Top 10 Purcell recordings

• Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The inventiveness, skill and emotional power of so much of Purcell's music always rewards re-interpretation and listening. Here's the Gramophone guide to 10 of the best Purcell recordings

Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach's B minor Mass

• Monday, January 18, 2016

Thirty years after his first recording, Gardiner returns to this towering summit of Western music with the same forces as before. By Lindsay Kemp

The best Schumann recordings of the last five years

• Friday, January 15, 2016

Each of the recordings in this list was a Gramophone Editor's Choice – they are all ideal points of departure for an exploration of Schumann's sound world

Classical music mashup quiz

• Friday, January 15, 2016

How many of the 57 classical works can you identify in this hugely creative video?

Inside Schumann's Dichterliebe

• Wednesday, January 13, 2016

James Jolly meets tenor James Gilchrist in order to get under the skin of the 16 songs comprising ‘A Poet’s Love’

The complicated musical genius of Robert Schumann, by Steven Isserlis

• Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Schumann remains one of the most misunderstood of all composers. Cellist and Schumann devotee Steven Isserlis peers behind the myths

A journey inside Schumann's concertos and trios with Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov and Jean-Guihen Queyras

• Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Faust, Melnikov and Queyras are seeking to change perceptions of Schumann by recording the trios and concertos on period instruments, finds Harriet Smith

Schumann's symphonies – building a fantasy world

• Friday, January 8, 2016

Philip Clark explores why Simon Rattle, Heinz Holliger, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Robin Ticciati are immersing themselves in Schumann's highly individual sound world

Contemporary Composer: Wim Henderickx

• Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Here is a composer who tackles big subjects on the largest of canvases, drawing inspiration from around the world, writes Pwyll ap Siôn

Review: Boulez's Complete Works

• Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Complete? Well, almost. Philip Clark evaluates the collected DG recordings of a towering figure in the music of our time

Inside Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas

• Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Amanda Holloway talks to Peter Donohoe about Prokofiev’s 'explosion of virtuosity'

Inside Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony

• Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Kirill Karabits tells Philip Clark why he started his Prokofiev cycle at the end

The future’s bright – however you listen

• Tuesday, January 5, 2016

John Bercow | My Music: ‘Music was a constant companion in my childhood, especially Mozart’

• Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The Speaker of the House of Commons on music to drive to, and performing in G&S

Meet Daniele Gatti: an EFG Gramophone Conversation

• Monday, January 4, 2016

James Jolly talks to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's Chief Conductor-elect