Beethoven's Symphony No 5: a quick guide to essential recordings
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Three highly recommended recordings: a modern choice, a classic and a vintage gem
Features
Jacqueline du Pré: 'You must have spontaneity and too much study destroys that' | Classic interview
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Jacqueline du Pré spoke to Alan Blyth for Gramophone's January 1969 issue...
Top 10 Operas
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The essential operas by the greatest composers - a beginner's guide
Alexander Scriabin: the innovation and audacity of the Russian composer
- Monday, January 2, 2023
Geoffrey Norris says we should look beyond the composer’s egomania to marvel at a remarkable musical legacy
Leonard Bernstein: 'It’s much harder to write a tune in F major than to compose a three-hour 12-tone sonata’ | Classic interview
- Monday, January 2, 2023
Leonard Bernstein spoke to Alan Blyth for the September 1970 issue...
Birgit Nilsson interview: 'I passed over a bridge I thought really of jumping in. If performing in opera was like this, I couldn’t go on' | Classic interview
- Monday, January 2, 2023
Birgit Nilsson spoke to Alan Blyth for Gramophone's January 1970 issue...
Mozart's violin concertos: a quick guide to the essential recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
If you are discovering Mozart's violin concertos for the first time, here are three great recordings to get you started
50 Great Conductors
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
A great conductor illuminates music you thought you knew in a way that you couldn't possibly have imagined. Here are 50 of the finest, with recording recommendations
The 50 greatest Chopin recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
Complete with the original Gramophone reviews of 50 of the finest Chopin recordings available
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2: A quick guide to the best recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
A quick guide to the greatest recordings of Rachmaninov's much-loved concerto
The 50 greatest George Frideric Handel recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
The definitive guide to the 50 greatest Handel recordings, featuring extracts from the original Gramophone reviews
The 50 greatest Tchaikovsky recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
The perfect introduction to Tchaikovsky's music, featuring recordings by Herbert von Karajan, Martha Argerich, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julia Fischer, Valery Gergiev and many more
Video of the Day: Francesca Dego and the London Symphony Orchestra
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
The violin virtuoso performs a lesser-known concerto from an 18th century French composer
The 50 best Johann Sebastian Bach recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
50 of the finest JS Bach recordings available – complete with the original Gramophone reviews – featuring Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Isabelle Faust, Murray Perahia and more
Schubert: the 50 greatest recordings
- Sunday, January 1, 2023
This list of albums is a great way to start exploring Schubert's music and includes many of the finest recordings from the last 100 years, featuring Sir Thomas Beecham, Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper, Gundula Janowitz, and many more
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