Recordings Archives an exclusive Classical Music e-Magazine Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:40:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Sweelinck as a Modal Touchstone: A Talk with Andrea Vivanet https://interlude.hk/sweelinck-as-a-modal-touchstone-a-talk-with-andrea-vivanet/ https://interlude.hk/sweelinck-as-a-modal-touchstone-a-talk-with-andrea-vivanet/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:54:21 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143862 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (ca 1562–1621) put his stamp on not only the music of the Netherlands but also that of North Germany, as a teacher of those who became the players of the North German School, and on English keyboard

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]]> https://interlude.hk/sweelinck-as-a-modal-touchstone-a-talk-with-andrea-vivanet/feed/ 0 Playing Around on Violin: Nicola Benedetti’s Violin Café https://interlude.hk/playing-around-on-violin-nicola-benedettis-violin-cafe/ https://interlude.hk/playing-around-on-violin-nicola-benedettis-violin-cafe/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:44:49 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143819 When you think of a violin recording, particularly with an artist as vibrant as Nicola Benedetti, you’re probably thinking of violin and piano or violin and orchestra, but in Violin Café, Benedetti turns the tables on our expectations. The accompanying

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]]> https://interlude.hk/playing-around-on-violin-nicola-benedettis-violin-cafe/feed/ 0 The Art of Three by the Corda Piano Trio https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/ https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:03:50 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142369 The piano trio is one of those basic good ideas: a violin and cello filled out with a piano creates a musical sound that covers a range of music that’s proved to be immensely satisfying. It’s one of the most

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/feed/ 0 A Glimpse Into An Unimaginable Rich Musical Life: Manuel Rodrigues Coelho https://interlude.hk/a-glimpse-into-an-unimaginable-rich-musical-life-manuel-rodrigues-coelho/ https://interlude.hk/a-glimpse-into-an-unimaginable-rich-musical-life-manuel-rodrigues-coelho/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:25:54 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143591 Reaching the end of a multi-year project, Inventa Records presents a six-volume recording of the music of the 17th century Portuguese composer Manuel Rodrigues Coelho. Born in 1555 in Elvas, in the south of Portugal, he died in Lisbon in

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]]> https://interlude.hk/a-glimpse-into-an-unimaginable-rich-musical-life-manuel-rodrigues-coelho/feed/ 0 Exploring the Chameleon of Music: Katie Bray Sings Weill https://interlude.hk/exploring-the-chameleon-of-music-katie-bray-sings-weill/ https://interlude.hk/exploring-the-chameleon-of-music-katie-bray-sings-weill/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:05:22 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143157 It seems as though every age has its own Kurt Weill (1900–1950). Into the 1920s German cabaret? We have a Weill for that. Broadway more your style? We have a Kurt Weill for that. Hollywood? Art song? Opera? Yes, for

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]]> https://interlude.hk/exploring-the-chameleon-of-music-katie-bray-sings-weill/feed/ 0 New English Orchestral Music: David Matthews https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/ https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:26:24 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142379 The new recording on SOMM of two selections from David Matthews’ opera Anna is a welcome addition to modern symphonic repertoire. The opera, which was given in a concert performance at The Grange Hampshire, in July 2023, would have only

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]]> https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/feed/ 0 Reflections: Music by Lars A. Bisgaard https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/ https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:44:50 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142388 This set of world premiere recordings of music by the Danish composer Lars A. Bisgaard brings together his works for solo piano, guitar and piano, and piano and string orchestra. The recording opens with his Triptych for piano and string

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]]> https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/feed/ 0 Singing A New Song with a Message: Chopin’s Ballades https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/ https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:53:33 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142324 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) took the Ballade from being a favourite kind of German poem to something much more eloquent. In the pens of Goethe and Schiller, it was a narrative poem, and the most familiar we know in music includes

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]]> https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/feed/ 0 For The Patron: The Jour de Fête Quartet https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/ https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/#respond Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:04:00 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142352 On Fridays, the publisher Mitrofan Petrovich Belaieff had his musical gatherings, bringing together the cream of the St Petersburg composers. The earlier group, who came together around Mily Balakirev, known as the Mighty Handful, or just The Five (Balakirev, Alexander

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]]> https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/feed/ 0 John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration – A Conversation with Graham Ross https://interlude.hk/john-rutter-a-clare-college-celebration-a-conversation-with-graham-ross/ https://interlude.hk/john-rutter-a-clare-college-celebration-a-conversation-with-graham-ross/#respond Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:38:11 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142982 Most people may think, as they enter their ninth decade on this earth, that it is time to take a richly-deserved rest – but Sir John Rutter is not most people. Sir John (a recent knighthood last year for his

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