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Midway through a week recording Tosca in Rome for DG, Jonathan Tetelman takes time out to tell Martin Cullingford about the experience, his past, his plans – and why recordings are so important
The actor on the place of music in her childhood, and on learning to play Handel on the piano convincingly
Tully Potter celebrates the Englishman who helped raise the status of the viola in both solo and group settings, and gave life to significant new repertoire for the instrument
Rob Cowan and Jeremy Nicholas compare notes on Leon Fleisher’s 1962 recording of Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto conducted by George Szell
To mark the 200th anniversary of the UK premiere of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, we chart some of the greatest works commissioned by the RPS from its inception in 1813 to today
This month we feature outstanding new accounts of Puccini's Tosca, Weinberg's The Passenger, Machaut's. songs, Walton's Violin Concerto and much more
All of the winning recordings from the inaugural Gramophone Awards, featuring Alfred Brendel, Felicity Lott, Charles Mackerras, Pierre Boulez and the Fitzwilliam Quartet
Conductor Michael Waldron talks to Arnold specialist George Hall on the music of the often-overlooked British 20th century composer
The pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff on recovering from focal dystonia – a condition renowned for ending performing careers
This Top 10 is an ideal introduction to Monteverdi's music, featuring outstanding recordings of his key works from Les Arts Florissants, La Venexiana, Concerto Italiano and more
EMPOWER Women Changing Music is about to host its first event at King's Place. Co-founder Sinead Walsh shares her journey from disillusionment to setting up the successful project celebrating women in music
To celebrate Early Music Day 2025, we present Franziska Fleischanderl's personal playlist demonstrating the brilliance and diversity of Early Music performance today
'With the already meagre trickle of money to emerging musicians becoming pinched, and many "aging out" of certain schemes before graduating, numerous gifted artists have left the profession entirely'
Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century’s composers. Here are 20 outstanding recordings of Debussy's greatest works, from Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune to Pelléas et Mélisande
Twenty outstanding Verdi recordings, featuring Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Anja Harteros, Ludovic Tézier, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni and more
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