Classic Music Podcast - Episode 5 - Behind the Microphone with John Culshaw
Laurence Lewis explores the early years of legendary Classical recordings producer, John Culshaw. Featuring music by Grace Williams, Aaron Copland, Ernest Bloch, Verdi, and highlighting musicians Kathleen Ferrier and Georg Solti. Playing Time: 15.46 mins.
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Classic Music Podcast - Episode 4 - Who Was Dinu Lipatti?
Laurence Lewis asks the question "Who Was Dinu Lipatti" the legendary pianist who died in 1950, and whose small recorded legacy has never been out of the record catalogues. Includes music by Chopin, Ravel and Bach. Playing Time: 20.17 mins.
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Classic Music Podcast - Episode 3 - A Pile of Planets
In a conducting career spanning more than sixty years, Sir Adrian Boult not only conducted the premiere, but made at least five commercial recordings of Gustav Holst's suite The Planets. Laurence Lewis looks back at these, placing them in the context of Boult's recorded legacy. Playting Time: 15.02 mins.
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Classic Music Podcast - Episode 2 - A Tale of Two Exhibitions
From the dawn of the LP and Hi-Fi, Laurence Lewis revisits 1951 and two recordings of Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition conducted by Rafael Kubelik and Guido Cantelli. Total P.laying Time: 17.18 mins.
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Classic Music Podcast - Episode 1 - Smetana and Kubelik
Episode 1 of our new series continues an interrupted celebration of composer Bedrich Smetana's bi-centenary and his association with conductor Rafael Kubelik. Playing Time: 6.06 mins.
A review of new releases by labels from Eastern Europe and America. Expect a mix of Early Music down the multi-styles of Classical music through the decades, alongside Jazz and Rock to the musicians and composers creating the sounds - in all its forms - of our time.
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