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 Podcas…
Episode 70 - Mary Elizabeth Bowden / Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet by Cedille Records
Episode 69 – Austin Hartman / American Voices by Cedille Records
Episode 68 – Stacy Garrop / Terra Nostra by Cedille Records
Episode 67 – Will Liverman / Show Me The Way 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.
Episode 64 Part 2 - Rachel Barton Pine and Earl Maneein by Cedille Records
Episode 64 Part 1 - Rachel Barton Pine and Earl Maneein by Cedille Records
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).
Episode 57 – Anthony McGill / American Stories by Cedille Records
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 51 - Robert Dillon (Third Coast Percussion) / Perspectives by Cedille Records
Episode 50: Ani & Marta Aznavoorian / Gems from Armenia by Cedille Records
Episode 49 - Alex Klein / When There Are No Words by Cedille Records
Episode 48 - Anthony McGill & Gloria Chien / Here With You 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/
Episode 42 - Sean Connors (Third Coast Percussion) / Archetypes by Cedille Records
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 40 - Jennifer Koh / Bach & Beyond Part 3 by Cedille Records
Episode 39 - Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt / Opus 18 Beethoven Quartets by Cedille Records
Episode 38 - Jorge Federico Osorio / The French Album 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
Episode 29 - Black Oak Ensemble / Silenced Voices by Cedille Records
Episode 28 - Jory Vinikour / 20th Century Harpsichord Concertos by Cedille Records
Episode 27 - Anthony McGill / Winged Creatures by Cedille Records
Episode 26 - Alex Klein / Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas by Cedille Records
Episode 25 - Mei-Ann Chen & Clarice Assad / Project W by Cedille Records
Episode 24 - Matthew Lipman / Ascent by Cedille Records
Violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her new Cedille album, "Saariaho X Koh."
"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