Classical Interviews
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Jakub Józef Orliński on Gluck's Orfeo
4th Jul 2024
The Polish countertenor discusses recording 'one of the signature-roles' for his voice-type, how going to hell and back in two contrasting productions of the opera informed his interpretation in the studio, and why acting as co-artistic director on the recording taught him to 'read the room'...
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Johannes Pramsohler and Philippe Grisvard on Berlin Harpsichord Concertos
3rd Jul 2024
The director and harpsichordist of pioneering early music group Ensemble Diderot talk about their new album of works from the time of Frederick the Great.
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Rory Macdonald on Our Gilded Veins
1st Jul 2024
The conductor discusses his new album of contemporary orchestral works with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, released last month on Linn and featuring music by Anna Clyne, Sir James MacMillan, Martin Suckling & Jay Capperauld.
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Golda Schultz on Mozart's Women
27th Jun 2024
The South African soprano (who is currently singing Fiordiligi at Covent Garden) discusses her new Mozart album on Alpha Classics, why the three Da Ponte operas feel 'more relevant than ever' today, and the role which 'changed her as a person' - even though she never wants to sing it again...
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Paul Agnew on Rameau's Platée from Garsington
19th Jun 2024
During the final stretch of rehearsals for Louisa Muller's new production of Rameau's tragicomic opera (which opened to rave reviews at the end of May), we paid the conductor a visit at the Wormsley Estate to find out more about what makes this score such a weird and wonderful treat - and why we don't see more French Baroque opera on UK stages...
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Rameau: Platée (Blu-ray)
Mathias Vidal (Thespis), Nahuel Di Pierro (Un Satyre/Citheron), Marc Mauillon (Momus), Julie Fuchs (Thalie/La Folie), Tamara Bounazou (L'Amour/Clarine), Lawrence Brownlee (Platée), Jean Teitgen (Jupiter), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Mercure), Adrianna Bignani Lesca (Junon), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeurs de l'Opera National de Paris, Marc Minkowski
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Robin Tritschler on Songs for Peter Pears
18th Jun 2024
The Irish tenor discusses his tribute to Peter Pears (released last Friday on Signum Classics), which includes song-cycles by Lennox Berkeley, Geoffrey Bush, Arthur Oldham, and of course Pears's life-partner Benjamin Britten.
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Paul Wee on his dual career
12th Jun 2024
Ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut (playing Alkan's formidable Concerto for Solo Piano) this Saturday, the pianist and barrister talks about transferrable skills, the joys of making music with friends and colleagues, and his new recording of concertos by Henselt and Bronsart...
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Claire Booth on Schoenberg
10th Jun 2024
To mark the composer and polymath's 150th birthday, the soprano talks about her new album exploring his rich and varied song output, curated with pianist Christopher Glynn and themed around Schoenberg's Expressionist paintings.
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Guy Braunstein on his Abbey Road Concerto
6th Jun 2024
The violinist talks about the world premiere recording of his 35-minute fantasy based on The Beatles' 1969 album, composed in lockdown after his young son developed Beatlemania...
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Emmanuel Pahud on Mozart Stories
5th Jun 2024
To mark the release of his new album of Mozart sonatas on Warner Classics, the French flautist talks about falling in love with the composer in childhood, the art of transcription and the evolution of the instrument since Mozart's time.
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Mozart Stories
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano)
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Christina Pluhar on Wonder Women
27th May 2024
The Austrian early instrumentalist and conductor talks about her new album of works by Renaissance women composers, and focusing on female perspectives.
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Julius Asal on Scarlatti and Scriabin
23rd May 2024
The young German pianist discusses his debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, the connections which he feels between these two composers who seemingly inhabit 'different universes', his love of improvisation, and how music became his 'first attempt at communication' as a toddler.
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Scriabin - Scarlatti
Julius Asal (piano)
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Gerald Peregrine on Folk Tales
21st May 2024
The cellist talks about his second album of miniatures for cello and piano from Britain and Ireland.
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Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello
20th May 2024
The cellist talks about his new album of British Romantic works for cello and piano with pianist Andrew West, out now on Somm.
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Edward Cowie on the natural world and music
14th May 2024
The composer, physicist and visual artist talks about his recent albums of music inspired by the natural and scientific world.
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Lawrence Zazzo on Weeping Philosophers
13th May 2024
The countertenor and academic discusses his new album exploring depictions of philosophers in music, featuring works by Carissimi, Durante, Strozzi, Purcell and more...
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David Parry on Stanford's Shamus O'Brien
9th May 2024
The conductor discusses his recent recording of Stanford's tuneful 1896 opera, set in the Cork mountains during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 - enormously popular in the early years of its life, the work was withdrawn by the composer in the years leading up to the Easter Rising.
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Stanford: Shamus O'Brien
Brendan Collins (Shamus O’Brien), Gemma Ni Bhriain/Anna Brady (Nora O’Brien), Rory Dunne (Father O’Flynn), Ami Hewitt (Kitty), Andrew Gavin (Mike Murphy), Joseph Doody (Captain Trevor), Catriona Clark (The Banshee), David Parry (Sergeant Cox), Jarlath Henderson (Uilleann pipes) Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Opera Bohemia Voices, David Parry
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Paul McCreesh on Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
2nd May 2024
Following the release of his latest project with Gabrieli, the conductor talks about the differences that period instruments bring to the music, the extensive work he carries out in rehearsal with singers, and the importance of the Gabrieli Roar scheme in involving young people in classical music.
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Brindley Sherratt on Fear No More
25th Apr 2024
Ahead of the release of his debut solo recording (due out on Delphian tomorrow), the veteran British bass discusses his 'upside-down' singing career, overcoming his anxieties about song-recitals, and being told to give up the trumpet by Janet Baker...
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Fear No More
Brindley Sherratt (bass), Julius Drake (piano)
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James Ehnes on John Williams and Leonard Bernstein
24th Apr 2024
The violinist talks about his new album of pieces by two titans of twentieth-century American culture, what their music has meant to him throughout his life, and his thoughts on the differing stylistic qualities and requirements of writing for film as opposed to the concert hall.
