New beginnings, new directions
- Thursday, January 19, 2023
What should an orchestra be in the third decade of the century? James Jolly discusses the challenges with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s new CEO, Mark Williams
Features
What makes Meredith Monk one of contemporary music’s most original, individual, and innovative figures?
- Thursday, January 19, 2023
This US composer Meredith Monk has continued to work in multiple art forms and to break the mould for more than 50 years
Video of the Day: Clélia Iruzun plays Nimrod Borenstein - Souvenirs de Mendelssohn
- Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Pianist Clélia Iruzun plays a tribute to Mendelssohn by composer Nimrod Borenstein
Mozart's Don Giovanni: a guide to essential recordings
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023
No single production can handle all the facets of this fascinating opera, so imagination must come into play. Richard Lawrence selects the best recordings
Liszt's Totentanz: a guide to the best recordings
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Franz Liszt’s scintillating journey to the Underworld challenges pianists and thrills audiences. Jeremy Nicholas compares a selection of recordings of this diabolic masterpiece and selects his favourite
Icon: Edwin Fischer
- Monday, January 9, 2023
Celebrating the qualities of his playing and the many and varied achievements of this Swiss pianist, Stephen Cera highlights the fact that he deserves greater recognition as an innovator
Recommended classical releases (January 6, 2023)
- Friday, January 6, 2023
Matthias Goerne's 'Schubert Revisited', Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazıl Say reunited, Stephen Hough's First String Quartet
Gramophone's Conductor Podcasts of the Year 2022
- Thursday, January 5, 2023
Looking back at 2022's conductor guests on the Gramophone Podcast
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique': a quick guide to essential recordings
- Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Three highly recommended recordings: a modern choice, a classic and a legendary account
Editor's Choice: January 2023 | The best new classical recordings
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The Editor's pick of the albums reviewed in the January 2023 issue, featuring new releases from Javier Camarena, Roderick Williams and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: the complete guide
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
A complete guide to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, including how audiences, performers and the composer himself have responded to this iconic and surprisingly controversial work
Beethoven's Symphony No 5: a quick guide to essential recordings
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Three highly recommended recordings: a modern choice, a classic and a vintage gem
Jacqueline du Pré: 'You must have spontaneity and too much study destroys that' | Classic interview
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Jacqueline du Pré spoke to Alan Blyth for Gramophone's January 1969 issue...
Top 10 Operas
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The essential operas by the greatest composers - a beginner's guide
Alexander Scriabin: the innovation and audacity of the Russian composer
- Monday, January 2, 2023
Geoffrey Norris says we should look beyond the composer’s egomania to marvel at a remarkable musical legacy
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