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Bach and Telemann cantatas from Philippe Jaroussky
14th Oct 2016
Katherine listens to the star countertenor's bewitching performances of solo cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
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Renaud Capuçon on Lalo, Sarasate and Bruch
18th Feb 2016
Katherine talks to the French violinist about his new recording of three of the most popular works for violin and orchestra, out now on Erato.
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Vocal Recitals from Sabine Devieilhe and Véronique Gens
20th Nov 2015
Katherine enjoys a double helping of French soprano virtuosity.
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Joyce DiDonato
5th Sep 2015
The great American mezzo talks to Katherine about her new recital-disc with Tony Pappano from the Wigmore Hall.
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Shostakovich Cantatas from Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
11th May 2015
James listens to three rarely-heard cantatas by Shostakovich, conducted by Paavo Järvi.
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Philippe Jaroussky on Verlaine
1st May 2015
Katherine talks to the countertenor about his latest disc exploring settings of the great French symbolist poet.
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Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel's Messiah
8th Dec 2014
David listens to a new recording of Handel's Messiah, with Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée orchestra and choir.
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Rosalind Plowright on Dialogues des Carmélites
2nd Dec 2014
Katherine talks to the British mezzo about singing Poulenc's masterpiece in a new production from Paris, out now on DVD/Blu-ray on Erato.
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Joyce DiDonato sings bel canto arias
25th Aug 2014
Katherine listens to Joyce DiDonato's Stella di Napoli, which explores the Neapolitan school of bel canto opera arias.
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Joyce DiDonato on Maria Stuarda
13th May 2014
Joyce DiDonato talks to Katherine about the challenges of bringing Donizetti's Stuart queen to life.
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Mendelssohn from the Quatuor Ebène
7th Jan 2013
The award-winning young French quartet bring their trademark commitment and passion to chamber-music by the Mendelssohn siblings, including Felix’s ‘quartet-Requiem’ for his beloved sister.
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Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
26th Nov 2012
The French pianist and friends (including Natalie Dessay, Madeleine Peyroux, Juliette and Bénabar) get together for a joyous compendium of music by regular visitors to the eponymous Parisian nightclub during the 1920s, including Ravel, Milhaud, and Clément Doucet.
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Rare baroque vocal delights
12th Nov 2012
Philippe Jaroussky and Max Cencic lead an all-male cast (featuring no fewer than five countertenors!) in the world premiere recording of Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse, and Christophe Rousset & Company make a splendid case for Antoine Dauvergen’s Hercule mourant.
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Duetti da Camera: Philippe Jaroussky & Max Emanuel Cencic
21st Nov 2011
Two of today’s leading countertenors join forces with veteran baroque specialist William Christie for a programme of non-operatic secular duets by composers including Porpora, Mancini, Bononcini, Marcello, Conti, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
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Handel's Ariodante
9th May 2011
Joyce DiDonato sings the title-role on Alan Curtis’s recording of Handel’s Scottish opera, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the dastardly Polinesso and Karina Gauvin as the woman they both love.
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Handel and Strauss from Dessay and Damrau
17th Jan 2011
Dessay trails her imminent performances of Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Paris by recording all of the Egyptian queen’s arias with Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, whilst Damrau is sensual in Strauss Lieder with Christian Thielemann.
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Vivaldi Operas - Ottone in Villa and Ercole
6th Dec 2010
Ercole sul Termodonte (starring Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazón) from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, and Ottone in Villa (with Sonia Prina in the title-role) from Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia and Joyce DiDonato
5th Apr 2010
The American mezzo sings an astonishing Rosina from a wheelchair after breaking her ankle on the opening night of Covent Garden’s production, with Juan Diego Flórez as her suitor Count Almaviva and Pietro Spagnoli as the eponymous Spanish barber.
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Monteverdi as you've never heard it before!
26th Jan 2009
Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata make their debut on Virgin Classics with a fascinating exploration of Monteverdi’s ‘Theatre of Love’, aided by superb contributions from Philippe Jaroussky and Nuria Rial.
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Exciting new baroque rediscovery - Conti's David
20th Aug 2007
Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco record the Italian baroque composer’s ‘azione sacra’ (which predates Handel’s Saul by 15 years), with contralto Marjana Mijanovic as the eponymous hero and Furio Zanasi as Goliath.
