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Purcell's Fairy Queen from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli
10th Apr 2020
A glorious return to the Restoration stage, with a semi-opera if anything even more vivid than King Arthur - featuring a cast of gods, fairies, peasants, poets and... monkeys?
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Nigel Short on Gesualdo and Couperin
9th Apr 2020
David talks to conductor Nigel Short about Tenebrae's new album of atmospheric Holy Week responsories by Couperin and Gesualdo.
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Richard Egarr on Handel's Brockes-Passion
7th Apr 2020
The conductor talks to David about his recording of Handel's visceral Passion setting, which was taken from a live performance at the Barbican on Good Friday 2019 and released on the Academy of Ancient Music's own label last autumn.
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Peter Jablonski on Scriabin
2nd Apr 2020
The pianist talks to David about his recently-released album of Scriabin mazurkas on Ondine.
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Scriabin: Mazurkas
Peter Jablonski (piano)
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Three world premiere recordings of works by Erkki-Sven Tüür
13th Mar 2020
Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra in three works by his long-time friend and musical collaborator Erkki-Sven Tüür - the 'Mythos' symphony, 'Incantation of Tempest' and 'Sow the Wind...'
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Erkki-Sven Tüür on Mythos
13th Mar 2020
The Estonian composer talks to David about his new album of three world premieres on Alpha, with long-time friend and collaborator Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Mythos
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Odaline de la Martinez on Ethel Smyth
8th Mar 2020
The Cuban-American conductor talks to David about the music of Ethel Smyth, four of whose songs she conducts on a new album from Somm.
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Stanford String Quartets from the Dante Quartet
5th Mar 2020
David talks to violinist Krysia Osostowicz and musicologist Jeremy Dibble about the final volume in the Dante Quartet's Stanford cycle.
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Owen Rees on Josquin and his legacy
17th Feb 2020
David talks to conductor and musicologist Owen Rees about his latest album with Contrapunctus, exploring the impact of Josquin on Spanish polyphony.
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Papagena - Hush!
15th Feb 2020
David talks to members of the all-female vocal quintet about their new recording on Somm Recordings.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds on There Will Come Soft Rains
8th Feb 2020
Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds talks to David about his new album of choral works, recorded by the Choir of the West at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington.
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The Well-Tempered Consort
4th Feb 2020
Phantasm's founder, director and violist Laurence Dreyfus talks to David about the consort's new disc, exploring the polyphonic keyboard works of JS Bach in new arrangements for viols.
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort – I
Phantasm, Liam Byrne
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Reinoud Van Mechelen on Charpentier
28th Jan 2020
The Belgian tenor talks to David about his recent double-bill of Charpentier's settings of the Orpheus myth, with A Nocte Temporis and Vox Luminis.
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Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis, Philippe Froeliger, Déborah Cachet, Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True, Clara Coutouly, Raphael Höhn, A Vocte Temporis, Victoria Cassano, Zsuzsi Tóth, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
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Barry Tuckwell (1931-2020)
17th Jan 2020
The Australian horn player and conductor has died at the age of 88.
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Paul Wee on Alkan
13th Jan 2020
Australian pianist and lawyer Paul Wee talks to David about his new recording of two monumental works by Alkan - the Symphony and Concerto for solo piano - and about his intense double career.
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Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano
Paul Wee (piano)
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Vaughan Williams Symphonies from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
10th Jan 2020
Martyn Brabbins continues his Vaughan Williams cycle with the sharply-contrasted Third and Fourth symphonies, as well as the première of a newly-restored work for tenor, chorus and orchestra.
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Two new concertos by Gabriel Prokofiev
8th Jan 2020
Russian-British composer, DJ and record producer Gabriel Prokofiev talks to David about his recently-released double-bill of concertos, showcasing the saxophone and bass drum as solo instruments.
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Christmas with the Gesualdo Six
17th Dec 2019
David talks to the vocal ensemble's founder and director Owain Park about their new album of Christmas music old and new, featuring repertoire from medieval plainchant to contemporary composers such as Eleanor Daley.
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Christmas
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Franck and Chopin from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang
13th Dec 2019
The two acclaimed soloists come together in a dazzling duo, with the rich warmth of Franck's Cello Sonata in A major sharply offset against the angst-wracked soul-searching of Chopin's in G minor.
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Franck - Chopin
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yuja Wang (piano)
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Septura on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
12th Dec 2019
David talks to Septura's Matthew Knight and Simon Cox about their newly-released recording of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, arranged for brass septet and narrated by Derek Jacobi.
