An introduction to the theatre music of the great English composer Henry Purcell, in a new CD featuring the Aradia Ensemble under the direction of Kevin Mallon. Purcell is still one of the most popular of all composers, and his music has been copied or borrowed by everyone from Benjamin Britten to Michael Nyman

An interview with pianist Ralph van Raat about his new recording of Frederic Rzewski's monumental solo piano variations The People United Will Never be Defeated

A podcast look at Bartok's ballet score, The Wooden Prince, written in 1912. This ballet is one of only three stage works Bartok composed during this decade before returning to composing music for the concert stage

Ralph Couzens, Managing Director of Chandos Records, has grown up with this record label - it was founded by his father Brian Couzens. In this interiew, he talks about the Chandos name, the Chandos sound, and what it means to be a classical label in today's media universe.

Orli Shaham treads the concert halls of the world as a pianist in her own right. Occasionally, though, she teams up and does concerts with her equally famous brother, violinist Gil Shaham.

An interivew with composer Nigel Clarke about his new CD featuring The Miraculous Violin and other works for solo violin and winds. In this interview Clarke discusses how he composes, and how his travels around the world have influenced his music

A podcast feature about Haydn and his Piano Concertos

An introduction to Jose Antonio Escobar's new CD "Guitar Music of Chile". As this recording shows, Chile is producing some wonderful music for guitar, as well as some outstanding performers.

An interview with American composer Kenneth Fuchs about his new CD "Canticle to the Sun", and about the various sources of his inspiration

An interview with Jose Serebrier about his new recording with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. Serebrier discusses the composers on this disc, including Bizet, Revueltas, Ginastera and Villa Lobos

A podcast introduction to Lise de la Salle's new recording of the first piano concertos by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Liszt, three concertos that all had their first performances with the composer at the piano

In 1929, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote music for a feature length film called Odna (Alone). Although some of the film has been lost, this astonishing score has been meticulously re-constructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald.

Elliott Carter is the "Dean of American composers". At the age of 99, still actively composing, he has a perspective and depth of knowledge that few can match. In this podcast, he talks about his string quartets, and the development of his compositional ideas.

Elliott Carter is the "Dean of American composers". At the age of 99, still actively composing, he has a perspective and depth of knowledge that few can match. In this podcast, Sibbi Bernhardsson of the Pacifica Quartet talks about learning and performing his String Quartets

Brundibar was first performed in 1943 in the Terezin concentration camp. Of the 15,000 children who passed through this camp, only 132 survived. This podcast features an interview with Ela Stein Weissberger - one of those who survived, and who took part in those original productions of this children's opera.

A brief introduction to Vivaldi's opera Griselda, based on a story that appeared in Boccacio's book The Decameron, that had been published several hundred years earlier.

An interview with American composer James Hartway in which he talks about his new CD, how commissioners affect composers, and the delights of his mother making him take piano lessons

Raymond Bisha discusses the life and music of Leroy Anderson

Raymond Bisha discusses the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa

Raymond Bisha discusses Vaughan Williams' Hodie