Naxos: Sounds Interesting podcast

Naxos: Sounds Interesting

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The Naxos Sounds Interesting podcasts explore the riches of classical music. The series covers an engaging potpourri of musical topics with each episode focusing on a new musical theme, whether based around a particular composer or concept. Presenter Richard Kennedy takes you on a musical journey to help you discover classical works in a new and interesting way. Text versions can be found at blog.naxos.com.

19 Episoden

Repetition, repetition, repetition
19.7.2023
58:52
This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series takes repetition as its theme, a musical technique that has long served composers very well, time and time and time again.
Phrases of the Loon
24.1.2023
32:13
This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series spotlights music expressed through the prism of madness in a range of contexts, from the world of fantasy to the theatre of war.
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You ditty rats!
7.9.2022
22:49
This episode takes rats as its theme, a topic that, perhaps surprisingly, has caught the attention of composers across the world and down the ages.
Found in Translation
7.9.2022
30:25
This episode examines how a musical composition can be pampered by alternative wardrobes, when an original is dressed in different presentations of style and instrumentation while retaining its core character.
Oxymoron for Orchestra
28.1.2022
31:27
This episode focuses on a selection of concertos written not for household-name soloists, but for the collective virtuosity of an orchestra's serried ranks.
Sounds disastrous
28.1.2022
28:57
This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with natural disasters, from Biblical times to modern eras.
Barbers of the Quill
30.7.2021
23:45
This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with male personal grooming experts, either by profession or name.
Alma: Her Life, Loves, Lieder
23.7.2021
20:46
The life of Mahler's wife, Alma, was as multi-faceted as her several talents, that ranged from competent composer to sizzling socialite. This episode peels back the intriguing layers beneath the common perception of her as simply the hard done by wife of the illustrious Gustav.
In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
16.7.2021
19:41
This episode spotlights a collection of unfortunate musicians who became hostages of war at the outbreak of the First World War and whose story is as inspiring as the music that sustained them. The setting is Ruhleben, a racecourse in Berlin.
From Winding Stairs to Whippoorwill
9.7.2021
18:02
An overview of the life, times and music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, whose free spirit ranged both musically and geographically during the first half of the 20th century.

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