New Release 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 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 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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]]> https://interlude.hk/john-rutter-a-clare-college-celebration-a-conversation-with-graham-ross/feed/ 0 Finishing the Unfinished Martin Helmchen’s Schubert Sonatas https://interlude.hk/finishing-the-unfinished-martin-helmchens-schubert-sonatas/ https://interlude.hk/finishing-the-unfinished-martin-helmchens-schubert-sonatas/#respond Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:19:33 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142829 The impulse to complete an unfinished work by a composer such as Schubert arises from a blend of artistic curiosity, historical empathy and creative challenge. For many musicians and scholars, an incomplete score feels like a fragment of a larger,

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]]> https://interlude.hk/finishing-the-unfinished-martin-helmchens-schubert-sonatas/feed/ 0 Opus 109 – Vikingur Olafsson https://interlude.hk/opus-109-vikingur-olafsson/ https://interlude.hk/opus-109-vikingur-olafsson/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:31:42 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142753 A late masterpiece by Beethoven lies at the heart of this new release by Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson to create a dialogue across the centuries. ‘The works of Beethoven’s third creative period feel both intimate and cosmic. It is the

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]]> https://interlude.hk/opus-109-vikingur-olafsson/feed/ 0 Challenging the Clarinetist: Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto https://interlude.hk/challenging-the-clarinetist-nielsens-clarinet-concerto/ https://interlude.hk/challenging-the-clarinetist-nielsens-clarinet-concerto/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:30:27 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142746 In a new recording, clarinettist Jonas Frølund takes on the complexity of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, written with two soloists in mind: the clarinettist and a snare drummer. Much like Shostakovich’s first piano concerto, written for piano and trumpet, this

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]]> https://interlude.hk/challenging-the-clarinetist-nielsens-clarinet-concerto/feed/ 0 A House of Ghosts Piano music by Francis Pott Duncan Honeybourne, piano https://interlude.hk/a-house-of-ghosts-piano-music-by-francis-pott-duncan-honeybourne-piano/ https://interlude.hk/a-house-of-ghosts-piano-music-by-francis-pott-duncan-honeybourne-piano/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:54:28 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142663 This new release of music by British composer Francis Pott, performed by Duncan Honeybourne, brings together piano works written between 1983 and 1997. The title of the album, ‘A House of Ghosts’, reflects the character of the pieces: short works

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]]> https://interlude.hk/a-house-of-ghosts-piano-music-by-francis-pott-duncan-honeybourne-piano/feed/ 0 Complementary Preludes: Chopin and Scriabin https://interlude.hk/complementary-preludes-chopin-and-scriabin/ https://interlude.hk/complementary-preludes-chopin-and-scriabin/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:40:49 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142642 The new recording by Mikhail Pletnev brings us his unforgettable touch on two of the most fundamentally important works in the piano repertoire: the preludes by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) and Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915). Written some 50 years apart, in 1839

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