Robert Schumann: Top 20 Recordings
- Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Twenty great Schumann recordings, featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mitsuko Uchida, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and more
Twenty great Schumann recordings, featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mitsuko Uchida, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and more
Introducing outstanding new albums from Bertrand Chamayou, Laura van der Heijden, Janine Jansen, Takács Quartet, Magdalena Kožená and more
As The Gesualdo Six marks 10 years with a characteristically imaginative album, Mark Seow encounters an ensemble as close-knit socially as it is musically
How should we view the composer whose music still divides audiences 150 years after his birth? Peter Quantrill and key Schoenberg advocates set his work in the context of his own era, and of ours
As Decca marks the centenary of one its most visionary producers, James Jolly hears from John Culshaw’s friends, colleagues and admirers in celebration of one of the classical record industry’s greats
Stephen Cera celebrates the remarkable Polish keyboard player who single-handedly revived interest in the harpsichord during the early part of the 20th century
Martin Cullingford introduces the July issue of Gramophone
Heinrich Schütz’s German Requiem has become one of the most-recorded works of 17th-century German sacred music. Fabrice Fitch investigates its rich discography
In this month’s guide to further listening, Mark Seow suggests a soundtrack to a summer of sport, starting with Debussy’s danced ballet, the tennis-themed Jeux
Soprano and composer, Héloïse Werner performs her piece 'Lullaby For A Sister'
The California-based photographer has always been drawn to music of all types, but her father awakened her love of classical music
As his career changes gear, and he adds ‘author’ to his CV, Sir Antonio Pappano talks to James Jolly about his love of English music, his musical journey and ‘influence’
Richard Whitehouse delves into the fascinating and evocative sound world of this Scottish composer
Geraint Lewis and Jeremy Dibble revisit the first ever full recording of Elgar’s The Kingdom, made by Sir Adrian Boult in 1968
The composer Oliver Leith talks about his opera Last Days
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