist of London's Temple Church talks about symphonies, the French Romantics, registrations and film soundtracks.
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John Butt on Bach cantatas
5th Oct 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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Americascapes from Robert Trevino and the Basque National Orchestra
1st Oct 2021
Four different voices from the melting-pot of early twentieth-century America come together to create a fascinating snapshot of a time of great change and innovation, ranging from melodious Romanticism to uncompromising atonality.
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Americascapes
Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
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The Jukebox Album
27th Sep 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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The Jukebox Album
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
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Anna-Liisa Eller on Strings Attached
21st Sep 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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Janine Jansen plays twelve Stradivari
10th Sep 2021
Janine Jansen, accompanied by Antonio Pappano, explores the unique sounds of twelve different Stradivari violins in a unusual and fascinating recording project.
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12 Stradivari
Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano)
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Alexander Lingas on Hymns of Kassianí
28th Aug 2021
The founder and director of Cappella Romana talks about his recent album showcasing the music of the ninth-century Byzantine abbess and poet, Kassía.
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Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat from Isabelle Faust and Dominique Horwitz
27th Aug 2021
David enjoys Isabelle Faust and friends' historically-informed account of Stravinsky's sardonic tale, with lively narration from Dominique Horwitz.
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Seong-Jin Cho returns to Chopin
23rd Aug 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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Long Yu on The Song of the Earth
17th Aug 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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Francisco Fullana on Bach's Long Shadow
9th Aug 2021
The Majorcan violinist talks to David about his second solo album on Orchid Classics, featuring Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major plus music by Tárrega, Kreisler and Ysaÿe.
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Lan Shui on the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
3rd Aug 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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A double-bill of very different Baroque violin albums
30th Jul 2021
Nicola Benedetti makes a successful first venture into early music with a programme of Geminiani and Vivaldi, and Théotime Langlois de Swarte teams up with William Christie to bring some French Baroque gems to light.
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Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman on Beethoven and Scharwenka
27th Jul 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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Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc
26th Jul 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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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
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Sonya Bach on Rachmaninov
15th Jul 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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Bomsori Kim on Wieniawski and the inspiration of the stage
13th Jul 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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Farrenc from the Insula Orchestra and Laurence Equilbey
9th Jul 2021
The French orchestra begins its planned cycle of the symphonic works of Louise Farrenc with her Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
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Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
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Hideko Udagawa on Nostalgic Russia
6th Jul 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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Roxanna Panufnik on Heartfelt
26th Jun 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.
