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label Menu The Naxos Blog Updates from the world’s leading classical music label Search for: 10513 Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify Website Primary Menu Home About Naxos Records Confirmation page Manage Subscription Success Page Search Search for: 1817 Podcast: Gerald Peregrine. A truly mobile music machine. Posted on 10 May, 2024 9 May, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine introduces his latest album of early 20th-century British works for cello and piano, interweaving the classical and folk-based music with a personal narrative of community engagement, in which his live music-making initiatives have achieved truly significant and touching results. View album details Catalogue No.: 8.574550 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Gerald Peregrine Podcast: Plucked and perfectly prepped. Alon Sariel’s Bach transcriptions for mandolin. Posted on 26 April, 2024 25 April, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment This podcast spotlights Israeli mandolinist Alon Sariel, who provides an entree into the engaging world of the mandolin, an instrument that perhaps enjoys a relatively low profile but commands a fascinating global reach. Alon Sariel’s second album of transcriptions of works by J. S. Bach for mandolin blends technical precision with nuanced artistry and masterly Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Alon Sariel , J. S. Bach Podcast: Alsop + Adams + The Groove Posted on 19 April, 2024 18 April, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment Marin Alsop discusses her latest release – an album of orchestral works by John Adams – with Raymond Bisha, exploring just what it is about Adams’ music that makes him the leading nominee for the title of America’s greatest living composer, not least for scores that inhabit ‘the groove’ with conspicuous relish. View album details Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags John Adams , Marin Alsop Podcast: Standing with Eagles. The music of Louis Wayne Ballard. Posted on 12 April, 2024 12 April, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment Louis Wayne Ballard (1931–2007) – also known as ‘Honganozhe’, which means ‘Stands with Eagles’ in the Quapaw language – was the first indigenous North American composer of art music, and his extensive knowledge of the music, dance and mythology of this culture informed his compositions. This podcast reviews a new album of his works that Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate , John Jeter , Louis Wayne Ballard Sounds Interesting: Day in, day out. Posted on 5 April, 2024 3 April, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment This podcast from the Sounds Interesting series takes a musical week, a day at a time. Links to the music featured in this podcast: George Bogatko In a Monday Mood (8.572835) Richard Danielpour Mardi Gras (8.559669) Edmund Rubbra Judas mercator pessimus (8.555255) Kenneth Fuchs Holy Thursday (8.559753) Benjamin Britten Fishing song (8.553183) Aaron Read More … Categories Podcast , Sounds Interesting Tags Aaron Copland , Benjamin Britten , Edmund Rubbra , George Bogatko , Kenneth Fuchs , Peter Breiner , Richard Danielpour Podcast: Rameau meets the accordion. Posted on 29 March, 2024 26 March, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment In January 2024, Finnish accordionist/conductor Janne Valkeajoki released a captivating album of music by French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, which Valkeajoki himself arranged for his instrument. Raymond Bisha’s conversation with the performer delves into the various musical transformations and performance mechanics that were involved in the masterly transfer from harpsichord strings to accordion reeds. View Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Janne Valkeajoki , Jean-Philippe Rameau Podcast: Breathing new life into Orfeo Vecchi’s motets for six voices. Posted on 15 March, 2024 15 March, 2024 Author Naxos 1 Comment Orfeo Vecchi was held in high regard by his contemporaries for the sacred music he produced towards the end of the 16th century. Raymond Bisha introduces a new recording of the twenty pieces that comprise his third book of Motets for Six Voices. The works form a rich, eclectic programme, and the performances by Cappella Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Cappella Musicale Eusebiana , Don Denis Silano , Orfeo Vecchi Podcast: Florence Price. Leo Sowerby. Avalon String Quartet. Posted on 8 March, 2024 5 March, 2024 Author Naxos Leave a comment Raymond Bisha introduces a new album of works for string quartet by Florence Price and Leo Sowerby, who were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s. Most of Florence Price’s compositions remained unpublished at her death, and her String Quartet in A minor was not performed in her lifetime. Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Avalon String Quartet , Florence Price , Leo Sowerby Podcast: Bach-Rheinberger • The Goldberg Variations Posted on 23 February, 2024 19 February, 2024 Author Naxos 2 Comments Raymond Bisha’s latest podcast introduces the world premiere recording of Joseph Rheinberger’s arrangement for two pianos of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Composed by Bach in 1741, the work fell into oblivion before re-emerging as part of a movement of discovery generations later. In order to breathe new life into them, such masterpieces might undergo arrangements, transcriptions Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags Johann Sebastian Bach , Joseph Rheinberger Podcast: Peter Boyer’s Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue. Posted on 19 February, 2024 16 February, 2024 Author Naxos 1 Comment George Gershwin’s ever popular Rhapsody in Blue was first performed in February 1924. To mark the centenary of that celebrated event, pianist Jeffrey Biegel commissioned composer Peter Boyer to write a work for piano and orchestra that would be a 21st-century partner to Gershwin’s original. Raymond Bisha talks to both composer and soloist about the Read More … Categories Naxos Podcasts , Podcast Tags George Gershwin , Jeffrey Biegel , Peter Boyer Post navigation ← Older posts Search for: 16684 Subscribe to Podcast via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to Naxos Podcasts and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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