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Karabtchevsky on His Villa-Lobos Symphonic Cycle

Isaac Karabtchevsky recorded a Villa-Lobos symphony cycle, and much more, with the São Paulo Symphony for the Naxos Music of Brazil series. Revisit our interview with him as he releases a new album featuring the composer's cello concertos!

Anthony Roth Costanzo on The Lord of Cries

In John Corigliano's opera The Lord of Cries, Dracula receives a stunning new backstory: he is the Greek god Dionysus, returned to earth for a bloody Bacchanal. What does it feel like to sing this role? We asked superstar Anthony Roth Costanzo!

"Let Music Swell the Breeze:" A Roundtable

Conductor Alexander Mickelthwate trusted that composer Jonathan Leshnoff could write stirring elegiac music. But on their new album with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, listeners hear many sides of Leshnoff's art.

All Set(s): Sinclair & Swafford on Charles Ives

Charles Ives's Sets for Small Orchestra had never been gathered on one recording until conductor James Sinclair released his latest album in 2023. In this Arkiv Live Q+A, watch as Sinclair and fellow Ivesian Jan Swafford discuss this exciting title!

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