HANDEL Keyboard Suites Nos 1 to 4

Podcast: Pianist Philip Edward Fisher talks about recording Handel’s Great Suites for Keyboard

Pianist Philip Edward Fisher talks about his new Naxos recording of the first four “Great Keyboard Suites” by George Frideric Handel. In this podcast, Fisher describes some of the challenges in preparing this music, about playing it on the piano … Read More →

Horn Concertos

Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos

Former horn player Raymond Bisha takes you on a personal tour of this new CD set from Profil celebrating the French Horn, and some of it’s finest players including Wilhelm Bruns, Hermann Baumann, Peter Damm and the legendary Erich Penzel … Read More →

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Podcast: Handel’s Israel in Egypt

An introduction to Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt – less well known than the Messiah, but equally good. It’s a piece full of great choruses, colourful orchestrations and memorable tunes. All music examples from from a new Naxos recording featuring … Read More →