EMI Classics Podcasts

Angela Gheorghiu talks about her new album ‘Homage to Maria Callas’ - a collection of French and Italian operatic masterpieces inspired by the career and recordings of Maria Callas, the greatest diva of the last century.

EMI celebrates the art of Sir Thomas Beecham, one of the most gifted musicians England has ever produced.

Herbert von Karajan was an icon, one of the twentieth century's most fascinating and complex geniuses, dominated the post-war classical music world like a colossus. Find out more about him with our 100 Best Karajan podcast.

Antonio Pappano launched the season in Rome with complete performances of Rossini's final French opera seria. EMI captures this epic work live on a landmark new recording.

Ingrid Fliter in her first recording of Beethoven for EMI, interprets three of the composer's much-loved 'named' sonatas, all written around the year 1800 and ushering in musical Romanticism.

The EMI ICON series pays homage to some of the greatest recording artists of the recent past. Find out more about these historical and seminal recordings with this podcast.

A woman's journey from youth, through love and betrayal. Ed Seckerson talks to Kate Royal about ‘A Lesson in Love' her new album on EMI Classics.

Piano favourites by some of the worlds most inspiring artists including Martha Argerich, Aldo Ciccolini, Ingrid Fliter, Andrei Gavrilov, Stephen Kovacevich, John Ogdon, Garrick Ohlsson, Mikhail Pletnev and Christian Zacharias.

Sir Simon Rattle discusses his new recording with the Berlin Philharmonic - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and its fantasy musical world which contains some of classical music's greatest hits.

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.