Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi’s reputation was established in 1932 when his Partita (8.572411) won critical acclaim. Three years later he premiered the first of his eight Concertos for Orchestra which secured his reputation outside of Italy. Raymond Bisha delves into a new release of the first three of those concertos performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma and conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi’s reputation was established in 1932 when his Partita (8.572411) won critical acclaim. Three years later he premiered the first of his eight Concertos for Orchestra which secured his reputation outside of Italy. Raymond Bisha delves into a new release of the first three of those concertos performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma and conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Raymond Bisha introduces the first three of Goffredo Petrassi's eight Concertos for Orchestra in the latest Naxos podcast.

Goffredo Petrassi. Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3.

Raymond Bisha introduces the third instalment of a collectable series of seven albums showcasing Ukraine-born composer Alexey Shor’s appealing personal style and superb craftsmanship. The programme features vivid portraits of literary figures for piano (Behzod Abduraimov) and orchestra (Kyiv Virtuosi), similarly an homage to Glinka, and a dazzling concerto for flute (Jasmine Choi). The conductors are Dmitry Yablonsky and Massimiliano Caldi. Commenting on a previous album of Shor's music (8.579061), MusicWeb International noted how Shor's popularity “is easy to understand. His idiom is highly melodic, lively, varied, deftly orchestrated – and could have been written at almost any time in the last century. His gift seems to be for the miniature, and he invests his pieces with great variety.”

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When he was growing up there was a large bookcase in Alexey Shor’s room, full of amazing books and stories.  All these years later, he brings these characters to life with music.

Alexey Shor. A suite, a nocturne and a concerto.   

Born in 1986, Jake Runestad is a versatile and prolific young composer whose visceral music and charismatic personality have fostered a busy schedule of national and international commissions, residencies, workshops, and speaking engagements, enabling him to be one of the youngest full-time composers in the world. In this podcast he discusses with Raymond Bisha the profound message behind his Earth Symphony, as Mother Earth recounts mankind's evolution, to lust for power and progress, to the impact this has had on the planet, and how she will move on after all that we have managed to inflict on her.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; Born in 1986,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" xml:lang="EN-GB"&gt;Jake Runestad is a versatile and prolific young composer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; whose&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" xml:lang="EN-GB"&gt;visceral music and charismatic personality have fostered a busy schedule of national and international commissions, residencies, workshops, and speaking engagements, enabling him to be one of the youngest full-time composers in the world.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; In this podcast he discusses with Raymond Bisha the profound message behind his &lt;em&gt;Earth Symphony&lt;/em&gt;, as Mother Earth recounts mankind's evolution, to lust for power and progress, to the impact this has had on the planet, and how she will move on after all that we have managed to inflict on her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Our latest podcast presents Raymond Bisha in conversation with composer Jake Runestad about the latter's Earth Symphony, in which uncomfortable truths about the planet's status quo are massaged by an inventive, thought-provoking harmonisation of music and

“The Earth is going to be fine without us.” Jake Runestad unpacks his Earth Symphony.

Notker Balbulus (c.840-912), also known as Notker of St Gall or Notker the Stammerer, was a renowned Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Gall in Switzerland who made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. In this podcast Michael Alan Anderson, musical director of Schola Antiqua of Chicago, explains to Raymond Bisha the challenges of marrying elaborate melodies with threadbare musical notation to unravel the mediaeval mysteries behind plainsong performance.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; Notker Balbulus (c.840-912), also known as Notker of St Gall or Notker the Stammerer, was a renowned Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Gall in Switzerland who made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. In this podcast Michael Alan Anderson, musical director of Schola Antiqua of Chicago, explains to Raymond Bisha the challenges of marrying elaborate melodies with threadbare musical notation to unravel the mediaeval mysteries behind plainsong performance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Travel back more than a thousand years in our latest podcast to experience Notker the Stammerer's fluent way with mediaeval plainsong, and scholarship's solutions to performance practice mysteries.

Notker Balbulus, a mediaeval marvel.

Since the 1970s, Brazilian conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky has steadfastly developed one of the most brilliant careers across the Brazilian and international music scenes, The Guardian in 2009 hailing him as one of Brazil's living icons. He's heard in this podcast In conversation with Raymond Bisha, discussing the music of fellow Brazilian icon, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Extracts from Karabtchevsky's recordings of Villa-Lobos' complete symphonies (8.506039) and cello concertos (8.574531) amplify the composer's attachment to his country's musical heritage and the conductor's assiduous scholarly approach to its performance.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt; Since the 1970s, Brazilian conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky has steadfastly developed one of the most brilliant careers across the Brazilian and international music scenes, &lt;em&gt;The Guardian&lt;/em&gt; in 2009 hailing him as one of Brazil's living icons. He's heard in this podcast In conversation with Raymond Bisha, discussing the music of fellow Brazilian icon, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Extracts from Karabtchevsky's recordings of Villa-Lobos' complete symphonies (&lt;strong&gt;8.506039&lt;/strong&gt;) and cello concertos (&lt;strong&gt;8.574531&lt;/strong&gt;) amplify the composer's attachment to his country's musical heritage and the conductor's assiduous scholarly approach to its performance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Our latest podcast features Raymond Bisha in conversation with conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky about the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Karabtchevsky on Villa-Lobos.

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