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The Isidore Quartet on 'Adorations'
17th Jun 2026by David Smith
The quartet's members discuss the works that comprise their debut album, and the influence of earlier generations of quartets on their own musicmaking.
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Ted Black on the songs of Florence Price
8th Jun 2026by Katherine Cooper
The rising young tenor discusses recording the American composer's many unpublished art songs, which he describes as sounding like 'a cross between Brahms and Cole Porter'.
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Michael Repper on New York Youth Symphony
14th Mar 2023by Katherine Cooper
The American conductor discusses the orchestra's debut recording of music by Florence Price, Valerie Coleman and Jessie Montgomery, which won the Best Orchestral Performance prize at this year's Grammys.
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Randall Goosby on Roots
1st Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
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American Quintets from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
28th May 2021by Katherine Cooper
An arresting debut album from the shape-shifting ensemble features piano quintets by Amy Beach and Florence Price, plus Samuel Barber's Dover Beach with bass Matthew Rose in superb voice.
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Dr Samantha Ege on Florence Price
15th Apr 2021by Katherine Cooper
The pianist and musicologist talks to Katherine about Fantasie Nègre (released on Lorelt last month), and her fascinating research on the lives and work of Black female composers in mid-twentieth-century Chicago.