Classical Interviews
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Coco Tomita on Origins
3rd Mar 2022
The violinist talks about her debut album Origins, released tomorrow on Orchid Classics, and discusses her musical upbringing and influences.
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Coco: Origins
Coco Tomita (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
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Jack Liebeck on Ysaÿe
22nd Nov 2021
The violinist talks about his new album of the six sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe for solo violin.
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Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas
Jack Liebeck (violin), Daniel Grimwood (piano)
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Francisco Fullana on Bach's Long Shadow
9th Aug 2021
The Majorcan violinist talks to David about his second solo album on Orchid Classics, featuring Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major plus music by Tárrega, Kreisler and Ysaÿe.
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Randall Goosby on Roots
1st Jul 2021
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
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Adrian Chandler on Extra Time
28th Jul 2020
Adrian Chandler talks about his latest album of rarely-encountered Baroque gems with La Serenissima, released this Friday on Signum.
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John Nelson on Berlioz
7th Mar 2019
Ahead of his performance and recording of the Grande Messe des Morts at St Paul's Cathedral tomorrow evening to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, the American conductor talks to Katherine about his fifty-year relationship with music which 'lit something up in me that's remained all my life'.
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Paavo Järvi on Sibelius
4th Feb 2019
The Estonian conductor talks to Katherine about recording the first-ever complete set of Sibelius symphonies with a French orchestra during his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
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Thibaut Garcia on Bach Inspirations
1st Nov 2018
The French guitarist talks to Katherine about his new album of Bach-influenced works by Villa-Lobos, Tansman, Barrios Mangoré and Gounod - as well as transcriptions of the composer's own Chaconne and two of his best-known chorales.
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BACH 333 unboxed
25th Oct 2018
Chris and Katherine explore Deutsche Grammophon's mammoth new Bach Edition, produced in collaboration with Decca Classics and the Leipzig Bach Archive and running to over 280 hours of music.
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Sir Simon Rattle on Wonderful Town
12th Sep 2018
Watch our exclusive video-interview with the London Symphony Orchestra's Music Director about their live recording of Bernstein's raucous paean to The City That Never Sleeps, out now on the orchestra's own label.
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
Danielle de Niese (Eileen), Alysha Umphress (Ruth), Nathan Gunn (Bob Baker), Duncan Rock (Wreck), David Butt Philip (Lonigan), Ashley Riches (Guide/First Editor/Frank) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Beatrice Rana on the Goldberg Variations
20th Mar 2017
The Italian pianist talks to us about tackling Bach's monumental cycle on tour and in the recording studio.
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Joyce DiDonato on 'In War and Peace'
3rd Nov 2016
The great American mezzo answers our questions about her 'most personal project to date'.
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Dame Janet Baker at 80
25th Jul 2013
In the lead-up to her eightieth birthday, the great English mezzo reflects on her career.
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James Gilchrist on Britten
1st Feb 2013
The English tenor discusses his new recording of the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, out now on Channel Classics.
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Max Emanuel Cencic on Handel's Alessandro
1st Sep 2012
The Viennese countertenor talks to Katherine about recording the title-role in Handel's 1726 opera.
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Rachel Podger on La cetra
30th Jun 2012
Chris visits the baroque violinist to discuss her new recording of Vivaldi's twelve concerti Op. 9, recorded with Holland Baroque and released on Channel Classics earlier this month.
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Vivaldi: La cetra
Rachel Podger (violin) Holland Baroque Society
