An album of unity
- Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The New York Youth Symphony's Music Director introduces his ensemble's new recording
Features
‘I know that originally I had some crazy ideas, but I didn’t know they were crazy when I was doing them’ | Classic interview with Sir Harrison Birtwistle
- Tuesday, April 19, 2022
When Harrison Birtwistle agreed to participate in a recording of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, he was acknowledging a deeply creative connection with the composer, writes Kate Molleson
Live music matters - and radio can help it reach as big an audience as possible
- Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Radio 3's Controller on how the station's new season will be reflecting UK music and arts festivals
New film: ‘I Stand upon a Landscape of Infinity’ from Mårten Jansson’s ‘Requiem Novum’
- Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Barnaby Smith conducts Anna Dennis, the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra
Handel's Messiah: a complete guide to the best recordings
- Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The perennial fame of Handel’s oratorio has inspired a host of contrasting approaches to text and performance. David Vickers mulls over the finest recordings
Video of the Day: Mozart's Regina Coeli, from Keble College
- Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The film showcases the Oxford choir's newly released album, 'Resurrexi!'
What fear we then? Alexander Campkin on writing for a ground-breaking ensemble
- Monday, April 11, 2022
The composer's new work for the National Open Youth Orchestra depicts a journey between non-disability and disability
Richard Blackford: we explore the composer's music
- Monday, April 11, 2022
From cantatas to concertos, Michael White looks over the artist's ever-evolving musical voice
Watch the 2022 Carl Nielsen International Competition Finals live!
- Thursday, April 7, 2022
Watch all of the finals of this year's Carl Nielsen International Competition here on the Gramophone website
Icon: Charles Rosen
- Thursday, April 7, 2022
Well known as an academic who wrote about Classical style, this American was an equally celebrated pianist who worked with notable 20th-century composers, says Jed Distler
‘I’d never made enough time to go into this world of solo Bach… In lockdown, I jumped into the ice-cold water!’ | Frank Peter Zimmermann interview
- Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Lockdown finally gave Frank Peter Zimmermann the space he required to tackle Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas for BIS but, as the German violinist reveals to Lindsay Kemp, he continues to harbour doubts about recording the second and final Volume
Video of the Day: 'Weep, weep mine eyes', by John Wilbye
- Friday, April 1, 2022
I Fagiolini's performance taken from their new album of the composer's madrigals
Top 10 Renaissance Composers
- Monday, March 28, 2022
The 16th century witnessed four major musical phenomena: the polyphonic school reached its zenith, the tradition of instrumental music was founded, the first opera was produced and music began to be printed for the first time. Here's our beginner's guide to the greatest composers of the Renaissance...
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra: a celebration of our Orchestra of the Year and their Music Director
- Friday, March 25, 2022
A celebration of our Orchestra of the Year, the Minnesota Orchestra, and their Music Director Osmo Vänskä, featuring interviews and reviews
Video of the Day: 'Pie Jesu', from Mårten Jansson’s ‘Requiem Novum’
- Friday, March 25, 2022
Barnaby Smith conducts Anna Dennis, the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra
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