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Duo Pleyel on Schubert
8th Jun 2020by David Smith
David talks to husband-and-wife piano duo Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya about their latest album Lebensstürme, out now on Linn.
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Richard Egarr on Handel's Brockes-Passion
7th Apr 2020by David Smith
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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Richard Egarr performs Bach's French Suites
15th Jul 2016by David Smith
David listens to Richard Egarr's performance of Bach's 'French' Suites, BWV812-817.
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Richard Egarr conducts Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore
20th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys a new recording of a well-loved light-opera classic, with Richard Egarr and Scottish Opera (and featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor!)
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator) Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
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Richard Egarr on HMS Pinafore
19th May 2016by Katherine Cooper
The conductor and harpsichordist talks to Katherine about his new, historically-informed recording of Gilbert & Sullivan on Linn.
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator) Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr
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Passion settings by James MacMillan and JS Bach
6th Apr 2015by David Smith
David listens to two very different musical responses to the Passion story – James MacMillan's new St Luke Passion and the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of Bach's time-honoured St Matthew.