Gramophone essentials: the greatest classical works, the finest recordings

• Monday, July 10, 2017

Browse our quick guides to must-have recordings of the most celebrated classical works

Video: Maria Callas's shattering 'Vissi d'arte' at Covent Garden in 1964

• Monday, July 10, 2017

Callas sings Puccini's Tosca with an unrivalled intensity

A Pole apart: the remarkable music of Auschwitz survivor Szymon Laks

• Friday, July 7, 2017

Handel's Water Music: a quick guide to essential recordings

• Friday, July 7, 2017

Three highly recommended recordings: a modern choice, a classic and a hidden gem

Pioneers of Power: the birth of electronic music

• Thursday, July 6, 2017

For composers from Stockhausen to Skelton, electronic music has provided an opportunity to explore the emotional interior of exterior sounds, argues Philip Clark

Video: Leeds winner Anna Tsybuleva records Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy

• Monday, July 3, 2017

In the studio with Anna Tsybuleva as she records her debut album

Product of the Month: Q Acoustics Concept 500

• Friday, June 30, 2017

An ambitious floorstanding speaker sets new standards at the price, thanks to clever design and meticulous tuning.

Interview: London Contemporary Orchestra – reinventing music for film and television

• Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Co-Artistic Directors of the LCO Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames talk about how the orchestra's new sample library, LCO Strings, is giving composers new worlds of sound to explore

Classical music's blurred boundaries

• Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The ‘classical music’ label is proving outdated for many of today’s creative artists who thrive on the ever-decreasing gap between the art form and other music genres, writes Kate Molleson

Video of the day: Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

• Monday, June 26, 2017

A complete live performance by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Classic interview: David Oistrakh

• Thursday, June 22, 2017

Alan Blyth had the rare opportunity to interview the great violinist for Gramophone in May 1973

The plight of the dispossessed resonates with us all – especially in music

• Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Exclusive recording: Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov pay tribute to Jiří Bělohlávek

• Monday, June 19, 2017

The Czech Philharmonic play one of Bělohlávek's favourite piece in their first concert since the conductor's death

An ever-changing industry grows and blooms

• Monday, June 19, 2017

The Karajan Ring at 50

• Monday, June 19, 2017

Revisiting the groundbreaking recording project that burst into life 50 years ago