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Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

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13:32

Beethoven's piano concertos: Boris Giltburg

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/10/11

The pianist Boris Giltburg is recording Beethoven's five piano concertos for Naxos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko. The first album is out with the first two piano concertos and the early Rondo, WoO6 from 1793. James Jolly met up with Boris Giltburg after a performance of the First Piano Concerto and the day before the recording sessions.

10:16

Beethoven's piano sonatas: Igor Levit

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2019/10/04

Igor Levit has just released a set, on Sony Classical, of the 32 piano sonatas, an early and very impressive contribution to the Beethoven 250 commemorations. James Jolly met him at Steinway's London showroom to talk about the sonatas, and also to find out how the pianist approached this colossal project.

11:06

Jan Lisiecki on the Beethoven piano concertos

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/09/27

2020 is Beethoven Year - he was born 250th years ago, in 1770 – and the record industry is lining up a vast number of releases in celebration. Berlin-based Deutsche Grammophon, not surprisingly, is spearheading the campaign with a huge Beethoven Edition and one of the earliest releses is a new set of the five piano concertos. The young Polish-Canadian pianist, Jan Lisiecki, joined the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for a tour which ended up in Berlin with a live recording. Lisiecki spoke to

23:32

Gramophone Awards 2019 shortlist: episode 3

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/09/20

In the third and final of our three podcasts exploring the Gramophone Awards 2019 shortlist, Editor-in-Chief James Jolly, Editor Martin Cullingford and Reviews Editor Tim Parry discuss the Contemporary, Opera, Recital and Solo Vocal Awards.

17:57

The Gramophone Awards shortlist: episode two

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/09/13

The 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards are just over one month away. In the second of our three podcasts exploring the shortlist, Editor Martin Cullingford and Reviews Editor Tim Parry discuss the Early, Choral and Chamber categories.

14:02

Explore the Gramophone Awards shortlist

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/09/06

The 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards are just over one month away, and in the latest issue of Gramophone we reveal the shortlist of the top three albums in each category. Over the next few weeks, the Gramophone Podcast will be devoted to exploring that shortlist. We start this week with the Editor-in-Chief James Jolly and Reviews Editor Tim Parry discussing the Orchestral, Concerto and Instrumental categories.

18:55

Gramophone Podcast: Jasper Parrott

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/08/30

Jasper Parrott talks to Gramophone's James Jolly about the role of recording in an artist's professional and artistic life, and how it has changed during the 50 years that HarrisonParrott has been one of the world's leading artist management companies.

18:02

Thomas Trotter: music of Georgian London

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2019/08/23

Georgian London was a glorious and artistically rich era, with a dynamic musical life, whether in concert halls, opera houses, churches or pleasure gardens. On his new album, From Palaces to Pleasure Gardens, released on the Regent label, organist Thomas Trotter celebrates this period with a programme of music performed on the newly restored 1735 Richard Bridge organ of Christ Church, Spitalfields. In this week's Gramophone podcast he talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the works he's chosen,

19:07

Composer Danny Elfman

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/08/16

Danny Elfman is known to millions for his scores for over 100 movies, including many collaborations with the director Tim Burton, not to mention his inimitable title music for The Simpsons. This summer he released a new album on Sony Classical containing his Violin Concerto and Piano Quartet. The concerto, written for and played by Sandy Cameron, joined by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri, was the subject of a conversation Gramophone's James Jolly had with Elfman. But

11:25

Orchestra of the Year Award: episode 3

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2019/08/02

In this third, and final, Orchestra of the Year Award podcast, James Jolly is joined once again by Rob Cowan to talk about the last quartet of orchestras competing for this prestigious award: Les Siècles, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. To listen to the contenders for the Orchestra of the Year Award, presented with Apple Music, go to our Awards page, sign up for a free three-month Apple Music trial subscription, listen to the

11:18

Orchestra of the Year Award: episode 2

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/07/26

Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award is the only one offered as a public vote. Our editorial team has produced a short list of ten ensembles which have particularly impressed for their work on record over the past 12 months and, with Apple Music, has created ten playlists featuring each of the orchestras’ work (as well as an 11th which includes all ten ensembles and which is updated regularly). In this, the second of three podcasts dedicted to the Award, Gramophone’s Contributing Editor, the

10:58

Orchestra of the Year Award: episode 1

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/07/19

Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award is the only one offered as a public vote. Our editorial team has produced a short list of ten ensembles which have particularly impressed for their work on record over the past 12 months and, with Apple Music, has created ten playlists featuring each of the orchestras’ work (as well as an 11th which includes all ten ensembles and which is updated regularly). In this, the first of three weekly podcasts, Gramophone’s Contributing Editor, the critic and

12:31

Nicky Spence: on Janáček and Turnage

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2019/07/15

The tenor Nicky Spence, with Julius Drake at the piano, has just released a new recording of Janáček’s 'The diary of one who disappeared' on Hyperion - Gramophone’s Recording of the Month in its August issue. Almost simultaneously, Resonus has released on CD for the first time, Mark Anthony Turnage’s cycle 'A Constant Obsession'. The Scottish singer talks to James Jolly about these fascinating projects.

13:19

Isata Kanneh-Mason on Clara Schumann

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2019/07/05

Isata Kanneh-Mason has chosen to explore the music of Clara Schumann - whose bicentenary is marked this year - for her debut disc on Decca. Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford met with her, to talk about the life of one of the 19th century’s most acclaimed virtuosos, and her often neglected music.

11:17

Edward Gardner on Mendelssohn and Brahms

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/06/28

Edward Gardner has just released another instalment in his City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn cycle, a collection of overtures, and a new Brahms symphony cycle with the Bergen Philharmonic starts this autumn – both for the Chandos label. Editor-in-Chief James Jolly caught up with him to talk about recording complete series of works, how he approaches such well-know repertoire as the Brahms symphonies, and how he seeks a different sound for each composer.

16:07

Hugo Ticciati on chaconnes and tradition

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/06/21

For his new Signum Classics album, Hugo Ticciati and his ensemble O/Modernt have explored the ground, or chaconne, down the years. James Jolly caught up with him when O/Modernt were in London recently to talk about the album.

12:31

John Tavener's The Protecting Veil: cellist Matthew...

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/06/14

Sir John Tavener's The Protecting Veil was premiered at the BBC Proms 30 years ago. To coincide with the anniversary, a new recording has been issued by Signum Classics which finds Matthew Barley directing Sinfonietta Riga from the cello - James Jolly meets him.

16:04

King's College, Cambridge: Stephen Cleobury on Howells

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/06/07

The latest recording from King's College Cambridge explores the music of Herbert Howells, featuring choral music (including An English Mass), organ works, and a newly completed Cello Concerto. Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford met with Music Director Stephen Cleobury to talk about the album - and, as Cleobury prepares to retire from the position this summer, to look back over 37 years of extraordinary music-making.

12:33

Lise Davidsen: on Wagner and Richard Strauss

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/05/31

Gramophone's current Young Artist of the Year is Lise Davidsen, a singer with a huge future ahead of her. May 31 sees the release of her much-anticipated Decca debut album, opera arias and orchestral songs by Wagner and Richard Strauss, for which she's joined by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen. James Jolly went to see her at her home in Copenhagen for a 'Musician and the Score' article on Strauss's Four Last Songs (you can read it in Gramophone's June issue), but he also took the

15:18

Michael Fabiano: Donizetti and Verdi

Gramophone Classical Music Podcast ·

2019/05/24

Michael Fabiano, recently in London to sing the title-role in Gounod's Faust at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has recorded an album of arias by Donizetti and Verdi. He was joined for the Pentatone sessions by the London Philharmonic Orchestra - with whom he'd worked at Glyndebourne – and Enrique Mazzola. James Jolly caught up with Michal Fabiano during rehearsals at Covent Garden to talk about the programme of the recital, and his interest in the operatic music of this period.

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