Oscars Nominations • Beethoven • Piccolo Chamber Music

PODCAST:  

In our February 2020 podcast, we discuss cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s entry into the Official UK Album Chart, the first cellist in history to do so. We also analyse the nominees for Best Original Score at this year’s Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and look at who from the classical music was named on the New Year’s Honours list this year.

Also this episode, we listen to extracts from both our cover CD and our Recording of the Month, the latter of which is pianist Angela Hewitt performing Bach’s Partitas. Plus, we bring you the nominees for this year’s BBC Music Magazine Awards!

As usual, we each bring along a recording we’ve discovered and have been enjoying this month.

This episode is presented by editor Oliver Condy, who is joined by editorial assistant Freya Parr and reviews editor Michael Beek. It was produced by Ben Youatt and Jack Bateman.

News:

Judith Bingham: The Drowned Lovers
Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano), Swedish Chamber Choir/Simon Phipps
Chandos CHSA5255

Elgar: Enigma Variations – Nimrod
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Khluda (cello)
Decca 4850241

The Magazine:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio
BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda

JS Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat: VI. Gigue
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA68271/2

First Listen:

Phantasm: Clavierubung III
The Well-Tempered Consort
Phantasm
Linn CKD618

Granados: Oriental (Danza Espanola)
Saudades
Romain Nosbaum (piano)
ARS Produktion ARS38287

Thea Musgrave: Piccolo Play: IV. Les Papillons
Mighty Metamorphoses
Peter Verhoyen (piccolo), Stefan De Schepper (piano)
Etcetera Records KTC1668