Record Review Podcast

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Summer Interview - Kristjan Jarvi Sep 16, 2014

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Andrew talks to the conductor Kristjan Järvi about the reinvention of core repertoire, the juxtaposing influences in his formative years, and his new collaborative projects

Proms Composer - Harrison Birtwistle Sep 09, 2014

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Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music deserves to be heard more often. The music of this week's Proms Composer, Harrison Birtwistle, is as uncompromising as the man himself. 80 years old this year, he has written widely in many genres, and is an icon of contemporary music in the UK and

Summer Interview - Andrew Litton Sep 06, 2014

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Andrew talks to American conductor Andrew Litton about recording Prokofiev and Wagner in Bergen, as well as a recent labour of love involving his hero, jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

Summer Review - Gluck Operas Sep 01, 2014

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Andrew talks to Simon Heighes about a box set of operas by Gluck from Decca. In his anniversary year, Gluck is being reassessed and we are finding out that he was more than just the instigator of operatic reforms and the composer of Orfeo ed Euridice and the 2 Iphegenia operas. His career was in fact multi-faceted and, coming between Handel and Mozart, his style is a tantalising mix of late Baroque and early Classical.

Summer Interview - Jessye Norman Aug 23, 2014

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Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary recording career, memories of finding herself working in a divided Berlin having grown up in the segregated American south, a bizarre encounter during a song recital, the joy of performing Tippett's A Child of our Time with its innovative use of spirituals and her deeply held conviction that the arts are an essential part of life which touch the depths of the human spirit.

Proms Composer - Adams Aug 22, 2014

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Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer. This week's Proms Composer, is the American John Adams who is strongly influenced by minimalism. Known equally for his orchestral works such as Short Ride in a Fast Machine, chamber music such as Shaker Loops, vocal music like The Wound-Dresser and his operas which include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and Doctor Atomic.

Proms Composer - Kodaly Aug 22, 2014

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Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music deserves to be heard more often. This week's Proms Composer, Zoltán Kodály, was a Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist. In the early 1900s he visited remote villages to notate the folk music of Hungary and the Hungarian-inhabited areas of Slovakia and Romania. Kodaly and his friend Bela Bartok recorded the songs on phonograph cylinders. His work is an attractive mixture of late-romantic, impressionistic and modernist musical styles inflected with folk idioms. His most famous pieces include the Háry János Overture, Dances of Marosszék, Dances of Galánta and Psalmus Hungaricus.

Summer Review - recent re-releases from the RCA label Aug 18, 2014

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Andrew talks to Rob Cowan about the recently-released collection of RCA's 'Living Stereo' recordings, celebrating a golden age in the American label's history.

Proms Composer - Leifs Aug 18, 2014

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Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music deserves to be heard more often. The music of this week's Proms Composer, Jon Leifs, is infused with the rugged, primal beauty of his native Iceland.

Proms Composer - Alwyn Aug 11, 2014

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Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music deserves to be heard more often. This week's Proms Composer, William Alwyn, was a flautist with the LSO and wrote no fewer than five symphonies along with operas, songs and chamber music but he’s perhaps best remembered as the composer of over 200 film scores.

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