Cedille Records: Recent Episodes
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Cedille is a not-for-profit record label dedicated to extraordinary classical music and the brilliant artists who create it. We enhance the world's catalog of recorded music through audiophile-quality recordings featuring Chicago's finest musicians. Each episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago Podcast highlights a new release and feature interviews with your favorite Cedille artists. To support Cedille and its mission, please visit CedilleRecords.org
02 Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet Op. 21 II. Sicilienne_ Pas vite by Cedille Records
Episode 70 - Mary Elizabeth Bowden / Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet by Cedille Records
Episode 66 – John William Trotter / Miracle of Miracles — Music for Hanukkah by Cedille Records
On episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with Third Coast Percussion's David Skidmore about his experience recording Cedille's latest release, Between Breaths. The works on the album explore aspects of meditation in sound, incorporate unconventional timbres and tones, invite listeners to lose themselves within a captivating sonic landscape.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with internationally acclaimed bass-baritone Mark Steven Doss about his prolific musical career and his experience recording his Cedille debut, "Welcome to My World." The album highlights Doss's wide range as a performer, and features performances from pianist Ken Smith and accordionist Stas Venglevski.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with internationally acclaimed pianist Jorge Federico Osorio about his celebrated musical career and his experience creating Conciertos Románticos, Cedille's upcoming June 9 release comprising Mexican piano concertos and solo pieces.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, clarinetist Anthony McGill and composer Malek Jandali, about their experiences creating Cedille's upcoming release, "Malek Jandali: Concertos."
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods about his experience creating and recording "Difficult Grace", his first album for Cedille Records.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, who has served the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal clarinetist since 1979, about his experience recording "Chicago Clarinet Classics."
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with soprano Nicole Cabell and conductor Craig Trompeter about their experience creating the Haymarket Opera Company's world-premiere recording of "L'Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover)", 1780 opera by Afro-French composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799).
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with the Dover Quartet's Joel Link about the chamber group's album "Beethoven Complete String Quartets: Volume 3 — The Late Quartets." This triple-CD release comprises Beethoven’s very last compositions — remarkable and often daunting works that upended the concept of the string quartet.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with violinist Rachel Barton Pine about Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th anniversary edition. The album features Pine's new recording of Florence Price's Violin Concerto No. 2, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Jonathon Heyward, and reprises her 1997 Cedille recording of concertos by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; José White Lafitte; and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg converses with saxophonist Julian Velasco, winner of Cedille Records' first-ever Emerging Artist Competition, about his upcoming debut album, As We Are.
Episode 53 - Aurelien Fort Pederzoli (Black Oak Ensemble) / Avant l'orage by Cedille Records
Episode 52 - David Cunliffe (Lincoln Trio) / Trios From Contemporary Chicago by Cedille Records
Episode 47 - Camden Shaw (Dover Quartet) / Beethoven Complete String Quartets Vol 2 by Cedille Records
Episode 46 - Andy Baker & Anthony Devroye / Leo Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions... by Cedille Records
Episode 45 - David Schrader / Organ Music by Frank Ferko & Leo Sowerby by Cedille Records
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Marta Aznavoorian, pianist of the multiple-Grammy-nominated Lincoln Trio joins Cedille President Jim Ginsburg in conversation about the ensemble’s upcoming album.
Trios From the City of Big Shoulders showcases rarely-heard piano trios by two important 20th-century composers associated with Chicago: Ernst Bacon and Leo Sowerby. Listen to learn more about these impressive works and the lives and music of Bacon and Sowerby through Aznavoorian's personal insight.
Listen to the album here: https://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/trios-from-the-city-of-big-shoulders/
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg joins Grammy nominated pianist Ursula Oppens in conversation about her new album.
Fantasy: Oppens Plays Kaminsky is the culmination of a decades-long personal and musical friendship between Ursula and composer Laura Kaminsky. Listen to learn more about this intriguing new collection of contemporary piano works through the esteemed pianist’s personal insight.
Learn more about Fantasy: Oppens Plays Kaminsky https://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/fantasy-oppens-plays-kaminsky/
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg joins Chicago baritone Will Liverman in conversation about his upcoming album Dreams of a New Day — Songs by Black Composers.
Liverman's full-album Cedille debut showcases the tradition of African American art song and features a world-premiere by composer Shawn E. Okpebholo.
https://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/dreams-of-a-new-day-songs-by-black-composers/
Episode 39 - Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt / Opus 18 Beethoven Quartets by Cedille Records
On this episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast, Brandon Vamos of Pacifica Quartet shares insight to their new album that Vamos calls "a culmination of our career." Contemporary Voices features the music of Pultizer Prize-winning composers Shulamit Ran, Jennifer Higdon, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
On this episode, Eighth Blackbird's Lisa Kaplan speaks about their new album Singing in the Dead of Night, featuring world-premiere works by Bang on a Can composers Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon. http://hyperurl.co/CDR195
On this episode Grammy Award-nominated harpsichordist Jory Vinikour discusses his latest album featuring historically groundbreaking Ordres by Francois Couperin.
On this episode we sat down with Civitas Ensemble's Yuan-Qing Yu to discuss their new album Jin Yin. Meaning "Golden Tone," this new release features a vibrant spectrum of works by contemporary Chinese composers that fuse Eastern and Western classical music traditions.
Episode 33 - Francis Crociata / Leo Sowerby: Selected Works for Solo and Duo Piano by Cedille Records
This episode of the Classical Chicago Podcast features Peter Martin from Third Coast Percussion! On October 11, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble will release Fields, featuring the compositions of genre-defying artist, Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange). Click here to learn more about the project https://CedilleRecords.lnk.to/lE48rfVQID
Brilliant violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her upcoming album on this episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast! 'Limitless' showcases commissioned works of eight highly accomplished contemporary composers who perform the pieces side-by-side with Koh. Listen to Limitless here: https://CedilleRecords.lnk.to/UaCVLlXPID
Episode 30 - Sharon Isbin & Brandon Vamos / Souvenirs of Spain & Italy by Cedille Records
"Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers" featuring Rachel Barton Pine is available October 19!
Soprano Alyson Cambridge discusses the making of her new album with Nicole Cabell, “Sisters in Song.” Available September 21! https://cedille-records.lnk.to/xo8rkso
Baritone Thomas Hampson discusses the making of his debut album on Cedille, "Songs from Chicago" (available September 14, 2018: https://cedille-records.lnk.to/NbrfdSo)
Yuan-Qing Yu of Civitas Ensemble and Pavel Šporcl of Gipsy Way Ensemble discuss their new collaborative album "Alla ZIngarese." Learn more here (available August 2018) - https://cedille-records.lnk.to/FiXRLSo
Soprano and composer Patrice Michaels discusses her upcoming album "Notorious RBG in Song." Learn more about the album here: https://cedille-records.lnk.to/4nrkvSo
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour discuss their upcoming release "J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord."
All orders ship May 11. Preview, download, or stream the album here: https://lnk.to/bxGNMSo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh and composer James M. Stephenson discuss the making of their upcoming album "Liquid Melancholy — Clarinet Music by James M Stephenson" (available April 13: https://cedille-records.lnk.to/BeDd3SC )
Third Coast Percussion's Sean Connors discusses the ensemble' new album "Paddle to the Sea," available February 9: http://bit.ly/2CXnpOc
The latest episode of Classical Chicago features an interview with Eighth Blackbird cellist, Nick Photinos. In this episode, Nick discusses Eighth Blackbird's latest album "Olagon: a Cantata in Doublespeak" and the collaboration between the ensemble, composer Dan Trueman, and Irish sean nos singer Iarla O'Lianard.
Get a behind the scenes look at the making of Cedille’s newest release, Voices of Defiance, with Dover Quartet cellist Camden Shaw! In conversation with Steve Robinson and Cedille President Jim Ginsburg, Camden discusses the tragic repertoire and meaning of the album. Pre-order today - all downloads & CDs ship October 13! CedilleRecords.org
The latest episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago Podcast features an interview with virtuoso clarinetist, Anthony McGill. In conversation with Steve Robinson and Cedille President Jim Ginsburg, Anthony discusses his new album with the McGill/McHale Trio including working with his brother, the challenges of performing in such an unusual ensemble, and his interest in recording new works like Valerie Coleman's "Portraits of Langston."
The latest episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago Podcast features an interview with virtuoso pianist, Jorge Federico Osorio. In conversation with Steve Robinson, Osorio shares his love of Shubert and Brahms, his international career as a musician, and what makes Chicago an important city for classical musicians today. You can listen to the podcast HERE and subscribe on iTunes.
Osorio's latest album, Final Thoughts: The Last Piano Works of Schubert & Brahms is now available for pre-order from CedilleRecords.org, Amazon.com, and iTunes. To support Osorio and the work of other Cedille artists, we encourage you to tell you friends and leave reviews!
Episode 10 - Pacifica Quartet / Brahms Piano Quintet Schumann String Quartet No. 1 by Cedille Records
The latest episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast features an interview with Gaudete Brass members Scott Tegge and Paul Von Hoff whose album sevenfive - The John Corigliano Effect will be released on Cedille Records on February 10 on Amazon and iTunes http://bit.ly/2ismE4A.
In the podcast, Scott and Paul discuss John Corigliano's influence on their careers, commissioning Corigliano's students to compose in works tribute to him, and the history of Gaudete Brass. to discuss their partnership and the inspiration behind the album. Gaudete Brass, a quintet devoted to presenting serious brass chamber music and commissioning new work, brings a fresh perspective to music of John Corigliano with an inventive album of brass works by the prolific American composer and his protégés.
The latest episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast features an interview with composer Mischa Zupko and violinist Sang Mee Lee, whose album Eclipse: Chamber Music by Mischa Zupko will be released on Cedille Records on November 11.
In the podcast, Mischa and Sang Mee discuss their partnership and the inspiration behind the album. Eclipse encompasses world-premiere recordings of inventive, virtuosic, and impassioned chamber works, written in a present-day musical language by the strikingly original American composer and pianist Mischa Zupko. Joining him are two close friends and accomplished colleagues, the sublime violinist Sang Mee Lee, who chairs the string department at the Music Institute of Chicago, and internationally renowned cellist Wendy Warner, a protégé of Mstislav Rostropovich. Zupko wrote some of the works expressly for these artists. You can listen to the podcast on Cedille's website or subscribe on iTunes. Eclipse: Chamber Music by Mischa Zupko is available for pre-order on Amazon, iTunes, and CedilleRecords.org.
The latest episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast features an interview with Joel Link and Milena Pajaro van de Stadt from the Dover Quartet, whose debut album Tribute: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart will be released on Cedille Records on October 14. Hailed as “the young American string quartet of the moment” (The New Yorker), the Dover Quartet makes its recording debut with an all-Mozart album on Cedille Records honoring the soaring young ensemble’s illustrious teachers and coaches, the Guarneri Quartet. Tribute: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart recalls the Guarneri’s own all-Mozart debut album on RCA Red Seal 50 years ago (1966), which featured Mozart’s final two string quartets — in B-Flat, K. 589, and F, K. 590. The Dover’s album on Cedille adds Mozart’s Quintet in C Minor, K. 406, performed with none other than Michael Tree, the Guarneri’s founding violist and one of the Dover’s most valued mentors.
In the sixth episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago Podcast, violinist Jennifer Koh sits down with Steve Robinson to discuss her latest release, Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra. She describes the inspiration behind the album, growing up as the child of Korean immigrants, and reveals why her violin teacher lied to her when she was a young student.
Jennifer Koh, Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, headlines an album of Tchaikovsky’s complete works for violin and orchestra. It’s the “remarkable . . . thoughtful and vibrant” (Strings Magazine) American violinist’s first recording of music by Tchaikovsky, who has figured prominently in her rise to the top ranks of violinists worldwide. Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major is one of the most celebrated and daunting works in the violin repertoire. The subdued Sérénade mélancolique illustrates the composer’s ear for orchestral color. The delicate Valse-Scherzo melds old-fashioned elegance with spirited playfulness. Souvenir d’un lieu cher’s poignant, nostalgic mood gives way to a delightful finale.
Koh shared the top prize in the 1994 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, where she played the Tchaikovsky (and Brahms) concerto and won three special prizes, including for the best performance of Tchaikovsky’s work. The star violinist has a long history with her album collaborators, Denmark’s Odense Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor, Alexander Vedernikov. In recent years, audiences have heard Koh perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Carlos Miguel Prieto, Japan’s NHK Symphony under Vedernikov, and the Odense Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Poppen.
Lincoln Trio discusses the inspiration behind their new album, Trios From Our Homelands, with WFMT's Steve Robinson and Cedille Records President Jim Ginsburg.
Episode 4 features an interview with flutist Melissa Sznoza and double bassist Eric Snoza, members of the cutting-edge chamber music group Fifth House Ensemble. In conversation with WFMT General Manager Steve Robinson and Cedille Records President Jim Ginsburg, they talk about the group's unique new collaboration with the Israeli folk band Baladino on Cedille's June 2016 release, titled Nedudim.
Our newest episode features an interview with guitarist Denis Azabagic and flutist Eugenia Moliner — collectively, the Cavatina Duo. In conversation with WFMT General Manager Steve Robinson and Cedille Records President Jim Ginsburg, they talk about the Duo's new release on Cedille Records, Sephardic Journey.
In the second episode, Lisa Kaplan, the pianist for Eighth Blackbird discusses the ensemble's latest album Hand Eye. Lisa tells Steve and Jim about the origins of Eighth Blackbird, how the ensemble pushes artistic boundaries, and the inspiration behind the album. Eighth Blackbird won Grammy awards for all three of its Cedille recordings released between 2007 and 2013.
Episode 1 - Our first episode features an interview with David Skidmore from Third Coast Percussion. In conversation with WFMT General Manager Steve Robinson and Cedille Records President Jim Ginsburg, David talks about the group's founding, its relationship with Steve Reich's music, and their new album on Cedille Records.