Naxos: Sounds Interesting

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Naxos: Sounds Interesting

The Naxos Sounds Interesting podcasts explore the riches of classical music. The series covers an engaging potpourri of musical topics with each episode focusing on a new musical theme, whether based around a particular composer or concept. Presenter Richard Kennedy takes you on a musical journey to help you discover classical works in a new and interesting way. Text versions can be found at blog.naxos.com.

  1. 19/07/2023

    Repetition, repetition, repetition

    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.

    59 min

  2. 24/01/2023

    Phrases of the Loon

    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.

    32 min

  3. 07/09/2022

    You ditty rats!

    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.

    23 min

  4. 07/09/2022

    Found in Translation

    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.

    30 min

  5. 28/01/2022

    Oxymoron for Orchestra

    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.

    31 min

  6. 28/01/2022

    Sounds disastrous

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

    29 min

  7. 30/07/2021

    Barbers of the Quill

    This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with male personal grooming experts, either by profession or name.

    24 min

  8. 23/07/2021

    Alma: Her Life, Loves, Lieder

    The life of Mahler’s wife, Alma, was as multi-faceted as her several talents, that ranged from competent composer to sizzling socialite. This episode peels back the intriguing layers beneath the common perception of her as simply the hard done by wife of the illustrious Gustav.

    21 min
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The Naxos Sounds Interesting podcasts explore the riches of classical music. The series covers an engaging potpourri of musical topics with each episode focusing on a new musical theme, whether based around a particular composer or concept. Presenter Richard Kennedy takes you on a musical journey to help you discover classical works in a new and interesting way. Text versions can be found at blog.naxos.com.

Information

  • Creator
    Naxos
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved (c) 2019 Naxos Records.
  • Show Website
    Naxos: Sounds Interesting

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