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SCHUBERT: Our podcast of the day

GRAMOPHONE In 2019, Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin performed Schubert’s great song-cycle in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Erato were on hand to record it. James Jolly caught up with the multi-Gramophone Award-winning mezzo to talk about her unique approach to the work. As one of a handful of women singers who have […]

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SCHUBERT: Our podcast of the day

GRAMOPHONE: Joined by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the American mezzo takes a different approach to this song masterwork In 2019, Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin performed Schubert’s great song-cycle in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Erato were on hand to record it. James Jolly caught up with the multi-Gramophone Award-winning mezzo to talk about her […]

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LISZT: Our podcast of the day

GRAMOPHONE Liszt’s piano music, with Alexander Ullman Alexander Ullman’s new album featuring Liszt’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 and the Sonata in B Minor, is released today on Rubicon Classics. For this week’s episode of the Gramophone Podcast, the Award-winning pianist joined Editor Martin Cullingford to explore this extraordinary music, its beauty and its […]

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ANDREW SCHEPS: Lost in Translation – Audio Quality in Streaming Media

Lost In Translation with Andrew Scheps provides an engaging, revelatory and humorous presentation of current audio format comparisons. The demonstration showcases the auditory differences of master recordings played back in different formats such as vinyl, CD, MP3, AAC and online streaming models. Scheps (http://www.uaudio.com/blog/artist-int…) has engineered and mixed for some of the biggest acts in […]

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UNDERSTANDING: Streaming

PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan There are tons of misconceptions and even a few audio myths growing around the subject, so I think he’s right. Today we will start with a simple overview, then dig in a bit deeper in the days to follow. Creating a seamless streaming music experience requires a well-designed system comprising […]

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SPOTIFY: An ITIL® Case Study

Spotify is the largest global music streaming subscription service. It is building a two-sided music marketplace for users and artists, which is powered by data, analytics, and software. In this case study, Ola Källgården reveals how Olingo, a Swedish management consulting company, helped Spotify to embrace the principles of ITIL. https://www.axelos.com/case-studies-and-white-papers/spotify-itil-case-study

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RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Beethoven / Fifth Symphony from Munich

10 Nov 2022 Available for 29 days Click HERE to Listen Penny Gore continues this week of programmes with a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony from the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava. Jordi Savall brings us one of the Cantigas de Santa Maria every day this week, there’s Renaissance polyphony from Stile Antico, plus […]

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CHOPIN: Inspired by the intimate salon aesthetic prevalent in Chopin’s time, Haley recorded and produced the album on her …..

Classical pianist and Young Steinway Artist Haley Myles is releasing her second album, dedicated to Chopin’s Nocturnes. Inspired by the intimate salon aesthetic that was prevalent in Chopin’s time, Haley recorded and produced the album on her Steinway and Sons M at her home in Lyon, France.  ‘The Complete Nocturnes’ is a natural extension of […]

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Angela Hewitt on her new album, Love Songs

This week’s Podcast guest is pianist Angela Hewitt, who tells Editor Martin Cullingford about her beautiful new album ‘Love Songs’, transcriptions of songs by composers including Schumann, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Gluck, Grieg and De Falla – with arrangements by pianists and composers including Liszt, Godowsky, Grainger and Hewitt herself. The album is out today on […]

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