Naxos: Sounds Interesting Naxos

This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series takes repetition as its theme, a musical technique that has long served composers very well, time and time and time again. 

This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series spotlights music expressed through the prism of madness in a range of contexts, from the world of fantasy to the theatre of war.

This episode takes rats as its theme, a topic that, perhaps surprisingly, has caught the attention of composers across the world and down the ages. 

This episode examines how a musical composition can be pampered by alternative wardrobes, when an original is dressed in different presentations of style and instrumentation while retaining its core character.

This episode focuses on a selection of concertos written not for household-name soloists, but for the collective virtuosity of an orchestra's serried ranks.

This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with natural disasters, from Biblical times to modern eras.