Martinů on record
- Tuesday, February 21, 2017
The story of a composer who always enjoyed a close relationship with the record industry
Features
Debate: When is film music ‘classical’?
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Classical composers Philip Glass and John Corigliano have both had success scoring for the big screen. They debate that relationship with Jed Distler in New York
Reputations: Bernard Herrmann
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Despite his struggle for acceptance in the concert-hall, Herrmann's triumphs on the cinema screen secure him a place in the composer's pantheon, argues Nick Shave
John Williams interview: 'It's not hard work that makes success; it's sustained hard work that makes success'
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Multi-Oscar-nominated composer of film scores for the likes of Star Wars and ET, John Williams still keeps a foot in the classical camp, as Timothy Mangan finds out (Gramophone, 2005)
La valse du cinéma
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Les Six, together with Saint-Saëns and Ravel, laid the musical foundations for French cinema, which remains unique to this day, writes Gary Dalkin
Hollywood's Super Orchestra
- Monday, February 20, 2017
For all the talk of the 'top five' America orchestras, it was a Hollywood studio that gave birth to one of the greatest of them all, writes Adrian Edwards
The problem for film composers today
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Richard Eyre, on the trials and tribulations of today's film composers
Debate: was Bernard Herrmann a great composer?
- Monday, February 20, 2017
John Amis, Rumon Gamba and Adrian Edwards discuss the legacy of Hitchcock’s favourite musical collaborator
Competition: win 'Star Wars – The Ultimate Vinyl Collection', courtesy of Sony Music
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Simply answer our multiple-choice question to be in with a chance of winning this stunning 11-LP box-set
Bringing the cinema home: our complete guide to the best home cinema systems
- Monday, February 20, 2017
The latest developments have brought the home viewing experience even closer to going to the cinema, says Andrew Everard – in fact, watching in comfort can be even better
Alexandre Desplat | My Music: ‘At their best, film scores are real music, not background wallpaper, and can work equally well in a concert hall’
- Monday, February 20, 2017
Alexandre Desplat on finding the balance between fiction and function
Playlist: Inspired by Slava
- Saturday, February 18, 2017
Rostropovich was instrumental in expanding the cello repertoire during his lifetime, as these recordings demonstrate
Playlist: Rostropovich pupils
- Saturday, February 18, 2017
Rostropovich was a great cellist and conductor, but was also an inspirational teacher...
Playlist: German song-cycles
- Saturday, February 18, 2017
James Jolly traces the development of the German-language song-cycle
Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – a quick guide to the best recordings
- Thursday, February 16, 2017
A quick overview of the greatest recordings of Vaughan Williams's Tallis Fantasia
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