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Broken Branches from Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe
12th May 2023
The Lebanese-American tenor and Scottish guitarist join forces for a multifaceted yet deeply personal recital, that ranges across cultural and geographical boundaries and explores the idea of diaspora in music.
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Broken Branches
Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)
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Anime Immortali from Franco Fagioli
14th Apr 2023
The Argentinian countertenor is at the top of his game in a programme exploring Mozart's writing for castrati, including the motet Exsultate, jubilate and arias from La finta giardiniera, Lucio Silla and La clemenza di Tito.
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Franco Fagioli on Anime Immortali
14th Apr 2023
The Argentinian countertenor discusses his new album of sacred and secular Mozart (out today on Pentatone) - and recounts how his love-affair with singing the composer's music was ignited when he was cast as First Boy in Die Zauberflöte aged 11...
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Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano
28th Dec 2022
The Mexican tenor discusses his recent Pentatone album exploring Donizetti's Italian operas (including rarities such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Giovedì Grasso), and explains why singing these works leaves him 'feeling satisfied and happy, rather than mentally exhausted!'.
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Signor Gaetano from Javier Camarena and Gli Originali
11th Nov 2022
On the first of two albums devoted to the many and varied operas of Donizetti, the Mexican tenor brings fresh-faced charm to the comic heroes of L'elisir d'amore and Betly - but also excels in the darker and stormier waters of Roberto Devereux, Caterina Cornaro and Maria de Rudenz.
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Lisette Oropesa on French bel canto
7th Nov 2022
As she prepares for the opening night of Handel's Alcina at Covent Garden tomorrow, the Cuban-American soprano discusses her new album of French opera arias by Donizetti and Rossini on Pentatone.
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Sean Shibe on Lost and Found
21st Sep 2022
The guitarist talks about his wide-ranging new album on the electric guitar, taking in Hildegard, Moondog, Chick Corea and more.
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Francesco Corti on Bach
10th Aug 2022
The harpsichordist and conductor talks about the pleasures and challenges of reconstructing a harpsichord concerto from a single page of music - and how Bach's resourcefulness resonates with his own 'very Italian common-sense practical side!'.
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Adapted and reconstructed Bach concertos from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d'Oro
22nd Jul 2022
Francesco Corti continues his series of Bach harpsichord concerto recordings with an album of double concertos - including his own collaborative reconstruction with Francesco Zimei of a tantalising fragment.
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Francesco Piemontesi performs works for piano and orchestra by Ravel, Messiaen, and Schoenberg
8th Jul 2022
The Swiss pianist is joined by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and conductor Jonathan Nott for a dazzlingly characterful trio of performances.
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Semyon Bychkov on Mahler
6th Apr 2022
In advance of the first instalment of his Mahler cycle with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on Pentatone, the conductor reflects on 'a lifetime of exploring and loving this music' - and why he believes that 'all Czech people are born musicians'...
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David Bates on Handel's 'Unsung Heroes'
6th Dec 2021
The Artistic Director of La Nuova Musica talks about his new album of Handel arias, shining the spotlight not just on the vocalists but on the instrumentalists whose obbligato lines enhance the music.
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Sean Shibe's Camino
20th Aug 2021
The guitarist brings hypnotic, introspective beauty to a programme which explores connections between France and Spain via works by de Falla, Mompou, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie.
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Camino
Sean Shibe (guitar)
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Sean Shibe on Camino
20th Aug 2021
The Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week, which he describes as 'a profound spiritual journey'.
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Anna Lucia Richter on Il Delirio della Passione
24th May 2021
The German soprano talks about her recent all-Monteverdi album with Luca Pianca and Ensemble Claudiana, and discusses the beginning of a new chapter in her vocal career.
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Ombra Compagna from Lisette Oropesa
7th May 2021
The Cuban-American soprano delivers drama and delicacy in equal measure on this collection of Mozart concert arias, with Il Pomo d'Oro on scintillating form under Antonello Manacorda.
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Lisette Oropesa on Mozart
7th May 2021
The Cuban-American soprano talks to David about today's Recording of the Week, Ombra compagna.
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Ana de la Vega on Bach Unbuttoned
6th May 2021
The Australian flautist talks about her new album of new perspectives on Bach, inspired by an intriguing detail on one of the most famous statues erected to him.
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Violins of Hope
12th Feb 2021
Instruments previously owned by Holocaust survivors and restored by the Weinstein family sing with a special power in Schubert, Mendelssohn, and a new work by Jake Heggie which tells their stories.
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Jamie Barton and Jake Heggie on Unexpected Shadows
24th Sep 2020
The American mezzo and composer talk to Katherine about their new album on Pentatone (featuring Heggie's song-cycles The Work at Hand, Iconic Legacies and Statuesque), their long-standing friendship, and the women who've inspired them both.
