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'It's all about the emotions for me': Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd on her latest album, Casta Diva

Friday, April 28, 2023

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Matilda Lloyd speaks to Opera Now’s Editor Hattie Butterworth about the physiology of brass playing, her relationship with opera and addressing the stereotypes of the instrument

Icon: Grace Bumbry

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| Gramophone

A tribute to the American soprano/mezzo Grace Bumbry who dreamt of becoming a Lieder singer then fell into opera

Album review: ‘The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’

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Monday, May 22, 2023

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Taken as a souvenir of a ritual of a unique inaugural installation that has survived for over a millennium, this Decca recording will reap many rewards

‘I cannot be put in a cage. Like the character of Carmen, I always fight for my freedom’ | Aigul Akhmetshina interview

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Monday, May 22, 2023

| Opera Now

Aigul Akhmetshina is a major young talent whose sensuous, captivating mezzo voice and compelling stage presence is proving to be a huge attraction in major opera houses around the world

The Gramophone contributors’ Christmas drinks

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Edward Greenfield remembers Leonard Bernstein

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

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Archive feature from the December 1990 issue written shortly after Leonard Bernstein's death. Edward Greenfield looks back at the life of one the 20th century's leading classical music figures

Music and spectacle at the Ryedale Festival

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Gramophone

Ben Folds introduces his Piano Concerto

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| Gramophone

The Ben Folds Five frontman and songwriter on the influences behind his Piano Concerto

Madama Butterfly in Sydney Harbour

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Gallery: treasures from the Vienna Philharmonic archive

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Monday, October 13, 2014

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner – Interview (Gramophone, October 2008)

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Monday, November 3, 2014

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner discusses his life and career with Peter Quantrill (October, 2008)

Jascha Heifetz - (Obituary Gramophone March 1988) by Bryan Crimp

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

| Gramophone

‘There are many violinists – then there is Heifetz.’ David Oistrakh’s now celebrated aphorism revealed the universal reverence felt towards Jascha Heifetz by the world’s string players. Heifetz was, indeed, the nonpareil of violinists.