Brahms – the complete guide, part 3: vocal music
- Tuesday, May 26, 2020
In the third of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's vocal music with Barbara Bonney, Marcus Creed and Graham Johnson
In the third of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's vocal music with Barbara Bonney, Marcus Creed and Graham Johnson
Martha Argerich plays Beethoven and Yuja Wang plays John Adams, Grigory Sokolov's encores, a symphony by Beck and a Beethoven string quartet from the Ebène Quartet plus Sean Shibe's astounding Bach on the guitar
A beautifully produced film of Sean Shibe playing the Sarabande from Bach's Suite in E minor BWV996
American mezzo Jamie Barton has found a kindred spirit in composer Jake Heggie, both musically and personally, she tells David Patrick Stearns, as she releases a recital disc of his music, accompanied by him at the piano
As The Mozartists launch a new recording project, their Music Director talks to James Jolly about the project
The conductor–composer–pianist Thomas Adès talks to Peter Quantrill about storming the heavens and plumbing hell in music by Beethoven, Janáček, Barry – and Adès himself
At a time of separation, many artists feel more personally connected to audiences than ever
Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews, including new releases from Piotr Beczała, Nicola Benedetti, Mark Bebbington and Sean Shibe
Martin Cullingford visits Merton College, Oxford, to explore an important new addition to the music for Holy Week by British composer Gabriel Jackson
Kapustin from Dmitry Masleev, Beethoven from Teodor Currentzis, the Sitkovetsky Trio, and Matthias Goerne and Jan Lisiecki, Rattle conducts Wagner, and Duo Pleyel play Schubert's Fantasie
Pärt's new arrangement of his Estonian Lullaby for violin and piano is performed by Anne Akiko Meyers and Reiko Uchida
As Víkingur Ólafsson records his new album of Rameau and Debussy, Martin Cullingford offers a portrait of Gramophone’s Artist of the Year at work
Gramophone's Editor introduces the new issue
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