Contemporary Composer – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

• Monday, March 14, 2016

Arnold Whittall celebrates a great British composer and recommends some key recordings

Dvořák’s Fifth Symphony – which recording is best?

• Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Dvořák’s Fifth is the first wholly personal masterwork in his symphonic canon. Andrew Achenbach separates the great performances on disc from the merely good

Handel's 'other' trio sonatas

• Monday, March 7, 2016

Nikolaus Harnoncourt's greatest recordings

• Monday, March 7, 2016

So many of Harnoncourt's recordings are highly regarded that it would be impossible to come up with a definitive list of his 'greatest', but those included here are all essential listening...

Joby Burgess - percussion pioneer

• Friday, March 4, 2016

Piecing together a Donizetti jigsaw

• Thursday, March 3, 2016

In a world of choice, we all need a little listening help

• Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Editor's Choice recordings – March 2016

• Friday, February 26, 2016

Martin Cullingford's pick of the finest recordings from this month's reviews

Elgar the Outsider

• Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The composer’s Edwardian image has blinded generations to the loneliness and beauty in his music, says Andrew Farach-Colton

A special meeting of classical and Irish traditional musicians

• Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Chopin's Berceuse

• Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Bryce Morrison talks us through Chopin's exquisite miniature, as played by Murray Perahia on Sony

Gramophone Icons: Josef Hofmann

• Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Jeremy Nicholas celebrates the art and artistry of the Polish-born American pianist who inspired a generation of musicians during a career that spanned more than half a century

Exclusive video: Luciano Pavarotti sings at La Scala in 1967

• Thursday, February 11, 2016

An extract from the film 'Teatro alla Scala - The Temple of Wonders', coming to cinemas on May 26, 2016

Bartók’s piano concertos – the pianist’s sternest test

• Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tackling Bartók’s three piano concertos is tantamount to conquering Mount Everest – but is the view from the summit worth the climb, asks Geoffrey Norris