Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Golda Schultz on Mozart's Women 27th June 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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Interview,
Robin Tritschler on Songs for Peter Pears 18th June 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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Interview,
Paul Wee on his dual career 12th June 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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Interview,
Claire Booth on Schoenberg 10th June 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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Interview,
Guy Braunstein on his Abbey Road Concerto 6th June 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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Interview,
Emmanuel Pahud on Mozart Stories 5th June 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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
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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Interview,
Brindley Sherratt on Fear No More 25th April 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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Interview,
James Ehnes on John Williams and Leonard Bernstein 24th April 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.
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Interview,
Rebecca Miller on Dorothy Howell 17th April 2024
In the wake of her world premiere recordings of the Humoresque, The Rock, the Three Divertissements and the ballet Koong Shee with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Signum, the conductor discusses delving into the orchestral music of the Birmingham-born composer - beginning with a visit to the family archives in Worcestershire...
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Interview,
Bridget Cunningham on Thomas Roseingrave and Baroque music in Dublin 15th April 2024
The harpsichordist talks about her new album exploring the music of Thomas Roseingrave - improviser, organist and founder of a 'Scarlatti cult' among his fellow keyboard players.
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Interview,
Lost Majesty - the Monteverdian music of George Jeffreys 11th April 2024
Musicologist Jonathan Wainwright and organist William Whitehead talk about the new album from Solomon's Knot that features the unusual music of George Jeffreys - drawing heavily on the influence of Monteverdi and reflecting the distracted times of the English Civil War.
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Interview,
Marin Alsop on John Adams 8th April 2024
The conductor talks about her latest album on Naxos of three virtuosic orchestral pieces by John Adams with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, including the premiere recording of a work dedicated to her.
