Joanna Wildye

Celebrated pianist Joanna MacGregor releases the complete Chopin mazurkas on her own SoundCircus label. Schumann called Chopin's mazurkas "canons buried in flowers", a synthesis of Polish folk culture, nostalgia, poetry and political defiance. Performed chronologically they portray a subtle and confessional diary of a transcendent, innovative composer.

Joanna Kacperek's debut album is a fascinating program of variations, and in some cases variations with interesting links.

The youthful compositions of Karol Szymanowski presented on the album were created in the years 1899-1905.

On her second KALEIDOS album, cellist Joanna Sachryn and her piano partner Paul Rivinius present two important representatives of New Music.

Joanna Lumley sets out to explore one of the most diverse and surprising countries in Europe, where much of western civilisation began. On her odyssey, Joanna encounters both the ancient and modern aspects of Greece, touching on how the origins of drama, democracy, science, philosophy and medicine can be found here, and how they have left an enduring legacy on the fabric of our everyday life.

Joanna Lumley travels back to the country of her birth. A year older than independent India itself, Joanna was born in Srinagar in the last days of the Raj and India was home to both sides of her family for several generations. Joanna travels the length and breadth of the country, beginning her epic journey in Tamil Nadu - on the southern tip of the subcontinent - and works her way up to the north. She travels over 5,000 miles, exploring its diverse landscapes, different cultural traditions, and extraordinary spirit.

“When Maconchy’s scores arrived from the archive of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, there was an unmistakable presence on the page. Handwritten, exquisitely crafted, and spanning quite the gamut of styles – I was captivated by these scores as soon as I set eyes upon them.