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Mark Elder conducts Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony
4th Sep 2015
David listens to Mark Elder's new account of Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony, with Roderick Williams, Katherine Broderick and the Hallé.
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Henning Kraggerud's Equinox
2nd Sep 2015
David talks to the Norwegian violinist and composer about Equinox, his new sequence of concertos depicting 24 hours in 24 time-zones.
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Prokofiev from Kirill Karabits
19th Aug 2015
David talks to conductor Kirill Karabits about the latest instalment in his Prokofiev series.
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John Scott (1956-2015)
13th Aug 2015
David pays tribute to the organist and choirmaster John Scott, who has died aged 59.
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Alexander Melnikov performs Schumann's Piano Concerto
7th Aug 2015
David enjoys the second instalment in Harmonia Mundi's Schumann trilogy, with soloist Alexander Melnikov.
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Pablo Heras-Casado on 'Praetorius'
28th Jul 2015
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado talks to David about his new disc exploring the rarely-heard works of Jakob, Michael and Hieronymus Praetorius.
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Howard Shelley performs works for piano and orchestra by Henri Herz
27th Jul 2015
David listens to some long-lost piano gems by the Romantic composer Henri Herz, performed by Howard Shelley.
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American choral works from Stephen Layton and Polyphony
22nd Jul 2015
Stephen Layton talks to David about his recent disc of American choral music with Polyphony.
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Alan Curtis (1934-2015)
16th Jul 2015
David remembers the harpsichordist and early music pioneer Alan Curtis, who has died at the age of 80.
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American choral works from Stephen Layton and Polyphony
6th Jul 2015
David enjoys Polyphony's timely celebration of choral Americana, featuring works by Thompson, Barber, Bernstein and Copland.
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José Serebrier on Dvorak
18th Jun 2015
David talks to the conductor about his recently-completed Dvorak set, out now on Warner Classics.
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Russian Emigrés and Henry Purcell
17th Jun 2015
Two new discs on the way from Vivat - Purcell's chamber music with the King's Consort and contemporary Russian works from Alissa Firsova.
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Walter Weller (1939-2015)
16th Jun 2015
David remembers the conductor and violinist Walter Weller, who has died aged 75.
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Alina Ibragimova on Ysaÿe
12th Jun 2015
The violinist talks about the Belgian composer's sonatas for unaccompanied violin, which she has just recorded on Hyperion.
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Nielsen Concertos with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic
8th Jun 2015
David listens to three concertos by Carl Nielsen, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert.
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Peter Cropper (1945-2015)
2nd Jun 2015
David pays tribute to the violinist, educator and founder of The Lindsay Quartet, who died on Friday.
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Mark Bebbington on the piano music of Arthur Bliss
28th May 2015
David talks to the champion of British piano repertoire about the latest volume in his Bliss series on Somm Records.
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Graham Ross on Shostakovich's chamber symphonies
20th May 2015
Conductor Graham Ross talks to David about his new project of Shostakovich chamber symphonies with the Dmitri Ensemble.
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Mahler from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra
18th May 2015
David listens to Iván Fischer's new account of Mahler's elegiac Ninth Symphony, with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Paul McCreesh on Handel’s 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'
8th May 2015
David talks to the conductor about Handel's tripartite work, which weighs up the appeals of the hedonistic and the intellectual lifestyles in a kind of musical argument.
