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Alessio Bax plays Beethoven
23rd Sep 2014
David talks to pianist Alessio Bax about his new Beethoven disc, which combines well-loved sonatas with fresh transcriptions by Bax himself of orchestral works.
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Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Shostakovich symphonies
22nd Sep 2014
David listens to the final instalment in Vasily Petrenko's Shostakovich symphony cycle with the RLPO, the dark and angry No. 13 in B flat minor ('Babi Yar').
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Robin Ticciati conducts Schumann
19th Sep 2014
David talks to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's young conductor about his complete set of Schumann symphonies, out on Monday on Linn Records.
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Stile Antico - Music for the House of Hapsburg
12th Sep 2014
David talks to the early music ensemble's Kate Ashby about their latest disc, 'From the Imperial Court'
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William Byrd & Thomas Tallis
5th Sep 2014
A Tudor double-whammy - David listens to recordings of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis.
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Rinaldo Alessandrini
21st Aug 2014
David asks Rinaldo Alessandrini about his new imagined Vespers for San Marco – and picks up some tips on eating like a Renaissance Venetian too!
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Monteverdi: Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco
Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Andrea Arrivabene, Gianluca Ferrarini (altos), Luca Dordolo, Raffaele Giordani (tenors) & Matteo Bellotto, Salvo Vitale (bass) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Book One of JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
18th Aug 2014
David enjoys Pierre-Laurent Aimard's performance of Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier of JS Bach.
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Samuel Barber
15th Aug 2014
David listens to some great recordings of Samuel Barber, one of the finest American composers of the Twentieth Century.
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Frans Brüggen (1934-2014)
14th Aug 2014
Presto looks back on the influential career of Dutch early music specialist Frans Brüggen, who has died at the age of 79.
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Gerstein records Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev
2nd Aug 2014
Russian-American Pianist Kirill Gerstein is set to make the world premiere recording of the rare 2nd edition of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Prokofiev's No. 2.
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Music to commemorate the First World War
29th Jul 2014
David picks out some recordings of works particularly closely linked to the Great War - those written in response to it, or influenced by composers' experiences of the fighting.
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Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden
Makoto Tanaka (tenor), Tsuyoshi Mihara (baritone), Nobuaki Yoshida (tenor), Kazuko Nagai (mezzo-soprano), Tetsuya Uno (bass), Miki Sahashi (soprano), Emi Sawahata (soprano), Kei Fukui (tenor), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone) Tokyo Symphony Chorus, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama
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Gabriel Jackson – Airplane Cantata
26th Jul 2014
David talks to British composer Gabriel Jackson about his new disc on Signum with the BBC Singers, featuring several new works including his Airplane Cantata.
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Anton Bruckner
18th Jul 2014
David listens to recordings of the great Romantic Austrian symphonist, Anton Bruckner.
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Prokofiev Violin Sonatas from Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne
14th Jul 2014
David listens to two very contrasting Prokofiev Violin Sonatas, performed by the star duo of Steven Osborne and Alina Ibragimova.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
20th Jun 2014
David picks out some top recordings of the works of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Robert King on Purcell's Ten Sonatas in Four Parts
19th Jun 2014
Robert King talks to David about his new disc of Purcell sonatas with The King's Consort.
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James Rhodes - Five
17th Jun 2014
David talks to James Rhodes about his new disc of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Sgambati.
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Olivier Messiaen
13th Jun 2014
David casts his ear over recordings of Messiaen, and picks out some particular gems.
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Julian Bliss on the art of transcription
5th Jun 2014
David talks to the young British clarinettist about his new disc on Signum Classics, which features works by Debussy, Françaix, Glinka, Milhaud & Prokofiev.
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Violin Concertos by Stanford and Milford
26th May 2014
David listens to Rupert Marshall-Luck’s performances of two unusual violin concertos, on the independent EM Records label.
