The Encore project – or how contemporary music can be fun

• Thursday, November 6, 2014

My time in Berlin as the Wall came crashing down

• Thursday, November 6, 2014

Gramophone Editor’s Choice recordings – November 2014

• Thursday, November 6, 2014

The month's best recordings, as selected by Gramophone's Editor, Martin Cullingford

Sir John Eliot Gardiner – Interview (Gramophone, October 2008)

• Monday, November 3, 2014

Sir John Eliot Gardiner discusses his life and career with Peter Quantrill (October, 2008)

Journey to Aldeburgh – Frank Bridge and his lasting influence on Britten

• Monday, November 3, 2014

Beethoven's Symphony No 8, introduced by Paavo Järvi

• Monday, November 3, 2014

This maestro believes the Eighth still has the power to confuse musicians and academics alike

Jilly Cooper | My Music: ‘Children ought to be nailed to the piano! Music is terribly important‘

• Monday, November 3, 2014

The writer of the racing set has always loved music, and her novel Appassionata features a voluptuous violinist and an evil conductor…

90th anniversary interviews - Leopold Stokowski

• Sunday, November 2, 2014

Continuing our series of classic interviews - Leopold Stokowski talks to Alan Blyth (February 1970)

Wagner Parsifal

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

A survey of recordings of Wagner's iconic opera

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto – recommended recordings

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

One of the most daunting concertos in the violin repertoire, Tchaikovsky's masterpiece has benefitted from some classic interpretations on disc

Jonas Kaufmann on performing Lohengrin

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

An interview with Heinz Holliger

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

Alan Blyth talks to Heinz Holliger, November 1972

The Mysteries, Myths, and Truths about Mr Handel

• Saturday, November 1, 2014

David Vickers takes an in-depth look at the composer, his life, and works...

Valuable stringed instruments are disappearing from Britain with every auction that passes

• Friday, October 31, 2014

Beethoven's Symphony No 7, introduced by Michael Tilson Thomas

• Monday, October 27, 2014

San Francisco’s conductor on the symphony that is defined by its extraordinary rhythmic vitality