Puccini and the Cinema

• Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Ian Haydn Smith traces the use of Puccini's music through movie history, from You Said a Mouthful in 1932 to Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

BBC Ten Pieces and music education in the UK

• Monday, February 8, 2016

Inside Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata

• Friday, February 5, 2016

Rob Cowan talks to violinist James Ehnes about the demands of Bartók’s Solo Violin Sonata

Interview: Michael Tippett on the genesis of The Mask of Time

• Friday, February 5, 2016

A fascinating insight into Tippett's creative process from the Gramophone archive. Interview by Ivor Humphreys

How William Byrd inspired my new choral work 'Show me, deare Christ'

• Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Obituary: Michael Tippett (Jan 2, 1905 - Jan 8, 1998)

• Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Revisit the English composer's original Gramophone obituary from March 1998

Reputations: Michael Tippett

• Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Michael Oliver examines the legacy of a remarkable musical mind

Tippett's A Child of Our Time – which recording should you buy?

• Monday, February 1, 2016

A Child of Our Time was Tippett’s reaction to tragic events that changed the course of world history. Geraint Lewis traces the genesis of this modern classic and follows its progress on disc

Pierre Boulez - integrity and controversy

• Friday, January 29, 2016

Editor's Choice recordings – February 2016

• Friday, January 29, 2016

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

Celebrating Ginastera at 100

• Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The best recording of Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

• Monday, January 25, 2016

The viola has equal billing with the violin in Mozart’s celebrated work, but the players don’t always reflect this. Richard Wigmore surveys the available recordings for those which address the balance most effectively

Alexander Armstrong | My Music: ‘I’m devoted to Choral Evensong. I find the liturgy so beautiful... it’s just such a part of me, I adore it’

• Friday, January 22, 2016

From St Mary’s Cathedral to Trinity College, Cambridge, the comedian, actor – and baritone – on the long path to recording his debut album

David Bowie’s Blackstar

• Thursday, January 21, 2016