Latest News: Classical, Interview
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Interview,
Joel von Lerber on Légende and harp rivalries 8th August 2022
The Swiss harpist talks about his new album of nineteenth-century solo harp repertoire, the instrument's development over that period, and the struggle over which design would win out as its modern form.
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Interview,
Anna Lapwood on Celestial Dawn 25th July 2022
The organist and conductor discusses her new recording with The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, featuring music by composers including Nadia & Lili Boulanger, Kristina Arakelyan, Wayne Marshall and John Dankworth.
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Interview,
Nico Muhly & Nicholas Phan on Stranger 21st July 2022
In the wake of its world premiere recording on Avie, the composer and tenor discuss the extraordinary song-cycle which Muhly composed for Phan in 2019, and reflect on the themes of immigration and identity which lie at the heart of the work.
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Interview,
Marc-André Hamelin on the Rags of William Bolcom 18th July 2022
The pianist talks about his recently-released recording of rags by William Bolcom, the revivalist craze that Bolcom spearheaded, and his own relationship with an indefatigable veteran of the American composing scene.
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Interview,
The Ssens Trio on Norwegian string trios 11th July 2022
The trio's members talk about their latest album of twentieth-century string trios from their home country.
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Interview,
Florian Sempey on Rossini 28th June 2022
The French baritone discusses his new album Figaro? Sì! (out now on Alpha Classics), the stage-director who transformed his perspective on Rossini's wheeler-dealing barber, and how the composer's joie de vivre is often underscored by melancholy...
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Interview,
Tom Poster and Elena Urioste on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's chamber music 20th June 2022
The acclaimed husband-and-wife duo talk about their latest project – bringing the early chamber works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor back into the repertoire in new editions, recorded by the Kaleidoscope Ensemble.
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Interview,
Bart Van Reyn on CPE Bach's Die Auferstehung 14th June 2022
The Belgian conductor discusses his new recording of Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, a passion-oratorio on Christ's Resurrection and Ascension which was conducted by Mozart in the presence of Beethoven and Haydn (and influenced the latter's The Creation).
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Interview,
Franz Welser-Möst on Richard Strauss 7th June 2022
The Austrian conductor talks to Katherine about his lifelong affection for the composer's music, his new recording of Macbeth, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel with the Cleveland Orchestra, and why their home at Severance Hall is 'the absolute perfect setting' for some of Strauss's most magical moments...
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Interview,
Guitar works by John Brunning 31st May 2022
Composer John Brunning and guitarist Xuefei Yang talk about working together on an album of John's works for the guitar.
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Interview,
Jakub Józef Orliński on Farewells 30th May 2022
The Polish countertenor discusses his new album of songs by his compatriots, why he thinks his native language is 'a big, beautiful playground' for singers, and how his friendship with pianist Michał Biel began with 'a story of rejection!'.
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Interview,
Golda Schultz on This Be Her Verse 26th May 2022
The South African soprano discusses her debut solo recording - a 'love-letter to women in music' featuring songs by Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Rebecca Clarke and Nadia Boulanger, plus a new commission by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Lila Palmer.
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Interview,
Laurence Equilbey on Lucio Silla 17th May 2022
The French conductor discusses her new recording of Mozart's early opera on Erato, starring Alessandro Liberatore as the eponymous dictator and Franco Fagioli in the castrato role of Cecilio.
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Interview,
Noemi Gyori and Gergely Madaras on Romantic flute duos 11th May 2022
Flautist couple Noemi Gyori and Gergely Madaras talk about their new album of flute works – showcasing the work of the entrepreneurial Doppler brothers and the "Beethoven of the Flute", Friedrich Kuhlau.
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Interview,
Harry Bicket on Handel's La Resurrezione 9th May 2022
The conductor talks about his new recording of Handel's unusual oratorio dramatising the post-Easter story.
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Interview,
Dylan Perez on Samuel Barber 5th May 2022
The American pianist discusses recording his compatriot's complete songs on Resonus, with a line-up of singers including Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, and his husband Nicky Spence.
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Interview,
Paul Hillier on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass 3rd May 2022
The conductor of Theatre of Voices talks about his new recording of a striking, atmospheric work by Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Interview,
Annelien Van Wauwe on FLOW 27th April 2022
The Belgian clarinettist discusses her recent recording of the Mozart concerto and a new yoga-inspired commission by Wim Henderickx - and explains how her own daily yoga-practice has transformed her approach to making music.
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Interview,
Jonathan Radford on the rise of the saxophone 20th April 2022
The saxophonist talks about the pioneering Rudy Wiedoeft, who played a crucial role in promoting and popularising his instrument early in the twentieth century.
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Interview,
Melanne Mueller on Avie Records 13th April 2022
To mark Avie's twentieth birthday, the label's co-founder talks to Katherine about their commitment to 'giving something back to musicians', why the recording industry 'needs to be nimble', and long lunches with Julian Bream and Jon Lord...
