Exploring the genius of The Sleeping Beauty

• Monday, January 23, 2017

What makes Tchaikovsky’s ballet score so groundbreakingly unique? Sarah Kirkup talks to the Royal Ballet’s music director Koen Kessels to find out

Classic interview with Arthur Rubinstein: 'I’ve told my family to shoot me if I go on too long'

• Monday, January 23, 2017

The legendary pianist speaks to Alan Blyth (Gramophone, November 1968)

Arthur Rubinstein – wine, women and the piano

• Monday, January 23, 2017

For professional pianists and amateurs alike, Arthur Rubinstein's artistry was a thing of wonder, a touch that combined exquisite control with a feeling of tremendous ease, says Bryce Morrison

Top 10 Rubinstein recordings

• Monday, January 23, 2017

A beginner's guide to some of the finest Rubinstein recordings currently available

Competition: win three classic Claudio Abbado box-sets from Deutsche Grammophon

• Monday, January 16, 2017

Win Abbado's classic Beethoven, Haydn and Mendelssohn recordings

Claudio Abbado – a tribute

• Monday, January 16, 2017

His insistence that he was on an equal level to his musicians resulted in radiant music-making that was totally free of ego, writes James Jolly in a tribute to the late, great Claudio Abbado

Classic interview: inside the Don Carlos sessions with Claudio Abbado

• Monday, January 16, 2017

Michael Oliver had privileged access to Abbado's recording of Verdi's Don Carlos with Domingo in 1985

Full report: Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie opens at last

• Friday, January 13, 2017

The controversial and gargantuan project in Germany’s second largest city has finally hosted its first concerts, and Andrew Mellor was there for Gramophone

Top 10 Claudio Abbado recordings

• Thursday, January 12, 2017

A beginner's guide to the finest Claudio Abbado recordings currently available

With orchestras, does age really matter?

• Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Competition: win the complete Haydn symphonies box-set from Decca Classics

• Monday, January 9, 2017

The first complete Haydn symphony-cycle on period instruments, on 35 discs, is yours to win!

Rediscovering Haydn's symphonies, period style

• Monday, January 9, 2017

Ottavio Dantone’s recording Haydn’s Symphonies Nos 79 and 81 is further evidence that, on period instruments especially, Haydn sounds fiercely original, writes Richard Wigmore

Watch: phenomenal Chopin from Seong-Jin Cho

• Thursday, January 5, 2017

The 2015 International Chopin Competition winner live at the Yellow Lounge

Toscanini and opera

• Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Shortly after the conductor's death, Spike Hughes reflected on his contribution to opera for Gramophone in February 1957

How do we choose the right tempo?

• Tuesday, January 3, 2017