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Edward Gardner on Walton
17th Apr 2018
The conductor talks to David about the latest instalment in his series of Walton recordings on Chandos - featuring James Ehnes setting aside his violin in favour of the viola for Walton's Viola Concerto.
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Masaaki Suzuki on Beethoven's Missa solemnis
12th Apr 2018
The Japanese conductor and early-music expert talks to David about his recent recording of Beethoven's mighty Missa Solemnis with the Bach Collegium Japan.
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Ben Goldscheider on Romantic repertoire for horn
19th Feb 2018
David talks to horn player Ben Goldscheider about his debut disc, featuring Romantic and modern works by Schumann, York Bowen and others.
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Ben Goldscheider: Debut
Ben Goldscheider (horn), Daniel Hill (piano)
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Gawain Glenton on Music in a Cold Climate
9th Jan 2018
David talks to the director of In Echo about their new recording of music from Hanseatic Europe, plus a world premiere blending old and new idioms.
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Kirill Gerstein on Scriabin
7th Nov 2017
David talks to the pianist about his recent recording of Scriabin's Piano Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Noa Wildschut on Mozart
17th Oct 2017
Rising star Noa Wildschut - a protégée of Anne-Sophie Mutter - talks to David about her debut disc, an all-Mozart programme with pianist Yoram Ish-Hurwitz and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Gordan Nikolić.
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George Li – Live at the Mariinsky
4th Oct 2017
David talks to the Chinese-American pianist about his debut recording on Warner Classics, featuring Chopin, Haydn, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
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George Li – Live at the Mariinsky
George Li (piano)
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Steven Isserlis on CPE Bach and Haydn
25th Sep 2017
The cellist talks to David about his new album of eighteenth-century cello concertos, released earlier in the month on Hyperion.
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John Butt on Monteverdi's Vespers 1610
18th Sep 2017
John Butt talks to David about his new recording of Monteverdi's majestic Vespers with the Dunedin Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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Bob Chilcott on All Good Things
11th Sep 2017
David talks to composer Bob Chilcott about his new album of jazz-infused choral works with Oxford chamber choir Commotio, released last week.
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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
15th Aug 2017
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony.
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Stephen Layton on the choral works of Stanford
2nd Aug 2017
Stephen Layton, Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge, talks to David about his recent disc with the chapel choir.
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Stephen Cleobury on the restored organ of King's College Chapel
26th Jul 2017
Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, talks to David about his new disc celebrating the newly-refurbished chapel organ.
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Sean Shibe on Dreams & Fancies
11th Jul 2017
David talks to the guitarist about his debut disc of English music for guitar, out on July 21st on Delphian.
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Joo Yeon Sir on Suites & Fantasies
6th Jul 2017
David talks to the South Korean violinist about her debut disc of Britten, Milhaud, Schnittke and more on Rubicon Classics.
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Andreas Brantelid and Bengt Forsberg perform Fauré's complete works for cello and piano
30th Jun 2017
David enjoys a charming and varied collection of works by the great French composer, performed by Andreas Brantelid and Bengt Forsberg.
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Rachel Barton Pine on Paganini
29th Jun 2017
David talks to the American violinist about her new album, centred on Paganini's fiendishly difficult Caprices but also featuring a new work composed by Pine herself.
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Bel Canto Paganini
Rachel Barton Pine (violin)
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Ablaze with Light - The Choral Music of William Petter
23rd May 2017
David talks to conductor Peter Foggitt about the legacy of the young British choral composer, who died last year.
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Peter Donohoe on Shostakovich
17th May 2017
Peter Donohoe talks to David about his new recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues.
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I Fagiolini perform Monteverdi's "Other" Vespers
28th Apr 2017
David listens to I Fagiolini and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble's latest thrilling excursion into the world of Monteverdi.
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Monteverdi: The Other Vespers
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
