Naxos Classical Spotlight explores the world of classical music. Along the way host Raymond Bisha shares the stories about the music, and the musicians who make it.
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Naxos: Esto es música clásica es un podcast con comentarios en español, sobre novedades, grabaciones y entrevistas a músicos y artistas dentro del ámbito de la música clásica.
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Notker Balbulus, a mediaeval marvel.
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27:58Notker Balbulus (c.840-912), also known as Notker of St Gall or Notker the Stammerer, was a renowned Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Gall in Switzerland who made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. In this podcast Michael Alan Anderson, musical director of Schola Antiqua of Chicago, explains to Raymond Bisha …
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POR LOS MONTES DE COÑARES - Music and Erotism in the Spanish Golden Age
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33:32José Duce Chenoll y Juan José Pastor Comín nos habla acerca de esta nueva grabación con música y melodías con textos eróticos del Siglo de Oro español.
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Karabtchevsky on Villa-Lobos.
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20:01Since the 1970s, Brazilian conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky has steadfastly developed one of the most brilliant careers across the Brazilian and international music scenes, The Guardian in 2009 hailing him as one of Brazil's living icons. He's heard in this podcast In conversation with Raymond Bisha, discussing the music of fellow Brazilian icon, the …
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Weaving intellect with emotion: Daron Hagen's cantata Everyone, Everywhere.
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22:21American composer Daron Hagen talks about his cantata Everyone, Everywhere in conversation with Raymond Bisha. Composed In 2023 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Hagen found impetus in the contemporary political status of his own nation to recontextualise the declaration's dry language and enable him to conv…
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The Queene’s Masque, a courtly collection for lute.
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19:17A delightful collection of lute music from the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, played by Italian lutenist Elisa La Marca. This was a time of incredible cultural richness in England brought forth composers such as John Dowland and writers such as William Shakespeare. Because the lute was one of the favoured instruments in court during …
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Pade, Krek, Batič. Denmark meets Slovenia to inspirational effect.
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26:09In this podcast, Raymond Bisha discusses a new album from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble with their chief conductor, Slovenian Martina Batič. The programme similarly melds the two nations in a programme of choral music by Slovenian composer Uroš Krek (1922-2008) and Danish composer Else Marie Pade (1924-2016), the latter a pioneer in electronic…
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THE LAST CASTRATO Arias for Velluti
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34:19El contratenor Franco Fagioli nos habla acerca de su nuevo álbum en donde interpreta un programa compuesto por arias que fueros escritas para el último de los castrados del siglo XIX Giovanni Battista Velluti.
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Johann Sebastian Bach meets the Theorbo, Lutenist Yasunori Imamura plays transcriptions of Bach
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29:53Yasunori Imamura, whose recording of Bach’s complete lute works has been described as a ‘magnificent interpretation’ (Naxos 8.573936–37), turns his attention to the Cello Suites. Imamura has chosen to perform these iconic suites on the theorbo, the most important plucked instrument in the lute family, with a range very similar to the cello. Certain…
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Sir Simon Rattle looks at Haydn’s Oratorio The Creation
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22:12To mark his inauguration as Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle chose Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation. After two concerts on September 21 and 22, 2023 in Munich's Herkulessaal, the work was performed on September 24 in the historic basilica of Ottobeuren in Upper Swabia, together with the three…
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Bach to Notre-Dame, Olivier Latry plays Bach
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37:33When Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire in 2015 the organ was not damaged - some would call it a miracle. In this podcast I talk to Olivier Latry, organist at Notre-Dame, about his album Bach to Notre-Dame which was the last album recorded at Notre-Dame before the fire. Latry was also organist when Notre-Dame reopened in 2024.…
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Soles y Brumas II melodías de Emiliana de Zubeldía
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27:01La soprano Elena Rivera y el pianista Jorge Robaina nos hablan acerca de su nuevo álbum interpretando melodías de la compositora Emiliana de Zubeldía.
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Giovanni Sollima explores the Bach Cellos Suites
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38:40Giovanni Sollima has been exploring Bach for as long as he has been playing the cello, and the journey continues with his new album dedicated to the Bach cello suites and pieces by other composers who were inspired by Bach. In this podcast Sollima talks about the Bach Suites, and his ongoing investigation of Bach’s music…
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An introduction to Christian Sinding's four symphonies
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20:46What to make of Norwegian composer Christian Sinding, who is chiefly remembered only by ambitious amateur pianists for his Rustle of Spring? He was a more important figure in the music of his native Norway than this might suggest; there, in his time, he was second only to Grieg. Raymond Bisha introduces us to Sinding's four symphonies that reveal t…
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Entrevistamos al clarinetista español Pablo Barragán acerca de su participación en el álbum SZINERGIA interpretando obras de Hartmann, Kodály, Weiner, Bartók.
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A Brazilian discovery. Francisco Mignone's late violin sonatas
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20:03Developed in collaboration with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naxos' Music of Brazil series is part of the Brasil em Concerto project, presenting around 100 orchestral, chamber, choral and vocal works from the 19th and 20th centuries, many of which were previously unpublished or simply undiscovered. Such was the case of Francisco Migno…
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Sir Simon Rattle probes Mahler's Seventh Symphony
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27:38This podcast features conductor Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with Raymond Bisha as they reference his new recording of Mahler's Seventh Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sir Simon outlines his personal history with the work, from being overwhelmed at hearing it for the first time as a young schoolboy to his mature understandi…
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Regaining recognition. Paul Wranitzky's orchestral works.
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29:59A student of Haydn, a masonic brother of Mozart and a fine composer in his own right, Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808) left behind 45 symphonies that are at long last stepping out of the shadows thanks to ongoing recordings and increased access to published scores. Raymond Bisha introduces Vol. 8 in Naxos' series of Wranitzky's orchestral works, which in…
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Crimson Roses, música coral estadounidense contemporánea
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26:20Charlamos con el director Alejandro Hernández-Valdez acerca del nuevo álbum del ensemble sinfónico coral Musica Viva NY.
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Christmas fizz. Black Dyke presents John Rutter.
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20:01John Rutter is the most acclaimed composer of Christmas carols alive today, while the Black Dyke Band occupies the highest rank in the worldwide brass band community. Raymond Bisha introduces a new album that bridges these two pinnacles in arrangements for brass of Rutter's celebrated seasonal works, together with three in their original choral ver…
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El compositor mexicano Rodrigo Ruiz nos presenta su nueva grabación Venus & Adonis con textos de William Shakespeare.
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Apollo’s Fire perform Israel in Egypt
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21:01George Frederic Handel was one of the leading composers of the baroque, especially known for his Italian operas. When he presented his dramatic oratorio Israel in Egypt in 1739 it flopped. It has since returned to favour, and this recording by Apollo’s Fire shows why this turnaround has happened. Put simply, the music is stunning.…
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Composer Kenneth Fuchs. The latest recordings.
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20:01American composer Kenneth Fuchs discusses the programmes of his two most recent albums in conversation with Raymond Bisha; both recordings feature the Sinfonia of London and soloists under conductor John Wilson. Fuchs describes the unusual conception of his Concerto for Bass Trombone (a commissioning consortium of 21 bass trombonists was involved!)…
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Naxos Classical Spotlight meets the Military Music Appreciation Society
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20:05The Military Music Appreciation Society was founded in 2008 by Roger Kennedy so he could share his passion for this music with other like-minded individuals. The Society now has more than 5000 members, with new people joining every day. In this podcast, Roger talks with host Raymond Bisha about the society and about his love for this music. This po…
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Two into one does go. The music of Nikolai Kapustin.
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20:01“As soon as I started playing jazz, I understood it was something for me. I understood that I had to combine the two musics.” These were the words of composer Nikolai Kapustin, born in Ukraine in 1937 and a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, the “two musics” being classical and jazz. From Kapustin's pen came an impeccable fusion of the two genres…
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Habaneras & Tangos por Ricardo Gallén
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21:27El guitarrista español Ricardo Gallén nos habla acerca de su nuevo álbum con un programa compuesto exclusivamente por habaneras y tangos.
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Convention defied. Beethoven defined. The final three cello sonatas.
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20:03Raymond Bisha introduces a new album featuring Beethoven's final three cello sonatas that are full of unexpected shifts of harmony and mood, virtuoso flourishes and experimental surprises, all of which defy convention. The cellist is Gabriel Schwabe, one of the leading cellists of his generation and a laureate of several national and international …
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Leonardo Leo: Sei Cantate Spirituale por Miguel Ulla
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17:05El contratenor español Miguel Ulla nos habla acerca de su nuevo álbum en donde interpreta seis cantatas espirituales de Leonardo Leo.
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Conductor Vahan Mardirossian, Armenian roots, global reach.
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21:25Vahan Mardirossian grew up in Armenia surrounded by music, an upbringing that has given him a broad musical perspective and a desire to explore all kinds of music. In this podcast he talks about everything from his musical roots to his new position with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice with whom he now has an ongoing recording program that …
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Renowned both as a distinguished soloist with some 1,800 concerts worldwide to her credit and as a member of the Amadeus Guitar Duo, Dale Kavanagh is one of the most prominent classical guitarists of her generation. Raymond Bisha discusses her latest Naxos album that features a programme of her own compositions, both solos and duos in which she is …
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