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Carole Cerasi on Couperin
4th Jul 2019by David Smith
The renowned harpsichordist and French Baroque specialist Carole Cerasi talks to David about her new complete recording of the harpsichord works of François Couperin.
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Johannes Pramsohler on early trio sonatas
20th Jun 2019by David Smith
The Paris-based violinist talks to David about his double-bill of new albums exploring the trio sonata in England and France, and the Italianate influences on its early evolution.
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Martin James Bartlett on Love and Death
5th Jun 2019by Katherine Cooper
The BBC Young Musician of the Year winner talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Warner, which takes its title from a work by Granados and also features music by Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Prokofiev.
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Melvyn Tan on Miroirs
13th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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Sir András Schiff on Schubert
7th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
The Hungarian-born British pianist talks to Katherine about late Schubert, and ‘falling in love at first sight’ with the Brodmann fortepiano which he plays on his recent recordings of sonatas and impromptus on ECM.
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Valentina Lisitsa on Tchaikovsky
24th Apr 2019by David Smith
The Ukrainian pianist talks to David about her monumental latest recording project - the complete solo piano works of Tchaikovsky.
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Carolyn Sampson on Reason in Madness
15th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The soprano talks to Katherine about her Nietzsche-inspired recital of songs depicting vulnerable women by Debussy, Koechlin, Poulenc, Schumann and others, out now on BIS.
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András Schiff plays late Schubert
12th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The Hungarian-born pianist brings introspective poetry to two late sonatas, the Four Impromptus D899 and the Drei Klavierstücke D946, recorded on his Franz Brodmann fortepiano from 1820.
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Clare Hammond on Mysliveček
7th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The British pianist and Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winner talks to Katherine about reconstructing and recording the piano concertos of the Czech composer with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan.
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Tamara Stefanovich on Influences
28th Mar 2019by Katherine Cooper
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut recording on Pentatone, featuring music by JS Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen.
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Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions
19th Mar 2019by Katherine Cooper
The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition talks to Katherine about his debut solo album of music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev, released last Friday on Rubicon.
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Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th Mar 2019by David Smith
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
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Andreas Ottensamer on Blue Hour
11th Mar 2019by David Smith
Clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer talks to David about his new album of Romantic clarinet works, with Yuja Wang and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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John Nelson on Berlioz
7th Mar 2019by Katherine Cooper
Ahead of his performance and recording of the Grande Messe des Morts at St Paul's Cathedral tomorrow evening to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, the American conductor talks to Katherine about his fifty-year relationship with music which 'lit something up in me that's remained all my life'.
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Maurizio Pollini performs late piano works by Chopin
25th Jan 2019by James Longstaffe
The Italian pianist revisits works by Chopin including the Third Piano Sonata, the Berceuse, and the two Nocturnes, op. 55, alongside his first recording of the three Mazurkas, op. 56.
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Boris Giltburg on Liszt
16th Jan 2019by David Smith
David talks to the Russian-born Israeli pianist about his recording of the Études d'exécution transcendante, released last Friday on Naxos.
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Jennifer Pike on The Polish Violin
10th Jan 2019by Katherine Cooper
The violinist talks to Katherine about her new album of music by Wieniawski, Szymanowski, Karłowicz and Moszkowski, released last Friday on Chandos Records.