EMI Classics Podcasts

Award-winning conductor Antonio Pappano discusses his latest release on EMI Classics Rossini's Stabat Mater. The recording includes star soloists Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Ildebrando d'Arcangelo.

Treasures from the world's greatest collection of recorded opera including Maria Callas in her first Tosca, Fidelio conducted by Otto Klemperer, and Der Rosenkavalier, starring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Explore more about the wonderful world of opera with this new podcast.

Xuefei Yang first performed for the composer Rodrigo when she was 14. In this podcast she talks about the challenges of recording such a well known work as his Concierto d'Aranjuez and how she was able to bring something new and very personal to this album.

"Out of all my concerto recordings, I am tempted to say that I am most proud of this one." Leif Ove Andsnes discusses the thrilling conclusion to his recording of all four Rachmaninov piano concertos.

Venezuelan-born pianist, Gabriela Montero, releases her first recording exclusively devoted to works by Latin American composers. Here she talks about her new joyous, bright album packed with tangos, milongas and swinging dance rhythms.

Ian Bostridge in conversation with Berta Joncus about his new EMI Classics album of baroque arias. The recording features works by the masters of the age, including six world premier recordings of arias by Caldara, Conti, Gasparini, Handel, Scarlatti and Vivaldi.

This podcast introduces Classical Legends, a special 4CD set of artist interviews and musical clips revealing unique insights into music and art in the words of thirteen of the most highly lauded performers.

Emmanuel Pahud pairs up with the exciting young Canadian conductor, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in a programme of virtuoso transcriptions based on operatic themes. In this podcast Pahud discusses his new disc on EMI which includes Variations on Carmen, the Magic Flute, Rigoletto and many more coupled with some of the familiar flute solos from opera.

The exciting young French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin discusses his new disc for EMI Classics with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, a programme of Ravel featuring La Valse, Daphnis et Chloe and Ma mere l'oye.

Simon Rattle discussing the recording of the Brahms symphonies with the Berlin Philharmoniker.