Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing operas

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Nico Muhly and Peter Phillips on their new album 'No Resting Place'

For this week's episode, the composer Nico Muhly and the founder of the Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips join the Gramophone Podcast to talk to Editor Martin Cullingford about their beautiful new release 'No Resting Place', released on Linn Records and an Editor's Choice in the Apr ...  Show more

Sir Mark Elder and Huw Watkins on their new Hallé recording

In this week's edition of the Gramophone Podcast Editor Martin Cullingford was joined by conductor Sir Mark Elder and composer Huw Watkins to talk about the Hallé's new recording of Watkins's orchestral music, featuring his Symphony No 2, Concerto for Orchestra and Fanfare, all w ...  Show more

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