Classical Interviews
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Gawain Glenton on Music in a Cold Climate
9th Jan 2018
David talks to the director of In Echo about their new recording of music from Hanseatic Europe, plus a world premiere blending old and new idioms.
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Susan Orlando on Naïve's Vivaldi Edition
19th Dec 2017
Katherine talks to one of the driving forces behind the project, which resumes this month with Dorilla in Tempe.
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Graham Fitkin on the string quartet
13th Dec 2017
The British composer talks to Katherine about his complete works in this genre, which have recently been recorded by the Sacconi Quartet on Signum.
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Graham Fitkin: String Quartets
Sacconi Quartet
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Dmitry Masleev
28th Nov 2017
Ahead of his St John's Smith Square recital on Thursday, the Russian pianist talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording of Scarlatti, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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Manfred Honeck on The Epic of Gilgamesh
14th Nov 2017
The conductor talks to Katherine about making the first English-language recording of Martinů's Babylonian epic.
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Kirill Gerstein on Scriabin
7th Nov 2017
David talks to the pianist about his recent recording of Scriabin's Piano Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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The King's Singers at 50
2nd Nov 2017
As the group prepare to celebrate their half-century, Katherine talks to countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright about their commemorative recording GOLD, out tomorrow on Signum.
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Hannu Lintu on Sibelius
25th Oct 2017
Katherine talks to the conductor about his new recording of Tapiola, En Saga & eight songs in new orchestrations by Aulis Sallinen.
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Noa Wildschut on Mozart
17th Oct 2017
Rising star Noa Wildschut - a protégée of Anne-Sophie Mutter - talks to David about her debut disc, an all-Mozart programme with pianist Yoram Ish-Hurwitz and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Gordan Nikolić.
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Marina Rebeka on Amor fatale
16th Oct 2017
The Latvian soprano, who opens as Norma at the Metropolitan Opera tonight, talks to Katherine about her new album of arias from Rossini's tragic operas.
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Lost is my Quiet
12th Oct 2017
Katherine talks to Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton about their new album of duets by Purcell/Britten, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Quilter.
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Xavier Sabata on Catharsis
9th Oct 2017
Ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut tonight, the countertenor talks to Katherine about his career and the inspirations behind this evening's programme (which was released on Aparté earlier this year).
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George Li – Live at the Mariinsky
4th Oct 2017
David talks to the Chinese-American pianist about his debut recording on Warner Classics, featuring Chopin, Haydn, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
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George Li – Live at the Mariinsky
George Li (piano)
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Ned Bigham on Staffa
3rd Oct 2017
The composer shares his thoughts on his new album of orchestral works, inspired by four very different islands.
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Ilker Arcayürek on Schubert
27th Sep 2017
The up-and-coming tenor talks to Katherine about his career to date and Der Einsame, out this month on Champs Hills Records.
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Steven Isserlis on CPE Bach and Haydn
25th Sep 2017
The cellist talks to David about his new album of eighteenth-century cello concertos, released earlier in the month on Hyperion.
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Barbara Hannigan on Crazy Girl Crazy
20th Sep 2017
Katherine talks to the Canadian soprano about her bold new album juxtaposing Gershwin, Berg and Berio, in which she both sings and directs the Ludwig Orchestra.
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John Butt on Monteverdi's Vespers 1610
18th Sep 2017
John Butt talks to David about his new recording of Monteverdi's majestic Vespers with the Dunedin Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy on Rachmaninov and the Philharmonia
12th Sep 2017
As the first instalment of a new symphonic cycle is released on Signum, the great pianist and conductor talks to Katherine about a composer and orchestra which have played a seminal role in his career.
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Bob Chilcott on All Good Things
11th Sep 2017
David talks to composer Bob Chilcott about his new album of jazz-infused choral works with Oxford chamber choir Commotio, released last week.
