Classical Interviews
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Elizabeth Kenny on Old and New Music for Theorbo
29th Jul 2019
The theorbo-player and lutenist talks to David about her solo album Ars longa, released on Linn last month, which includes music by Kapsberger, Piccinini and Robert de Visée as well as new commissions from Benjamin Oliver and Nico Muhly.
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Nicola Benedetti on Wynton Marsalis
22nd Jul 2019
The violinist talks to Katherine about premiering the legendary jazz musician's Violin Concerto (released earlier this month on Decca), which draws on influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Scottish folk music and Stravinsky.
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Rosanne Philippens on Insight
18th Jul 2019
The violinist discusses her recent album of solo works by Biber, Bach, Enescu and Ysaÿe, released on Channel Classics in late April and curated in response to audience feedback from a European recital tour.
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David Skinner on Praetorius
15th Jul 2019
The artistic director of Alamire talks to David about the choir's new album featuring large-scale polychoral works by Hieronymus Praetorius, with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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Nicky Spence on Janáček
9th Jul 2019
The Scottish tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of The Diary of One Who Disappeared and Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, and about his broader relationship with Czech repertoire.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Clara Schumann
5th Jul 2019
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, released to commemorate Schumann's bicentenary this year.
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Carole Cerasi on Couperin
4th Jul 2019
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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Guy Johnston & Jonathan Clinch on the Howells Cello Concerto
27th Jun 2019
David talks to cellist Guy Johnston and musicologist Jonathan Clinch about Howells's Cello Concerto - recently reconstructed by Clinch, recorded by Johnston and released on the King's College label.
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Fenella Humphreys on Max Richter
25th Jun 2019
The British violinist talks to Katherine about her new recording of The Four Seasons Recomposed, out this Friday on Rubicon.
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Johannes Pramsohler on early trio sonatas
20th Jun 2019
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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Hugo Ticciati on Purcell From The Ground Up
17th Jun 2019
The British-born violinist talks to David about his latest eclectic album with Ensemble O/Modernt, exploring a web of musical connections emanating from Purcell's chaconnes.
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Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil
13th Jun 2019
The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
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Matthew Barley (cello) Sinfonietta Riga
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John Andrews on Arne's The Judgment of Paris
10th Jun 2019
The conductor talks to David about his new recording of Thomas Arne's long-forgotten work, inspired by the contest of the three goddesses in Greek mythology.
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Mark Williams on The Pillar of the Cloud
6th Jun 2019
Director of Music Mark Williams talks to David about his new album with the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, surveying music from the past five centuries connected to the city.
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Martin James Bartlett on Love and Death
5th Jun 2019
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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Martin James Bartlett (piano)
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Xavier Sabata on L'Alessandro amante
30th May 2019
Ahead of his appearance as Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina at the Barbican tomorrow evening, the Catalan countertenor talks to Katherine about his recent album exploring baroque representations of Alexander the Great.
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Gerald Finley on Kaija Saariaho's True Fire
29th May 2019
The bass-baritone talks to Katherine about recording the Finnish composer's song-cycle on texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Seamus Heaney and Mahmoud Darwish, written for him in 2014 and released on Ondine earlier this month.
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Lise Davidsen on Wagner & Strauss
27th May 2019
The Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano discusses her career so far and her debut album on Decca, out this Friday.
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Michael Fabiano on Donizetti and Verdi
23rd May 2019
The charismatic American tenor talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording on Pentatone, centring on two composers who have played a pivotal role in his career to date.
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Yevgeny Sudbin on late Beethoven
20th May 2019
The Russian pianist talks to David about his new album of the Bagatelles & Piano Sonatas Nos. 31 & 32.
