Classic
Arts Productions was founded in 1993.
It has since
established itself as one of the most successful independent
radio production companies working in the field of classical
music. It has made a wide variety of programmes for BBC Radio
3 including
 Private
Passions with Michael Berkeley
- The
music quiz Full Score
- A
Land Without Music with Andrew Motion
- A
four-part series on the career of Dame Janet Baker with Brian
Kay
- Programmes
for the 1999 Weimar/Goethe Weekend with John Tusa and others
- A
Price Worth Paying, And the Band Played On and Stage Directions
with Sir John Drummond
- Many
live concert series, including the Lunchtime Concerts from
St George’s Brandon Hill, Bristol, and orchestral concerts
with the City of London Sinfonia.
The
Classic Arts studio recording of Thomas Ades’s first opera,
Powder Her Face, was released by EMI and nominated for a 2000 Grammy
Award. The company’s recording of Strauss’s Die Liebe
der Danae from the 1999 Garsington Opera Festival attracted critical
praise.
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