All The Right Notes
162 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThe 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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Oscars Nominations • Beethoven • Piccolo Chamber Music
January 23, 2020 07:30 - 30 minutesIn our February 2020 podcast, we discuss cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s entry into the Official UK Album Chart, the first cellist in history to do so. We also analyse the nominees for Best Original Score at this year’s Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and look at who from the classical music was named on the New Year’s Honours list this year. Also this episode, we listen to extracts from both our cover CD and our Recording of the Month, the latter of which is pianist Angela Hewitt performing B...
Nicola Benedetti • Mariss Jansons • JoAnn Falletta
December 24, 2019 10:00 - 34 minutesIn our January 2020 podcast, we find out about violinist Nicola Benedetti's latest venture, an impressive educational initiative that she's been dreaming of starting for years. She's our cover star on the January issue of BBC Music Magazine, and in this podcast we also enjoy a clip from our cover CD of works by Mozart and Schubert, played by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Plus, in this episode we pay tribute to the late conductors Mariss Jansons and Stephen Cleobury, bring news of the wi...
Handel's Messiah • Contemporary Christmas carols • Bah! humbug!
November 29, 2019 16:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWe have mince pies, sherry and crackers: it must be time for the Christmas podcast! Join us for an episode packed with Yuletide joy, beautiful new carols by Dobrinka Tabakova, Toby Young, Cecilia McDowall and Michael Finnissy, as well as our favourite festive musical jokes. Plus hear all about our Christmas isssue. Our cover feature takes a look at a masterpiece that has redefined the sound of Christmas, Handel's Messiah; we also explore the parish church choir scene, and find out what conce...
Handel's Messiah • Contemporary Christmas carols • Bah! humbug!
November 29, 2019 16:15 - 30 minutesWe have mince pies, sherry and crackers: it must be time for the Christmas podcast! Join us for an episode packed with Yuletide joy, beautiful new carols by Dobrinka Tabakova, Toby Young, Cecilia McDowall and Michael Finnissy, as well as our favourite festive musical jokes. Plus hear all about our Christmas isssue. Our cover feature takes a look at a masterpiece that has redefined the sound of Christmas, Handel's Messiah; we also explore the parish church choir scene, and find out what concer...
Hildegard von Bingen • Opera Age Ratings • Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto
November 05, 2019 10:22 - 31 minutesIn our December 2019 podcast, we pay tribute to the late soprano Jessye Norman and listen to one of her best recordings. We also discuss the new 'Music for Trees' app created by the Royal Parks in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Music. The app follows the roaming user as they walk around Regent's Park, playing corresponding compositions by RAM students. Plus, we take a look at this year's shortlist for the RPS Awards. We flick through the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine and listen to...
Critics at the ENO • Shostakovich and football • Marsalis and Benedetti
October 03, 2019 12:14 - 31 minutesIn our November 2019 podcast, we discuss the news that the English National Opera has stopped offering established critics a second free ticket to opening nights, and instead gives those free tickets to 10 novice bloggers. It's a story which has received a huge amount of debate on Twitter, so we dive in and give our opinions. We also celebrate the appointment of the new BBC National Orchestra of Wales principal conductor, 29-year-old Californian Ryan Bancroft. Plus, we introduce our November ...
Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená • Girl Choristers • BBC Philharmonic App
September 06, 2019 11:37 - 30 minutesIn our October 2019 podcast, we discuss the news that Jules Buckley has been taken on the role of creative artist in association at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the family of a girl chorister has sued Berlin Cathedral Choir after it rejected her application for an audition. Plus, we introduce our October issue, in which we talk to husband-and-wife team mezzo Magdalena Kožená and maestro Simon Rattle about their recording of works for voice and piano. We also try out the BBC Philharmonic’s ...
Edward Gardner • Royal Philharmonic Society • Elgar Cello Concerto
August 09, 2019 10:30 - 32 minutesIn our September 2019 podcast, we bring you news of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new conductor, the Royal Philharmonic Society's new membership offer, and a choir that hopes to bring the message of environmentalism to its audience. Plus we introduce our September issue, in which Julian Lloyd Webber delves into the world of Elgar's Cello Concerto, one hundred years after its premiere. He's also the soloist on your free cover CD. And, as ever, we bring along the new recordings that we've...
The Power of Puccini • BBC Cardiff Singer of the World • Herbert Howells
July 04, 2019 09:54 - 32 minutesIn this episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast we introduce our August issue, which stars the great Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini. A stunning new recording of Weinberg symphonies is our Recording of the Month, and we also give you a taster of your free cover CD, featuring works by Ravel, Debussy and Lili Boulanger. It's been a busy month in the world of news, and we bring you details about BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and new initiatives from the CBSO and Tanglewood. Plus we br...
BBC Proms • Rachel Podger • BBC New Generation Artists
June 14, 2019 16:05 - 23 minutesWelcome to the July issue of the BBC Music Magazine podcast. This month we're celebrating all things Proms! We discuss the Proms we're particularly looking forward to in this year's season, from a Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra double concert to a Prom curated by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. Also this month, we discuss the various new conductor appointments in orchestras across the globe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
Royal Opera House • Notre Dame • I Fagiolini
May 15, 2019 08:59 - 36 minutesWelcome to the June episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast. This month we're celebrating Clara Schumann – astounding pianist, brilliant composer and general all-round musical powerhouse. Hear a clip of her Piano Trio in this podcast, as featured on your cover CD this month. Plus, we explore the turbulent life of Alma Mahler and take a look at the legendary Battle of the Baritones at the 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Víkingur Ólafsson • BBC Music Magazine Awards • Roxanna Panufnik
April 11, 2019 15:18 - 27 minutesThe votes have been counted and the results are in! In our May issue podcast, we celebrate the winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019 – including the wonderful Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, whose album Johann Sebastian Bach has won Recording of the Year. Elsewhere in the news, we hear that the Hallé is launching a new conducting competition, the Royal Opera House joins other leading arts organisations to offer courses for female conductors and the Warner record label has announc...
Festivals • Greatest Film Theme • Jeremy Denk
March 25, 2019 12:48 - 25 minutesIn our April podcast, we discuss this year's BBC Ten Pieces scheme and the works that have been chosen, the Southbank Centre's new 'Encounters' scheme and the new programmes announced on Radio 3. We also explore this month's magazine, and reveal the results of our poll with RadioTimes.com to find the greatest film theme of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Berlioz • London Concert Hall • Tasmin Little
March 05, 2019 10:52 - 32 minutesIn our March podcast, we discuss the plans that have been revealed for the London Concert Hall, the new conductor appointments in orchestras across the UK and the decision by BIS Records to embrace eco-packaging. Plus, we share our favourite works by Berlioz - this month's cover star - and listen to a track from our Recording of the Month. As ever, we each bring along a recording we've been enjoying, with Polish and female composers taking centre stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
James Rhodes • BBC Music Magazine Awards • Florence Price
January 22, 2019 11:55 - 26 minutesIt's Awards season! In our February podcast we launch the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019, featuring the best recordings reviewed in the magazine in 2018. Plus in this episode we chat about this month's cover star, pianist James Rhodes, and find out about the bad behaviour and glamorous lives of opera divas in the 1920s. We've got music by Finzi and Lutoslawski to share with you, the latest news from the classical music word, as well as our favourite new recordings, which take us from Tchaikov...
Vivaldi's Four Seasons • Kerry Andrew • Ada Lovelace
December 21, 2018 11:47 - 35 minutesNew year, new podcast episode! Welcome to the January edition of the BBC Music Magazine podcast, which kicks off with a look at the latest music news, from the Grammy nominations to a gender pay dispute. With Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the cover of our January magazine issue, we take a whistle-stop tour of the colourful and virtuosic violin concertos that have become known around the globe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Young Chorister of the Year • Bryn Terfel • Jean Rondeau
December 06, 2018 12:47 - 28 minutesWelcome to the Christmas episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast, presented by editor Oliver Condy along with reviews editor Michael Beek and editorial assistant Freya Parr. This month, we discuss the winners of Young Chorister of the Year 2018, the bank-breaking Pavarotti art case and the research that shows that classical music recordings are getting significantly faster by the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...
Our Classical Century • Montserrat Caballé • Igor Levit
October 25, 2018 10:31 - 34 minutesWelcome to the December episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast, presented by deputy editor Jeremy Pound along with managing editor Rebecca Franks and editorial assistant Freya Parr. This month, we chat about the news that conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been appointed to the BBC Philharmonic, the death of the legendary Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, and the launch of the BBC's Our Classical Century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
Who the devil was Paganini? • Dame Ethel Smyth • London Symphony Orchestra
October 02, 2018 15:07 - 29 minutesWhat's been going on in the classical music world this month? Join the BBC Music Magazine team for a look at the latest news, including the London Symphony Orchestra's new East London Academy and the Royal Opera House's revamped Linbury Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cellist Steven Isserlis • Parry centenary • Radio 3 carol competition
September 19, 2018 13:51 - 32 minutesWelcome to the October BBC Music Magazine podcast. In this episode, we bring you the latest classical music news, including details of BBC Radio 3's Christmas carol competition and a look at the decline in people studying music at GCSE level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jess Gillam • Oliver Knussen • Ludwig van Beethoven
August 20, 2018 10:50 - 37 minutesSeptember brings one of the biggest concerts in the classical music calendar, the Last Night of the Proms. In this month's magazine – and this podcast – we celebrate saxophonist Jess Gillam, who has a starring role at this year's event. Plus, in this episode you can sample our dazzling saxophone cover CD. It features saxophonist John Harle and the BBC Concert Orchestra, playing concertos by Richard Rodney Bennett and Dominic Muldowney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
BBC Proms • Alfred Brendel • John Adams
July 05, 2018 15:41 - 31 minutesWelcome to the Proms issue podcast! This month we chat about the BBC Symphony Orchestra's new East London home, find out which musicians have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours, and ponder who would win in a piano duel between robot and human. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Elgar Enigma Variations • Conductor Vladimir Jurowski • The Original Glastonbury
May 30, 2018 13:24 - 39 minutesShould audiences be allowed to bring food and drink into operas? Which age group is now most interested in orchestral music? And how much money do orchestral musicians make? These are just three of the questions the BBC Music Magazine team grapples with in this month's episode, which also features the podcast's first 'Meet the Artist' interview. That's with Vladimir Jurowski, who has won the Royal Philharmonic Society's conductor award this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Conductor Bernard Haitink • BBC Young Musician • Grazyna Bacewicz
April 17, 2018 16:30 - 38 minutesIn our May 2018 issue episode, we discuss the critic-composer Twitter spat, France's contract to help Saudi Arabia set up an opera house and orchestra, the death of El Sistema founder José Abreu, and a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Claude Debussy centenary • Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja • Super Bowl wager
March 26, 2018 11:44 - 45 minutesIn this month's episode, we talk about the BBC Proms's pledge to achieve a 50:50 gender balance for commissioned pieces, a bid to buy part of a hoard of gold sovereigns found in a Broadwood piano, the plans for the new Edinburgh Concert Hall, and an unusual wager between two conductors… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pianist Paul Lewis • Irish National Opera • Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
February 26, 2018 16:43 - 42 minutesFor the March 2018 episode, editor Oliver Condy, deputy editor Jeremy Pound, reviews editor Rebecca Franks and editorial assistant Freya Parr chat about the ambitious centennial season in 2018-2019 from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the retirement of music director Stephen Cleobury from the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, how music venues and churches will now have better protection from local residents and the launch of Irish National Opera Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Recording of the Month: Ann Hallenberg
September 01, 2017 12:13 - 11 minutesAnn Hallenberg's wonderful exploration of the Venice Carnival in 1729 is our September Recording of the Month. The Swedish mezzo joins Il Pomo d'Oro and Stefano Montanari for a programme of Albinoni, Giacomelli, Leo, Vinci and others on this Pentatone Recording. Find out more and hear extracts from the disc in this podcast presented by editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
First Listen: Palisander, ORA, I Fagiolini, Robin Michael
July 25, 2017 12:52 - 33 minutesWelcome to the new-look First Listen podcast! Every episode, the BBC Music Magazine team will be chatting about four exciting new CDs, and playing clips from each disc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Recording of the Month: Prokofiev Piano Sonatas Nos 2, 6 and 8
February 16, 2017 16:18 - 13 minutesThe first instalment of Alexander Melnikov's Prokofiev piano sonata cycle is our February 2017 Recording of the Month. The Russian pianist begins with Sonatas Nos 2, 6 and 8; the recording is out now on Harmonia Mundi. Find out more about this wonderful performance in this episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast, presented by editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (February 2017): Glass & Adams
February 15, 2017 11:09 - 14 minutesOn the cover CD of the February issue of BBC Music Magazine, the Aurora Orchestra present music by our cover star Philip Glass, and fellow minimalist John Adams. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First Listen: A Violin for All Seasons
December 13, 2016 09:39 - 18 minutesFor her latest disc, violinist Tasmin Little turns to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. She pairs this popular masterpiece with the premiere recording of a companion piece, Roxannna Panufnik's Four World Seaons for violin, string orchestra and Tibetan singing bowl. The recording is on Chandos. Find out what the BBC Music Magazine team made of the recording, plus enjoy clips from the disc, in this episode of our monthly First Listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mo...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (Christmas 2016): A King's Singers Christmas
December 09, 2016 11:28 - 13 minutesOn the cover CD of the Christmas issue of BBC Music Magazine, the King's Singers present a festive feast of Christmas music from across the ages. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Recording of the Month: Elgar orchestral works
November 21, 2016 10:00 - 16 minutesElgar is the focus of our December Recording of the Month. In this superbly programmed disc for Hyperion, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins perform the ever-popular Enigma Variations and In the South (Alassio). They also turn the spotlight on several First World War rarities – Une voix dans le désert, Carillon and Le drapeau belge – and give us the first recording of Elgar's own orchestral arrangement of his song Pleading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
First Listen: War Memorials
November 10, 2016 12:51 - 18 minutesIn this episode of 'First Listen', the BBC Music Magazine team explores a disc of brass band music played by the Tredegar Town and Cory Bands. War Memorials pays tribute to those lost in the two world wars and features on-disc premieres of pieces by Robin Holloway, Gavin Higgins, John McCabe, Lucy Pankhurst, Simon Dobson and Paul McGhee. Music by Britten frames the programme. Find out what the team made of this recording and hear clips from the disc in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Recording of the Month: CPE Bach Cello Concertos
November 03, 2016 17:26 - 12 minutesOur November Recording of the Month features CPE Bach's three Cello Concertos. Nicolas Altstaedt is the brilliant soloist in these works, which are important links between the Baroque and Classical concerto and also brilliant pieces in their own right. The German-French cellist appears with Arcangelo and director Jonathan Cohen, and the disc is out on the Hyperion label. Join deputy editor Jeremy Pound and reviews editor Rebecca Franks for a discussion of the music and to hear clips from the ...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (December 2016): The Art of Fugue
October 27, 2016 14:22 - 12 minutesOn the cover CD of the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, we present JS Bach's The Art of Fugue, arranged and played by Mahan Esfahani, with the help of instrumentalists from the Academy of Ancient Music. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the work, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (November 2016): The Desert Music
October 14, 2016 09:40 - 11 minutesOn the cover CD of the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers perform works by giants of contemporary American music, Steve Reich and John Adams. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (October 2016): Best of British
October 14, 2016 09:33 - 13 minutesOn the cover CD of the October issue of BBC Music Magazine, we present ten modern British masterworks, all commissioned by BBC Radio 3. The works were chosen and performed by the orchestras for which they were commissioned. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works, complete with extracts. To read an interview with Judith Weir about her two works on this disc, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ...
First Listen: Ben Johnston String Quartets
August 31, 2016 09:43 - 18 minutesThe American composer Ben Johnston has spent much of his musical career exploring the world of microtonality. His ten string quartets are incredibly challenging for the performers, but in 2002 the Kepler Quartet was formed to perform and record this complete cycle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First Listen: Ben Johnston String Quartets
August 31, 2016 09:43 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThe American composer Ben Johnston has spent much of his musical career exploring the world of microtonality. His ten string quartets are incredibly challenging for the performers, but in 2002 the Kepler Quartet was formed to perform and record this complete cycle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Recording of the Month: Handel's favourite tenor
August 31, 2016 09:24 - 13 minutesOur September Recording of the Month is Where'er you walk: arias for Handel's favourite tenor. This wonderful recital features tenor Allan Clayton, Classical Opera and conductor Ian Page, who explore the life and music of the 18th-century tenor John Beard. Handel forms the core of the programme, but there's also music by William Boyce and Thomas Arne. Hear extracts from this recording in this podcast, and find out more about the disc. This episode is presented by the magazine's acting deputy ...
First Listen: Rebecca Clarke – Music for cello and piano
August 25, 2016 16:01 - 16 minutesCellist Raphael Wallfisch and pianist John York explore music written by the British composer Rebecca Clarke on their latest recording, on the Lyrita label. A professional viola player and composer, Clarke is best known for her Viola Sonata, heard here in her transcription for cello, and Piano Trio. But in this disc Wallfisch and York also turn the spotlight on her unpublished Cello Rhapsody. Find out what the BBC Music Magazine editorial team made of the disc, and hear clips from the recordi...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (September 2016): Beethoven Symphony No. 3
August 09, 2016 12:16 - 11 minutesOn the cover CD of the September issue of BBC Music Magazine, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony No. 3, conducted by Donald Runnicles. In this podcast, acting deputy editor Rebecca Franks and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the work, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Recording of the Month: Satie Socrate
August 05, 2016 14:14 - 12 minutesThis year it's the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie. So raise your bowler hat to soprano Barbara Hannigan and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw, who have put together one of the most interesting discs of the French composer's music to come out this year so far. Satie's 1919 cantata Socrate is the centrepiece of this programme. Find out more about this unusual masterpiece in this podcast, plus hear extracts from the recording. This episode is presented by acting deputy editor Rebecca Franks and editori...
Recording of the Month: Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1-9
July 14, 2016 08:42 - 12 minutesThe Beethoven symphonies remain a true test for any orchestra, and here the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic and its conductor Sir Simon Rattle record them together for the first time. This lavish set is our July Recording of the Month. Hear clips from the recordings and discussion about the music here, in this podcast presented by editor Oliver Condy and reviews editor Rebecca Franks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (August 2016): Beethoven, Brahms and Webern
July 08, 2016 13:09 - 12 minutesOn the cover CD of the August issue of BBC Music Magazine, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists give live performances of early works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Webern. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works on the disc, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First Listen: Leoncavallo Zazà
June 24, 2016 14:31 - 20 minutesLeoncavallo is best remembered for his opera Pagliacci, but Zazà was a big success in its time too. Now Opera Rara has revived it in this recording by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurizio Benini. The cast includes Ermonela Jaho in the title role, Stephen Gaertner, Riccardo Massi and Patricia Bordon. Join the BBC Music Magazine team for this episode of First Listen for chat about the recording and excerpts of the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
First Listen: Leoncavallo Zazà
June 24, 2016 14:31 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBLeoncavallo is best remembered for his opera Pagliacci, but Zazà was a big success in its time too. Now Opera Rara has revived it in this recording by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurizio Benini. The cast includes Ermonela Jaho in the title role, Stephen Gaertner, Riccardo Massi and Patricia Bordon. Join the BBC Music Magazine team for this episode of First Listen for chat about the recording and excerpts of the music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (July 2016): Mahler Symphony No. 9
June 16, 2016 10:54 - 12 minutesOn the cover CD of the July issue of BBC Music Magazine Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's epic ninth Symphony, recorded live at the BBC Proms in 2014. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works on the disc, complete with extracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BBC Music Magazine Cover CD (July 2016): Mahler Symphony No. 9
June 16, 2016 10:54 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MBOn the cover CD of the July issue of BBC Music Magazine Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's epic ninth Symphony, recorded live at the BBC Proms in 2014. In this podcast, deputy editor Jeremy Pound and editorial assistant Elinor Cooper introduce the works on the disc, complete with extracts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.