Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

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Weekly conversations about classical music with leading musicians and writers

  1. 6d ago

    The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 4, with Freddie De Tommaso & Charlie Lovell-Jones

    In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes tenor Freddie De Tommaso and violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones to the studio to share two of their personal favourite recordings. Freddie De Tommaso is a familiar presence on the world's opera stages, not least London's Covent Garden. Known for his verismo roles, he is an exclusive recording artist with Decca Classics. Charlie Lovell-Jones is a violinist who, beyond his soloist career, is concertmaster of John Wilson's Sinfonia of London.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 4, with Freddie De Tommaso & Charlie Lovell-Jones

  2. Aug 21

    Joby Talbot and Craig Hella Johnson on setting Octavio Paz’s poem ‘Piedra de sol’

    In the latest edition of the Gramophone Podcast, composer Joby Talbot and the conductor of vocal ensemble Conspirare Craig Hella Johnson join Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about their fascinating collaboration: a setting of Mexican poet Octavio Paz's epic work, Piedra de sol, newly released on the Divine Art label. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Joby Talbot and Craig Hella Johnson on setting Octavio Paz’s poem ‘Piedra de sol’

  3. Aug 14

    From the Archive: Charles Villiers Stanford – Exploring the composer's music with Jeremy Dibble

    For this week’s Gramophone Podcast we dip into the archives and offer you another opportunity to hear a fascinating conversation about Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, the Anglo-Irish composer, teacher and conductor, the centenary of whose death fell in 2024. The leading expert on the composer, Jeremy Dibble, joins Editor Martin Cullingford to mark the centenary year of Stanford's death. Though arguably still best known today for his church music, we discuss the full breadth of Stanford's works, including his symphonies, songs, chamber music and his operas – the latter a genre he was devoted to throughout his life.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    From the Archive: Charles Villiers Stanford – Exploring the composer's music with Jeremy Dibble

  4. Aug 7

    Pianist Bruce Liu on his moon-themes recital 'Lunaris'

    Pianist Bruce Liu’s new album ‘Lunaris’ is just out from Deutsche Grammophon – it explores the cosmos, the moon and the stars through music, taking in music by Chopin, Beethoven, Scriabin, Mompou, Agnes Obel and others. Gramophone’s James Jolly caught up with Bruce Liu in Canada earlier this year and, as well as talking about ‘Lunaris’, they discussed the aftermath of Bruce’s Chopin Competition win, and which of the Tchaikovsky piano concertos is his favourite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Pianist Bruce Liu on his moon-themes recital 'Lunaris'

  5. Jul 31

    Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason on the Three Choirs Festival

    Hattie Butterworth is joined by composers Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason to discuss the Three Choirs Associate Composer programme, the realities to life as a composer and writing choral music.  Explore the Three Choirs Festival here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason on the Three Choirs Festival

  6. Jul 24

    The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 3, with Thomas Dunford & Lucine Musaelian

    In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes lutenist Thomas Dunford and viola da gamba player, singer and composer Lucine Musaelian to the studio to share two of their personal favourite recordings. Thomas Dunford can only be described as prolific in the recording studio, whether it's with Les Arts Florissants or his own Jupiter ensemble, and Lucine Musaelian is a member of the Bellot Ensemble and Intesa duo, her debut album with the Bellot Ensemble, 'Cupid's Ground Bass', was described by William Yeoman in Gramophone as: 'an intimate theatre where all the colour and splendour of the Venetian opera is played out in microcosm.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 3, with Thomas Dunford & Lucine Musaelian

  7. Jul 17

    Conductor Dalia Stasevska on her Ukrainian mixtape and the First Night of the Proms

    This week’s guest is the Finnish-Ukrainian conductor Dalia Stasevska. Her new ‘Ukrainian Mixtape’, just out from Platoon, showcases four Ukrainian composers – Levko Kolodub, Borys Liatoshynsky, Fedir Yakymenko and Mykola Lysenko –  for which she’s joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, of which she’s Principal Guest Conductor. James Jolly spoke to her last week by Zoom from her home in Finland about the new album, but also about the First Night of the BBC Proms which finds her and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. You can catch Dalia Stasevska, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, at the First Night of the Proms in all the usual places – live at the Royal Albert Hall, and also on BBC Radio 3, BBC 2 TV and on the BBC iPlayer at 7pm on July 17. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Conductor Dalia Stasevska on her Ukrainian mixtape and the First Night of the Proms

  8. Jul 10

    George Fu on Schubert and grief

    Pianist George Fu joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about his new album of Schubert and how the composer helped him through the loss of his father. They speak about the late sonatas and their complexities, as well as the emotions around recording well-known works. Elsewhere, Fu speaks about his collaboration with the soprano Lotte Betts Dean and the rewarding experience of coming together to record Einsamkeit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    George Fu on Schubert and grief
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