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Feb 26

Pianist Alexander Malofeev on his debut solo album, 'Forgotten Melodies'

The young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev has just released his first album for Sony Classical. 'Forgotten Melodies' takes its name from the work by Nikolai Medtner which appears on the recording, alongside pieces by Glinka, Rachmaninov and Glazunov. The theme that links all f ... Show More

24m 52s

Feb 19

Martin James Bartlett on his new album of Bach, Mozart and Britten

In this week's episode of the Gramophone Podcast, editor Martin Cullingford is joined by pianist Martin James Bartlett to discuss his new recording of the music of Bach, Britten and Mozart, available on the Warner Classics label from February the 27th. Bartlett reflects on the ar ... Show More

16m 30s

Feb 13

Pianist Imogen Cooper looks back on her recording career

The celebrated pianist Dame Imogen Cooper recently announced that the coming year will be her last of public performances. To mark the occasion - and the release of her new album of late Beethoven sonatas on the Chandos label - Editor Martin Cullingford welcomed her on to the Gra ... Show More

50m 44s

Jun 2024

Bach is back

Synopsis As Leipzig’s chief provider of both sacred and secular music, Johann Sebastian Bach probably gave a huge sigh of relief on today’s date in 1733. The death of Imperial Elector Friedrich Augustus the First of Saxony earlier that year had resulted in a four-month period of ... Show More

2 m

Apr 2015

Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G Major

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No I in G major is one of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo compositions ever written for cello. Yet it was virtually unknown for almost 200 years until the Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals discovered an edition in a thrift shop ... Show More

27m 29s

Oct 2016

Gabriela Montero

<p>Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero chooses the Schumann Fantasie performed by Clifford Curzon and Quintet Opus 18 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, performed by the Borodin Quartet</p>

7m 55s

Mar 2010

Bach's Goldberg Variations

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world. People describe the place these pieces have in their lives, including a neuroscientist from ... Show More

27m 40s

Apr 2024

Seasonal music by Haydn

Synopsis Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons had its premiere performance on this date in Vienna in 1801. Like its predecessor, The Creation, Haydn’s new oratorio was a great success, and, as before, Haydn received help with the text and a lot of advice from the versatile Gottfried Bern ... Show More

2 m

Apr 2024

Violin Concerto No. 2 by George Tsontakis

Synopsis A concerto, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is “a piece for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements.” And for most classical music fans, “concerto” means one of big romantic ones by Beethoven or Tchaikovsky, works in which there is a kind o ... Show More

2 m

Mar 2017

Modern Classical Music Ep03 - Electroacoustic Classical Compositions

Modern Classical Music Ep03 - Electroacoustic Classical CompositionsTracklist: Lucy Claire - No.1 Rituals in DustAbandoned Toys - Flickering EmbraceJohann Johannsson - Dying CityFrank Bretschneider - Stumm (Kein Worf)Bing and Ruth - Broad ChannelSamantha Bouquin - Tale for a Sunk ... Show More

37m 54s

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