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Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

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14:41

Masaaki Suzuki on returning to Bach's St Matthew Passion

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2020/02/13

Twenty five years after his first recording for BIS of JS Bach's St Matthew Passion, Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan have taken the work into the studio for a second time, and a magnificent achievement it proves. James Jolly met up with Suzuki when he was in London recently, working with students at the Royal Academy of Music.

28:20

The King's Singers on Finding Harmony

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2020/02/07

The latest album from The King’s Singers draws together music from the Protestant Reformation through to the US Civil Rights Movement, and right up until the present day. The uniting theme is that reflected in the album’s title – Finding Harmony, where music has given hope in times of oppression and brought people together after tragedy. Editor Martin Cullingford met countertenor Patrick Dunachie and bass Jonathan Howard to discuss this ambitious album, which is available now on Signum Classics.

18:17

José Serebrier on writing his concertos for piano and...

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2020/01/28

José Serebrier has just released a new recording for BIS containing two works specially commissioned from him for the pianist Alexandre Kantorow and the flautist Sharon Bezaly, alongside a group of shorter works for orchestra. James Jolly went to meet Serebrier to talk about his music, how he approaches composition and conducting his own music. And what he does when he finds himself without manuscript paper!

11:50

Mary Bevan on singing Haydn, Schubert and Wolf

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2020/01/24

For her latest Signum Classics album, ‘The Divine Muse’, the soprano Mary Bevan has chosen a programme of Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf, and at its heart, Joseph Haydn’s scena Arianna a Naxos. She explores the project with James Jolly.

13:02

Ruby Hughes on Rhian Samuel’s Clytemnestra

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2020/01/17

Rhian Samuel’s work for soprano and orchestra, Clytemnestra, was commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales who gave the first performance, under Tadaaki Otaka, and with Della Jones as soloists, in November 1994. Twenty five years later, the work has been recorded by the soprano Ruby Hughes with the same Welsh orchestra, this time conducted by Jac van Steen. Coupled with orchestral songs by Gustav Mahler and Alban Berg, Clytemnestra has just been released by BIS. James Jolly caught up with

11:37

Louise Alder: The Russian Connection

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2020/01/10

The soprano Louise Alder has just released her first recording for Chandos. It’s called ‘Lines written during a sleepless night: The Russian Connection’ and finds her joined by the pianist Joseph Middleton in songs by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Grieg, Medtner and Britten. She tells James Jolly about the project.

14:21

Stephen Hough on Brahms's late piano music

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2020/01/03

The pianist Stephen Hough has just released a new Brahms album for Hyperion, 'The Final Piano Pieces'. It has just been named Gramophone's Recording of the Month in the January 2020 issue. James Jolly caught up with Stephen just before Christmas to talk about the recording for this Gramophone Podcast.

14:51

Rachel Portman on Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

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2019/12/20

The Oscar-winning composer's latest project is the score for a musical animation of Sir Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. Commissioned by the BBC, and to be broadcast on BBC One on Boxing Day, the film also features illustrations by Emily Gravett. In the latest Gramophone podcast, the composer talks about the project, which was recorded by the BBC Philharmonic and the Hallé's family of choirs.

13:54

Freddy Kempf on Prokofiev

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2019/12/13

Freddy Kempf has recorded another Prokofiev piano sonata album (containing Nos 3, 8 and 9) for BIS. During this year's Tchaikovsky International Competition, at which Kempf was a jury member in the piano category, James Jolly caught up with the pianist to talk about the composer and his music.

19:26

Alison Balsom: music for natural trumpet

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2019/12/06

Alison Balsom's new album, Royal Fireworks, is a collection of virtuoso baroque works performed on natural trumpet. For the latest Gramophone podcast she joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about the natural trumpet and about the repertoire on the album. Royal Fireworks is available from Warner Classics.

16:53

Stile Antico on music for a Spanish Christmas

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2019/11/29

Stile Antico's latest album - their third in a series of three explorations of Christmas from different countries - takes us to the golden age of the Spanish Renaissance, from the polyphony of Victoria to dance-like carols in the Spanish language. For the latest Gramophone podcast, soprano Helen Ashby and bass Will Dawes join Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford to talk us through this richly fascinating festive feast of choral music. A Spanish Nativity is available now from Harmonia Mundi.

32:28

Norma Fisher: a life in music

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/11/27

In the latest Gramophone podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford meets renowned pianist Norma Fisher to talk about her life and career, about the condition that forced her to give up public performance in the 1980s, about her teaching work, and about volume 2 of the fascinating recordings from the BBC archives.

16:21

Stephen Cleobury on the music of Howells

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/11/25

Sir Stephen Cleobury died on Friday, aged 70 - just two months since he had retired as Music Director of King's College, Cambridge, a post he'd held for 37 years. In tribute, we're republishing the last of the many interviews Gramophone conducted with him across his career, in which we discussed the then new release of music by Herbert Howells, and look back across his time leading the music at King's.

14:49

Maxim Emelyanychev on Schubert and the Scottish CO

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/11/22

Maxim Emelyanychev joins the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as its new Principal Conductor, an occasion marked by the release, on Linn Records, of a new recording of Schubert's Great C major Symphony. Maxim was in the UK this summer conducting Handel at Glyndebourne and at Covent Garden. Gramophone's James Jolly caught up with him at the Royal Opera House to talk about his new role, his very wide-ranging musical sympathies and his approach to Schubert's last symphony.

13:54

Peter Phillips: the music of Josquin

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/11/15

The Tallis Scholars's acclaimed series of recordings of the Masses of Josquin reaches Volume 8. Featuring what may be the last Mass the composer wrote, along with a Mass not by Josquin but once thought to have been by him, this penultimate volume certainly raises some fascinating questions! To discuss them, the Tallis Scholars's founder and director Peter Phillips joins Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford on this week's podcast - which features excerpts from the album, available now on

13:56

Brahms's First Piano Concerto: Lars Vogt

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2019/11/08

The pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has just released a new recording of Brahms's D minor Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, directing from the keyboard. James Jolly met him to discuss the project, released on the Ondine label.

18:43

Jonathan Biss on the Beethoven piano sonatas

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/11/01

Jonathan Biss has been recording the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas for the past nine years. Now, as he reaches the end of the journey with Vol 9, Gramophone's James Jolly caught up with the pianist to talk about this extraordinary series of works. Excerpts are taken from the album, released today by Orchid Classics.

27:09

Elgar's Cello Concerto: Julian Lloyd Webber

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/10/27

Elgar's Cello Concerto was premiered 100 years ago today, and to mark the anniversary Julian Lloyd Webber joins Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford to explore the work, its performance and recording history, and to discuss why it still speaks so powerfully to audiences today. The podcast features excerpts from Julian Lloyd Webber's own recording of the work with Yehudi Menuhin, on the Philips label.

12:50

Liszt's piano music: Joseph Moog

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/10/25

For his new album, the pianist Joseph Moog has chosen to explore the music of Franz Liszt, presenting works from across the composer's life, including his monumental Sonata in B Minor. Called 'Between Heaven and Hell', it's available on the Onyx label, and in the latest Gramophone podcast Moog discusses the project with Editor Martin Cullingford.

35:29

Gramophone Awards 2019: the winners

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/10/16

The 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards have been announced! In this special edition of the Gramophone podcast, Editor-in-Chief James Jolly, Editor Martin Cullingford and Reviews Editor Tim Parry explore the winning albums, and you can hear from some of the artists honoured by Special Awards, including our Artist of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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