The return of the Operatic Fantasy
- Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Adrian Bradbury charts the history of the art of the operatic fantasy and champions the revival of a 'lost' tradition
Features
The art of music-making at Champs Hill
- Wednesday, July 1, 2020
The ‘retirement project’ that started out as a concert hall and picture gallery has blossomed into an independent record label, writes Harriet Smith
Gramophone's The Listening Room: Episode 98
- Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Opera arias from Aleksandra Kurzak, Bach from Benjamin Appl and Reinhard Goebel, Thomas Adès from Pekka Kuusisto and Aurora Orchestra and Jonas Kaufmann's Otello, plus some pre-release tracks ...
Video of the day: National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Alumni take socially-distant performance to a whole new level
- Thursday, June 18, 2020
Alumni from the NYCGB, conducted by Will Dawes, have come together to present a deeply moving performance of Shenandoah
Lockdown Listening
- Monday, June 15, 2020
What are our musicians listening to during lockdown? We asked them each to nominate one recording that speaks to them at this particular time …
The best new classical albums: Editor's Choice, July 2020
- Friday, June 12, 2020
The pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews, including new releases from The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Alina Ibragimova, the Takács Quartet, James Ehnes, Alisa Weilerstein and more...
If we value music, how should we express that?
- Friday, June 12, 2020
With so much music available for free, it's important to remember it costs money to make
What role can music play in eradicating prejudice?
- Thursday, June 11, 2020
Let us listen - and shine a light on the shared nature of humanity
Video of the Day: Lawrence Power launches lockdown project
- Monday, June 8, 2020
Ten short pieces to be recorded in venues vacated due to the virus
Audience and musicians reunited as Copenhagen’s Opera House reopens
- Monday, June 8, 2020
The Royal Danish Opera becomes the first in Europe to welcome orchestra, chorus, soloists and audiences back into its theatre
The Listening Room Episode 97 (5.6.20)
- Friday, June 5, 2020
James Jolly's regular playlist includes Robert Trevino conducting Beethoven, Masato Suzuki playing Bach, Martin Fröst reinventing Vivaldi for the clarinet and Yuja Wang playing Rachmaninov. Plus pre-release tracks from Aurora Orchestra, Tenebrae, Fatma Said, Augustin Hadelich and Sir Mark Elder and...
A moving performance of Elgar's 'Nimrod' – as you've never seen or heard it before
- Thursday, June 4, 2020
Professor Julian Lloyd Webber conducts musicians from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in a socially-distanced tribute to Elgar
Brahms – the complete guide, part 1: orchestral music
- Sunday, May 31, 2020
In the first of a three-part series, Rob Cowan talks to leading conductors and musicians about the special appeal of Brahms's orchestral works
Brahms – the complete guide, part 2: chamber and instrumental music
- Sunday, May 31, 2020
In the second of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's chamber and instrumental music with leading artists
Recording Bach's Three-Part Inventions at home
- Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Boris Giltburg reflects on the process of playing and recording Bach's Three-Part Inventions alone, at home. Plus, enjoy the full video of the performances...
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