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• Thursday, April 28, 2016

Editor's Choice recordings – May 2016

• Monday, April 25, 2016

Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

Embracing Shakespeare’s World

• Friday, April 22, 2016

When the 19th-century symphonic composers were drawn to Shakespeare, some remarkable concert works resulted, writes Tim Ashley.

When Julian Lloyd Webber met Yehudi Menuhin

• Thursday, April 21, 2016

In 1980 Julian Lloyd Webber undertook a revealing and wide-ranging interview with Yehudi Menuhin that was never published, until now...

Shakespeare in music

• Thursday, April 21, 2016

John Steane on how the Bard inspired composers - and how music, in turn, inspired him

Music for Her Majesty

• Thursday, April 21, 2016

Top 10 Ives recordings

• Thursday, April 21, 2016

Many of Ives's works present unique challenges for the performers brave and dedicated enough to tackle them, let alone commit them to disc. Here are some of the finest Ives recordings in the catalogue...

Top 10 English composers

• Thursday, April 21, 2016

We select ten of the greatest composers England has produced (and some recommended recordings)

Gramophone Collection: Charles Ives's Concord Sonata

• Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Charles Ives left his Concord Sonata for solo piano unfinished for a reason. But what that reason was remains unclear – which, says Philip Clark, presents a challenge to pianists who tackle the work on record

Victoria Wood | My Music: ‘I think it’s a big problem if the only people who have access to music lessons are middle-class’

• Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The comedian and playwright on the need for music education and her love of choirs

Charles Ives: lonely American giant

• Tuesday, April 19, 2016

'He plunged ahead solely on the basis of his ear, his stamina, his conviction, his talent and his need to create' (John McClure, Gramophone, April 1967)

The rest is...

• Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Contemporary composer: John McCabe

• Tuesday, April 19, 2016

In 2014, Guy Rickards surveyed the achievements of this great exponent of the composer-pianist tradition on the eve of his 75th birthday.

Masterclass: Grieg's Piano Concerto

• Friday, April 15, 2016

Pianists Stephen Kovacevich and Jean-Yves Thibaudet give their perspectives on Grieg's youthful masterpiece, and Richard Whitehouse provides a detailed analysis

I Fagiolini's 'Amuse-Bouche'

• Monday, April 11, 2016