Classical Interviews
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Colin Matthews on NMC
16th May 2019
The English composer looks back over 30 years at the helm of Britain's cutting-edge contemporary music label NMC.
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Melvyn Tan on Miroirs
13th May 2019
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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Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites
9th May 2019
The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin.
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JS Bach: Cello Suites
Rachel Podger (violin)
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Sir András Schiff on Schubert
7th May 2019
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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Jess Gillam on RISE
2nd May 2019
The young saxophonist talks to Katherine about her debut solo album on Decca, released last week and including music by Dowland, Milhaud and David Bowie, plus a new commission by her teacher and producer John Harle.
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Rise
Jess Gillam (saxophones)
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Paul McCreesh on An English Coronation
1st May 2019
The conductor talks to David about his latest recording with Gabrieli, which weaves music and readings from the coronations of four British monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) into a composite ceremony, recorded in Ely Cathedral.
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
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Valentina Lisitsa on Tchaikovsky
24th Apr 2019
The Ukrainian pianist talks to David about her monumental latest recording project - the complete solo piano works of Tchaikovsky.
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Pēteris Vasks
18th Apr 2019
The Latvian composer talks to David about his new album of choral works, featuring two large-scale liturgical compositions and written as a centenary present to his country.
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Carolyn Sampson on Reason in Madness
15th Apr 2019
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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Tasmin Little reflects on her career
11th Apr 2019
In the wake of winning Personality of the Year at last night's BBC Music Magazine Awards, the British violinist chats to Katherine about her life in music and her plans for retirement.
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Iestyn Davies on Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell
9th Apr 2019
The countertenor talks to David about his new album with Fretwork, playing off the juxtaposition of baroque works by Henry Purcell with works by contemporary composer Michael Nyman.
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Clare Hammond on Mysliveček
7th Apr 2019
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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Kinan Azmeh on Uneven Sky
4th Apr 2019
Syrian clarinettist Kinan Azmeh talks to David about his new double album showcasing his own compositions and those of three other composers from his native country.
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Bojan Čičić on Giovanni Giornovich
2nd Apr 2019
The Croatian violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the volatile violinist-composer's 'London' concertos, released on Delphian last Friday.
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Tamara Stefanovich on Influences
28th Mar 2019
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut recording on Pentatone, featuring music by JS Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen.
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Introducing Andrei Ioniță
27th Mar 2019
The Romanian cellist talks to Katherine about his debut solo album Oblique Strategies, which includes the world premiere recording of Brett Dean's Brian Eno-inspired work of the same name as well as music by JS Bach, Kodály and Svante Henryson.
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Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider on Mozart
25th Mar 2019
The violinist talks to Katherine about his recent recording of the Mozart concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, and his role as president of the Carl Nielsen International Competition, which is currently in full swing in Denmark.
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Sir Mark Elder on Donizetti's L’Ange de Nisida
21st Mar 2019
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s 1839 opera, released tomorrow on Opera Rara with Joyce El-Khoury in the title-role.
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Alexander Ullman on Russian ballet transcriptions
19th Mar 2019
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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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
Alexander Ullman (piano)
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Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th Mar 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
