Episodes

  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 11 - Sellers in the Studio
    Aug 31 2025

    Recorded on location in Argyle Street, Kings Cross, London, an episode celebrating the centenary of Peter Sellers, with some of his classic comic recordings, and the 70th anniversary of Ealing Studios comic masterpiece, The Ladykillers, (from the location of the famous rickety house) which gave Sellers his first major starring role. Hosted by Laurence Lewis. Playing Time: 13.12 mins.

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    13 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 10 - Monteux in San Francisco
    Jul 31 2025

    Conductor Pierre Monteux (1875 - 1964) had an extraordinary musical life. In this episode, Laurence Lewis concentrates on the years he worked as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Playing Time: 12.20 mins.

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    12 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 9 - Five Fantastic, Fantastic's
    Jun 30 2025

    In which Laurence Lewis enters the drug filled world of Hector Berlioz to highlight five very different versions of his Symphonie Fantastique. NOTE: This is not a record review! Playing Time: 11.09 mins.

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    11 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 8 - Remembering Lucia Popp
    Jun 4 2025

    Soprano, Lucia Popp, lit up the operatic world with her performances as Mozart's Queen of the NIght. In 1993 she died aged 54. Laurence Lewis remembers her with recordings of Mozart, Dvorak, Puccini, Lehar and more. Playing Time: 15.15 mins.

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    15 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 5 - Behind the Microphone with John Culshaw
    Apr 30 2025

    Laurence Lewis explores the early years of legendary Classical recordings producer, John Culshaw. Featuring music by Grace Williams, Aaron Copland, Ernest Bloch, Verdi, and highlighting musicians Kathleen Ferrier and Georg Solti. Playing Time: 15.46 mins.

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    16 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 4 - Who Was Dinu Lipatti?
    Mar 31 2025

    Laurence Lewis asks the question "Who Was Dinu Lipatti" the legendary pianist who died in 1950, and whose small recorded legacy has never been out of the record catalogues. Includes music by Chopin, Ravel and Bach. Playing Time: 20.17 mins.

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    20 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 3 - A Pile of Planets
    Mar 1 2025

    In a conducting career spanning more than sixty years, Sir Adrian Boult not only conducted the premiere, but made at least five commercial recordings of
    Gustav Holst's suite The Planets. Laurence Lewis looks back at these, placing them in the context of Boult's recorded legacy. Playting Time: 15.02 mins.

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    15 mins
  • Classic Music Podcast - Episode 2 - A Tale of Two Exhibitions
    Feb 1 2025

    From the dawn of the LP and Hi-Fi, Laurence Lewis revisits 1951 and two recordings of Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition conducted by Rafael Kubelik and Guido Cantelli. Total P.laying Time: 17.18 mins.

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    17 mins