Latest stories
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Paweł Łukaszewski on Daylight Declines
28th May 2018by David Smith
The eminent Polish composer talks to David about Tenebrae's forthcoming album featuring a selection of his sacred choral compositions.
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Ian Page on Mozart in London
23rd Apr 2018by Katherine Cooper
The conductor talks to Katherine about his new recording exploring the music which the young composer is likely to have encountered on his visit to the city in the mid-1760s.
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Hugo Ticciati on White Light
12th Apr 2018by Katherine Cooper
The violinist talks to Katherine about the genesis of his ensemble O/Modernt and their debut recording, featuring music from Arvo Pärt to the Beatles.
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Graham Fitkin on the string quartet
13th Dec 2017by Katherine Cooper
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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Vladimir Ashkenazy on Rachmaninov and the Philharmonia
12th Sep 2017by Katherine Cooper
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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Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
15th Aug 2017by David Smith
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony.
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Peter Donohoe on Shostakovich
17th May 2017by David Smith
Peter Donohoe talks to David about his new recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues.
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Paul McCreesh conducts Haydn's The Seasons
24th Mar 2017by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to Paul McCreesh's boisterous and vivid recording of Haydn's The Seasons, with the Gabrieli Consort and Players and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra and Choir.
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Paul McCreesh on Haydn's The Seasons
16th Mar 2017by David Smith
David talks to the conductor about his new super-sized recording of Haydn's pastoral oratorio with the Gabrieli Consort and Wrocław Baroque Orchestra.
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Gabriel Crouch on music from the time of Queen Mary
15th Feb 2017by David Smith
David talks to the director of choral ensemble Gallicantus about their latest album, the fascinatingly-titled 'Queen Mary's Big Belly'.
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The King's Singers at Christmas
12th Dec 2016by David Smith
David talks to Jonathan Howard of the King's Singers about their new Christmas album.
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Nigel Short on British part songs
6th Oct 2016by David Smith
David talks to Tenebrae's founder conductor about the award-winning choir's new disc of British part-songs.
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Introducing Aksel Rykkvin
29th Aug 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the Norwegian treble about his charming first recital disc, out on Friday on Signum.
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Christoph von Dohnányi on Schubert 9
16th Jun 2016by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the veteran German conductor about his new live recording of 'The Great' with the Philharmonia Orchestra, out on Signum on Friday.
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Jonathan Harvey – 'Deo'
4th May 2016by David Smith
David talks to Andrew Nethsingha of St John's Cambridge about his new disc of choral works by Jonathan Harvey.
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Handel at Vauxhall
11th Apr 2016by David Smith
David talks to conductor Bridget Cunningham about the latest intriguing instalment in her Handel series.
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David Goode performs organ works by J.S. Bach
5th Feb 2016by David Smith
David listens to the first volume of David Goode's complete Bach organ series, featuring the mighty Toccata and Fugue in D minor and more.
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Ian Venables
24th Aug 2015by Katherine Cooper
In the wake of his sixtieth birthday last month, Katherine talks to the British composer about his latest disc 'The Song of the Severn', out now on Signum.
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Paul McCreesh on Handel’s 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'
8th May 2015by David Smith
David talks to the conductor about Handel's tripartite work, which weighs up the appeals of the hedonistic and the intellectual lifestyles in a kind of musical argument.
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Will Todd - Lux et Veritas
7th Oct 2014by David Smith
The composer tells David a little about his new disc of choral music with Tenebrae, out now on Signum Classics.