Icon: Enrico Caruso
- Friday, February 11, 2022
Tully Potter describes the plentiful gifts of this tenor, whom he first encountered as a boy – from an exceptional opulence of tone to vivid acting ability in both comic and tragic roles
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Grieg’s Piano Concerto: A deep dive into the best recordings
- Thursday, February 10, 2022
Grieg’s Piano Concerto has been tackled by many great pianists, but not all of them strike the right balance between refined pianism and Lisztian zest. Jeremy Nicholas surveys recordings spanning a century
Elsa Dreisig’s fresh new take on Mozart: ‘In this business, these “rules” we have are not actually real. It’s first of all about interpretation’
- Thursday, February 10, 2022
For her new album, French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig has turned on its head every preconception about the characters in Mozart’s operas, portraying credible, sympathetic women who have lived real, often messy lives, discovers Neil Fisher
Top 10 Amy Beach recordings
- Wednesday, February 9, 2022
A child prodigy, Amy Beach went on to write several works that have been widely performed and recorded, most notably the Piano Quintet and Piano Concerto. Here are 10 of the finest recordings
Diversifying the repertoire: why it's vital - and how to do it
- Tuesday, February 8, 2022
The Dunedin Consort's CEO asks: what if this was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change classical music?
Top 10 Jean Sibelius recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
A beginner's guide to 10 of the most outstanding recordings of Jean Sibelius's music
Top 10 piano sonatas
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
From Mozart to Prokofiev, here's a beginner's guide to 10 of the greatest piano sonatas ever written
Top 10 British choral works
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
From Byrd's Masses to Tippett's A Child of Our Time, this is a celebration of the great British choral tradition
Top 10 Piano Concertos
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
An introduction to 10 of the greatest piano concertos – from Mozart to Rachmaninov – with highly recommended recordings
Finding harmony through music
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
Pianist Didi Xiao reflects on the role music can play in bridging divides
Top 10 Sergey Rachmaninov recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
10 great albums of Rachmaninov's music, featuring André Previn, Moura Lympany, Steven Osborne, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Daniil Trifonov
Top 10 Gustav Mahler symphony recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
Gustav Mahler said, 'My symphonies represent the contents of my entire life.' Here are just a few of the finest recordings available...
The 10 Best Mozart Works – A Beginner's List
- Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Here are 10 essential works that gave an idea of breadth, and more important, depth of Mozart's musical genius. Perfect for those discovering his music for the first time.
The 10 Best Bach Works – A Beginner's List
- Monday, January 31, 2022
Here are a selection of works by Bach that are essential listening; and once bitten the Bach Bug will take you on a journey of almost limitless reward
Top 10 Symphony Composers
- Friday, January 28, 2022
After the extraordinary musical developments of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven the composition of a symphony became a daunting challenge, for many years the ultimate challenge for any composer. Many rose magnificently to that challenge, not least Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius and Shostakovich
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