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Podcast Description
A series of podcasts celebrating some of classical music's greatest artists and recordings.
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu Homage to Maria Callas - podcast | Angela Gheorghiu talks about her new album ‘Homage to Maria Callas’ - a collection of French and Italian operatic masterpieces inspired by the career and recordings of Maria Callas, the greatest diva of the last century. | 6 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Thomas Beecham on EMI - podcast | EMI celebrates the art of Sir Thomas Beecham, one of the most gifted musicians England has ever produced. | 8 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCelebrating Karajan - podcast | Herbert von Karajan was an icon, one of the twentieth century's most fascinating and complex geniuses, dominated the post-war classical music world like a colossus. Find out more about him with our 100 Best Karajan podcast. | 3 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRossini's William Tell - podcast (Part 1) | Antonio Pappano launched the season in Rome with complete performances of Rossini's final French opera seria. EMI captures this epic work live on a landmark new recording. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIngrid Fliter - Beethoven sonatas - podcast | Ingrid Fliter in her first recording of Beethoven for EMI, interprets three of the composer's much-loved 'named' sonatas, all written around the year 1800 and ushering in musical Romanticism. | 14 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanICON series - podcast | The EMI ICON series pays homage to some of the greatest recording artists of the recent past. Find out more about these historical and seminal recordings with this podcast. | 15 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKate Royal – A Lesson in Love - podcast | A woman's journey from youth, through love and betrayal. Ed Seckerson talks to Kate Royal about ‘A Lesson in Love' her new album on EMI Classics. | 2 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEssential Piano - podcast | Piano favourites by some of the worlds most inspiring artists including Martha Argerich, Aldo Ciccolini, Ingrid Fliter, Andrei Gavrilov, Stephen Kovacevich, John Ogdon, Garrick Ohlsson, Mikhail Pletnev and Christian Zacharias. | 12 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Simon Rattle – The Nutcracker - podcast | Sir Simon Rattle discusses his new recording with the Berlin Philharmonic - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and its fantasy musical world which contains some of classical music's greatest hits. | 6 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAntonio Pappano – Rossini Stabat Mater - podcast | Award-winning conductor Antonio Pappano discusses his latest release on EMI Classics Rossini's Stabat Mater. The recording includes star soloists Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Ildebrando d'Arcangelo. | 10 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEMI Opera series - podcast | Treasures from the world's greatest collection of recorded opera including Maria Callas in her first Tosca, Fidelio conducted by Otto Klemperer, and Der Rosenkavalier, starring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Explore more about the wonderful world of opera with this new podcast. | 30 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanXuefei Yang - Rodrigo Concierto d'Aranjuez - podcast | Xuefei Yang first performed for the composer Rodrigo when she was 14. In this podcast she talks about the challenges of recording such a well known work as his Concierto d'Aranjuez and how she was able to bring something new and very personal to this album. | 22 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeif Ove Andsnes Rachmaninov Piano Concertos podcast | "Out of all my concerto recordings, I am tempted to say that I am most proud of this one." Leif Ove Andsnes discusses the thrilling conclusion to his recording of all four Rachmaninov piano concertos. | 22 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGabriela Montero - Solatino - podcast | Venezuelan-born pianist, Gabriela Montero, releases her first recording exclusively devoted to works by Latin American composers. Here she talks about her new joyous, bright album packed with tangos, milongas and swinging dance rhythms. | 5 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIan Bostridge – Three Baroque Tenors - podcast | Ian Bostridge in conversation with Berta Joncus about his new EMI Classics album of baroque arias. The recording features works by the masters of the age, including six world premier recordings of arias by Caldara, Conti, Gasparini, Handel, Scarlatti and Vivaldi. | 28 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEMI Classical Legends podcast | This podcast introduces Classical Legends, a special 4CD set of artist interviews and musical clips revealing unique insights into music and art in the words of thirteen of the most highly lauded performers. | 21 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEmmanuel Pahud - Fantasy podcast | Emmanuel Pahud pairs up with the exciting young Canadian conductor, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in a programme of virtuoso transcriptions based on operatic themes. In this podcast Pahud discusses his new disc on EMI which includes Variations on Carmen, the Magic Flute, Rigoletto and many more coupled with some of the familiar flute solos from opera. | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | CleanVideoYannick Nezet-Seguin - Ravel album - video podcast | The exciting young French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin discusses his new disc for EMI Classics with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, a programme of Ravel featuring La Valse, Daphnis et Chloe and Ma mere l'oye. | 21 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoSimon Rattle - Brahms symphonies - video podcast | Simon Rattle discussing the recording of the Brahms symphonies with the Berlin Philharmoniker. | 28 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBelcea Quartet - Schubert album - podcast | The Belcea Quartet have made a new recording for EMI Classics of 3 of Schubert's very last compositions; the 14th and 15th String Quartets and the String Quintet in which they are joined by cellist Valentin Erben. In this podcast, interspersed with music from the recording, they discuss the String Quintet with Tommy Pearson. | 22 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoAntonio Pappano - Verdi Requiem - podcast | In this podcast Music Director Antonio Pappano discusses his live recording of the Verdi Requiem for EMI CLASSICS. Maestro Pappano conducted the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in January 2009 for sold-out and critically-acclaimed performances of Verdi's spectacular Messa da Requiem with stellar soloists Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassi, Rolando Villazón and René Pape. | 19 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKate Royal - Midsummer Night - podcast | EMI Classics presents a podcast including discussions with Kate Royal about her second recording for EMI, out in May. Midsummer Night is an atmospheric recital collection focusing on female characters in 20th century opera and operetta, reflecting their pain and ecstasy in love. The programme ranges from well known turn-of-the-century works by Dvořák (Song to the Moon from Rusalka) and Lehár (Vilja from The Merry Widow) to Midsummer Night, from the English composer William Alwyn's opera Miss Julie. Edward Gardner conducts the English National Opera Orchestra with guest appearances by Thomas Allen, Andrew Staples and the Crouch End Festival Chorus. | 15 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu - Madama Butterfly part 1 - podcast | Jon Tolansky presents a two part podcast including discussions with the artists and highlights from the new recording of Madama Butterfly which appears on EMI Classics for the first time in many years in a brand new studio version. The role of Cio-Cio-San is stunningly performed by Angela Gheorghiu, partnered by the exciting young German tenor Jonas Kaufmann. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in the two-act opera. The recording took place in the Santa Cecilia Hall of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in July 2008, the year commemorating the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth. | 25 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu - Madama Butterfly part 2 - podcast | Jon Tolansky presents a two part podcast including discussions with the artists and highlights from the new recording of Madama Butterfly which appears on EMI Classics for the first time in many years in a brand new studio version. The role of Cio-Cio-San is stunningly performed by Angela Gheorghiu, partnered by the exciting young German tenor Jonas Kaufmann. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in the two-act opera. The recording took place in the Santa Cecilia Hall of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in July 2008, the year commemorating the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth. | 25 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeif Ove Andsnes - Shadows of Silence - podcast | Leif Ove Andsnes's new album on EMI Classics features performances of some of his favourite contemporary repertoire including world premiere recordings of two 21st century compositions written for him: Bent Sørensen's The Shadows of Silence for solo piano, and the Piano Concerto by Marc-Andre Dalbavie. In this podcast he discusses the second of these commissions with the composer, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, and introduces the rest of the repertoire on the disc. | 12 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Simon Rattle - Ravel l'enfant et les Sortileges - podcast | Sir Simon Rattle talks about Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges and Ma mere l'oye in the first fruit of the renewed exclusive recording contract with the Berliner Philharmoniker and EMI Classics. | 12 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIan Bostridge - Schubert Schwanengesang - podcast | Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Antonio Pappano talk about their new recording of Schubert's Schwanengesang on EMI Classics. | 11 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu - My Puccini podcast Part 1 - podcast | Part one of a two-part podcast in which the world's greatest Puccini interpreter Angela Gheorghiu, and colleagues, discuss Puccini's works, characters and music with musical illustrations from Angela Gheorghiu's EMI recordings. | 3 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu - My Puccini podcast Part 2 - podcast | Part two of a two-part podcast in which the world's greatest Puccini interpreter Angela Gheorghiu, and colleagues, discuss Puccini's works, characters and music with musical illustrations from Angela Gheorghiu's EMI recordings. | 3 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEmmanuel Pahud and Trevor Pinnock - Bach Flute Sonatas - podcast | Flautist Emmanuel Pahud and Harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock in conversation with Stephen Johns, Director of Artist and Repertoire EMI Classics discuss the magic of JS Bach and their new recording of the complete Bach Flute Sonatas. | 26 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHoward Goodall - Eternal Light : A Requiem - podcast | Howard Goodall in conversation with Sandy Burnett on Eternal Light : A Requiem, a newly commissioned fresh and unorthodox interpretation of the Requiem Mass by the award-winning British composer and internationally acclaimed broadcaster. | 20 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Simon Rattle - Stravinsky Symphonies - podcast | Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with Shirley Apthorp on Stravinsky's fascinating neoclassical works for orchestra. The album comprises three of the five works by Stravinsky which contain the word ‘symphony' in their titles, including the Symphony in C which Sir Simon has never before performed and which the BPO return to after 20 years. | 20 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJon Lord: Boom of the Tingling Strings - podcast | Composer and legendary rock star Jon Lord talks to EMI Classics about his influences, his career and future plans following the release of his new album entitled Boom of the Tingling Strings on EMI Classics. | 27 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIngrid Fliter - Chopin: Piano Works - podcast | The charming Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter talks to her producer John Fraser about the significance of Chopin to her as her debut album on EMI Classics of Chopin masterpieces is released. | 27 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKarl Jenkins - Stabat Mater - podcast | In his first podcast for EMI Classics hear composer Karl Jenkins in conversation with Sandy Burnett on his new work for orchestra, choir and soloists "Stabat Mater". In true Jenkins style "Stabat Mater" magically combines Middle Eastern and Western musical elements in a powerful evocation of grief, an emotion which touches all humanity. | 27 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeif Ove Andsnes - Mozart Concertos Nos 17 and 20 - podcast | Gramophone Award- and Classical Brit Award-winning pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and his compatriots in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra are regular tour partners and last year went into the studios once more to follow up their global bestselling recording of Mozart's Concertos 9 and 18, described by The New York Times as one of the Best CDs of 2004. In this fascinating interview Leif Ove talks with his long-standing EMI producer John Fraser about discovering Mozart in his youth through to the making of this most recent album. | 4 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJonathan Biss - Beethoven Piano Sonatas - podcast | The young American pianist Jonathan Biss talks about his third album for EMI of Beethoven Sonatas, about getting on with his neighbours as a concert pianist and revealing other day-to-day insights into the life of a busy classical soloist. | 4 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBelcea Quartet - Bartok String Quartets 1-6 - podcast | Listen to members of the Belcea Quartet discussing their latest release on EMI Classics, the monumental 6-quartet cycle by Bela Bartok, released early 2008. | 20 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaria Callas - Commemorative Podcast (Part 3 of 3) | On September 16, 2007, the world commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Famed not only for her amazing voice and stage presence but also for her glamorous yet troubled personal life she is still, after all this time, the definition of the diva as artist. | 9 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaria Callas - Commemorative Podcast (Part 2 of 3) | On September 16, 2007, the world commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Famed not only for her amazing voice and stage presence but also for her glamorous yet troubled personal life she is still, after all this time, the definition of the diva as artist. | 9 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKate Royal - podcast | Critically-acclaimed as one of the most exciting British operatic talents in recent years, this thrilling young English soprano possesses an elegant voice, aristocratic bearing, and a riveting stage presence, and has already dazzled critics and audiences alike. In conversation with international opera journalist Warwick Thompson. | 25 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRattle: Haydn - podcast | Described by Simon Rattle as the composer he'd most like to have dinner with, Hadyn and his symphonies nos. 88-92 are featured here in an entertaining and informative podcast. | 25 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaria Callas - Commemorative Podcast (Part 1 of 3) | On September 16, 2007, the world commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Famed not only for her amazing voice and stage presence but also for her glamorous yet troubled personal life she is still, after all this time, the definition of the diva as artist. | 17 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg - podcast | September 4th 2007 marks the centenary of the death of Edvard Grieg, Norway's greatest composer, and one of the most popular composers in musical history. Leif Ove Andsnes, in conversation with Jon Tolansky, talks about his new recording of Grieg's late work Ballade in G Minor coupled with his award-winning interpretation of the Piano Concerto and a personal selection of Lyric Pieces. | 17 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIan Bostridge: Great Handel - podcast | Ian Bostridge in conversation with Jon Tolansky about his baroque debut album on EMI Classics. Great Handel features Handel arias in English and Italian recorded together with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Harry Bicket. | 25 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAngela Gheorghiu: La Scala - podcast | Angela Gheorghiu in conversation with Warwick Thompson about her latest album on EMI Classics, Live from La Scala. The international opera star talks candidly about making her debut at the world's most famous opera house with an eclectic recital featuring 18th-century songs, Bel Canto and Verdi, French chanson and of course her favourite Romanian show pieces. | 14 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEdward Elgar | Celebrate Edward Elgar's 150th birthday with radio broadcaster Jon Tolansky. | 24 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMstislav Rostropovich at 80 | Join radio broadcaster Jon Tolansky in a journey to explore the life and work of this larger-than-life figure. Understand why Rostropovich, affectionately known as Slava, is recognised at the world's greatest living cellist. | 23 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNina Stemme / Antonio Pappano - Strauss podcast | Swedish soprano Nina Stemme and Royal Opera House music director Antonio Pappano in conversation about their new release on EMI Classics. Nina Stemme releases her first solo album as an exclusive EMI artist of Strauss's Four Last Songs, the final scene from Capriccio and a coupling with a twist... | 19 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Simon Rattle - Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem podcast | Hear Sir Simon Rattle's views on Brahms's largest yet most intimate work, its historical context and his recent performance and recording experiences. | 14 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJonathan Biss - Schumann Piano Recital | Hear Jonathan Biss in conversation with American music journalist Elliott Forrest on his passion for Schumann, New York, tennis and more. | 22 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNigel Kennedy Blue Note Sessions | Nigel talks frankly about the recording of his first jazz album for Blue Note. Captured backstage straight after his quartet's set at the Porgy and Bess Club in Vienna. | 10 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlison Balsom on her new album Caprice | The podcast features an interview with Alison Balsom on the recording of her new album Caprice together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner. Alison talks about the repertoire selection, the transcriptions and speaks about winning a Classical Brit Award and her career so far. | 9 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSimon Rattle - Planets and Asteroids | This podcast from EMI Classics features exclusive artist Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with EMI producer Stephen Johns about the latest release from the world's finest musical partnership: Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Colin Matthews's Pluto and four astronomical world premieres join Gustav Holst's huge orchestral showpiece The Planets especially for this new recording. | 20 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWolf Lieder with Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano | Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano discuss and present excerpts of the new Wolf Lieder recording on EMI Classics. | 15 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 55 Episodes |
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