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Live Beethoven from the Elias Quartet
13th Jan 2015
David talks to the young British quartet about their Beethoven cycle from the Wigmore Hall.
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Hindemith Sonatas with Alexander Melnikov
2nd Jan 2015
David talks to Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov about his new disc of Hindemith instrumental sonatas.
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Felix Mendelssohn
20th Dec 2014
David picks out some recordings of the German Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn.
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Nick van Bloss
18th Dec 2014
The English pianist turns his attention to Beethoven, with a recording of the Diabelli Variations and the Appassionata in the pipeline.
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John Robinson takes carols from Cambridge to Cambridge
17th Dec 2014
David talks to the English choirmaster about 'Christmas in Harvard Square', a new festive release fromThe Boys of St Paul's Choir School.
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Iván Fischer conducts Brahms
15th Dec 2014
David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's new recording of Brahms's Second Symphony.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Contemporary Song Round-Up
13th Dec 2014
David talks to pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen about three new discs of British song, including works by Alun Hoddinott, Charlotte Bray and Jonathan Dove.
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Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah
8th Dec 2014
David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Music for Advent
28th Nov 2014
As Christmas draws near, David takes a look at music written for the season of Advent.
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Ton Koopman at 70
13th Nov 2014
David talks to early-music maestro Ton Koopman about the completion of his Buxtehude series, looking back over his career as he passes his seventieth birthday.
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Beethoven from the Elias String Quartet
11th Nov 2014
A new complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets performed by the Elias String Quartet, on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
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A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo
5th Nov 2014
David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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Mahan Esfahani on Rameau
1st Nov 2014
David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Music for Hallowe'en
31st Oct 2014
David picks out some great recordings on the theme of all things Hallowe'en... discs that go bump in the night!
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Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the RLPO
23rd Oct 2014
Onyx Classics announce the commencement of a new cycle of Vaughan Williams's symphonies.
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Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells
17th Oct 2014
David picks out some top recordings of two great twentieth-century English composers, Gerald Finzi and Herbert Howells.
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Daniel Hope - Escape to Paradise
14th Oct 2014
David talks to the violinist about his new disc of music by composers in exile in the US.
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Will Todd - Lux et Veritas
7th Oct 2014
The composer tells David a little about his new disc of choral music with Tenebrae, out now on Signum Classics.
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Claude Debussy
2nd Oct 2014
David selects some of the best recordings of the French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy.
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Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014)
25th Sep 2014
David remembers the English conductor and harpsichordist, who has died aged 73.
