The team from BBC Music Magazine demystify the world of classical music through down-to-earth discussion and lively interviews. Want to know what an orchestral conductor actually does? Or how to write an effective soundtrack? Then this is the podcast for you!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 42 minutes
Recording of the Month – Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1
Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO's recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony No.1 is our January 2014 Recording of the Month. Join editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks to hear clips from the disc and find out more about this underrated masterpiece
First Listen – Patricia Kopatchinskaja
How does Patricia Kopatchinskaja's new Prokofiev and Stravinsky Violin Concertos disc shape up? Find out what the BBC Music Magazine team thought of it in this First Listen podcast.
Britten 100: John Bridcut
While visiting Suffolk to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten, along with Radio 3, staff writer Elizabeth Davis took five minutes to talk to Britten biographer and film-maker John Bridcut about his memories of Britten and the great composer's music.
Recording of the Month – Incarnation
'Incarnation', the latest disc by the Gabrieli Consort, is our Christmas Recording of the Month. Editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks explore the recording's ancient and modern carols and Britten's a cappella masterpiece A Boy was Born.
First Listen – Gesualdo - Tenebrae Responsories
We delve into the lurid life and daring music of Gesualdo in this month's First Listen, rating a new recording of the Italian composer's Tenebrae Responsories from Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe.
Recording of the Month - Bach Cantatas, Volume 55
After 18 years and 55 Cds, Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have reached the end of their Cantata series in glorious style. Editor Oliver Condy and Reviews editor Rebecca Franks chat about the final volume, our December Recording of the Month.
First Listen – Saint-Saëns – Violin and Cello Concertos
Saint-Saëns is in the spotlight this month as the BBC Music Magazine editorial team gathers around for First Listen. This month we've been exploring the latest disc from violinist Renaud Capucon and cellist Gautier Capucon, on the Erato label.
Recording of the Month - Britten Peter Grimes
Britten's Peter Grimes is our Recording of the Month, in a recording from this year's Aldeburgh Festival, out on Signum Classics. Editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks discuss why this is an unmissable performance of this powerful opera.
Podcast special – Mark Padmore
In this podcast special, Elizabeth Davis meets tenor Mark Padmore and talks about the music – and poetry – on his new recording of songs by Vaughan Williams, Warlock and Jonathan Dove
First Listen – Holst Choral Symphony
What did Holst compose beyond The Planets? In this month's First Listen, the BBC Music Magazine team listens to The Mystic Trumpeter and the First Choral Symphony, performed by soprano Susan Gritton and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis.