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Lise Davidsen interview: ‘I really miss people coughing, I really miss people making that sound!’

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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Lockdown has been tough on Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen but she was able to perform Wagner to live audiences in Berlin, plus a new recording sees her step outside her comfort zone with relish, finds Neil Fisher

Cornelia Funke | My Music: ‘Music is the most perfect time machine’

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Monday, March 29, 2021

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The children’s author on the relationship between music and her writing

Martha Argerich: Celebrating the Great Pianist at 80

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

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At 80, Martha Argerich’s fire still burns brightly and her playing is as fresh and inventive as ever. Tim Parry speaks to some of her friends and colleagues to get a sense of what makes her so unique

Watch: Mary Bevan, Barnaby Smith and The Illyria Consort in Handel

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Saturday, July 3, 2021

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Duet taken from the Live from London Summer Festival

From race courses to the Welsh valleys: composing for Dream Horse

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

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Benjamin Woodgates explores the inspiration behind his new movie score

Video of the Day: Alice Sara Ott plays Arvo Pärt's Für Alina

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Friday, July 16, 2021

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An innovative performance video from Alice Sara Ott's upcoming album

This Week's Essential New Classical Albums

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Friday, July 30, 2021

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Featuring new releases from Alice Sara Ott, Emmanuelle Bertrand & Pascal Amoyel, Yeol Eum Son, BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena

Composing Dido's Ghost: an in-depth exploration

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

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Errollyn Wallen's new opera continues - and draws on her life-long fascination with - the story of Dido and Aeneas

10 great works for two pianos

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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The New Ross Piano Festival Artistic Director takes us on a journey from Mozart to Brubeck

Video of the Day: Jack Liebeck plays Ysaÿe

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Friday, October 8, 2021

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Exclusive session footage of the violinist, with pianist Daniel Grimwood, recording Poème élégiaque

Military band music - a listening guide

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

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At this time of Remembrance, we explore the links between classical music and military bands, and recommend some of the finest recordings

Verdi’s Rigoletto: which are the finest recordings?

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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Rigoletto announced Verdi’s arrival at his mature operatic style and has not fallen from the repertory since its premiere 170 years ago. Mark Pullinger assesses a selection of the available recordings

Watch: Gabriel's Message, from VOCES8 and friends

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Friday, November 26, 2021

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Start Advent with this new orchestrated version of the beloved Basque carol

Video of the Day: Joy to the World, by VOCES8 and friends

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Friday, December 10, 2021

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A starry line-up perform a magnificent new arrangement of the classic carol

Top 10 Renaissance Composers

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Monday, March 28, 2022

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The 16th century witnessed four major musical phenomena: the polyphonic school reached its zenith, the tradition of instrumental music was founded, the first opera was produced and music began to be printed for the first time. Here's our beginner's guide to the greatest composers of the Renaissance period

Top 10 Symphony Composers

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Friday, January 28, 2022

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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

Gramophone Editor’s Choice: March 2022 | The best new classical recordings

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Friday, February 18, 2022

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The best new classical recordings reviewed in the March issue of Gramophone, featuring Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Joyce DiDonato, John Eliot Gardiner and more ...

Review: The New Gustav Leonhardt Edition

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

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Jonathan Freeman-Attwood welcomes the opportunity to reassess the pioneering legacy of Gustav Leonhardt

Viktoria Mullova explores Schubert’s C major Fantasie, D934

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

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Viktoria Mullova talks to Richard Bratby about her gut-string approach to this magical work

Sibelius's Violin Concerto: an in-depth guide to the best recordings

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Monday, June 6, 2022

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Jean Sibelius’s sole concerto, in which every note is valuable, according to Ida Haendel, remains among his most popular works. David Gutman surveys recordings reaching back nine decades

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2022 Nominee

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Monday, August 8, 2022

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Why the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra deserves your vote for the 2022 Orchestra of the Year Award

John Williams’s concertos: the other side of cinema’s great musical genius

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Monday, July 25, 2022

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Exploring the concertos of John Williams with conductor Leonard Slatkin, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter

Lars Vogt: 12 unmissable recordings

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

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Lars Vogt was an inspirational soloist, conductor and chamber musician who produced benchmark recordings of music by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven and more

Video of the Day: The Escher Quartet play Pierre Jalbert

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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A captivating film of The Escher Quartet performing the first movement from Pierre Jalbert's String Quartet No 4 from their collaborative album, Air in Motion

Contemporary composer: Thea Musgrave

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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When it comes to the music of this admired Scottish composer, it’s all about the drama below the surface, writes Kate Molleson

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Lise Davidsen interview: ‘I really miss people coughing, I really miss people making that sound!’

Cornelia Funke | My Music: ‘Music is the most perfect time machine’

Martha Argerich: Celebrating the Great Pianist at 80

Watch: Mary Bevan, Barnaby Smith and The Illyria Consort in Handel

From race courses to the Welsh valleys: composing for Dream Horse

Video of the Day: Alice Sara Ott plays Arvo Pärt's Für Alina

This Week's Essential New Classical Albums

Composing Dido's Ghost: an in-depth exploration

10 great works for two pianos

Video of the Day: Jack Liebeck plays Ysaÿe

Military band music - a listening guide

Verdi’s Rigoletto: which are the finest recordings?

Watch: Gabriel's Message, from VOCES8 and friends

Video of the Day: Joy to the World, by VOCES8 and friends

Top 10 Renaissance Composers

Top 10 Symphony Composers

Gramophone Editor’s Choice: March 2022 | The best new classical recordings

Review: The New Gustav Leonhardt Edition

Viktoria Mullova explores Schubert’s C major Fantasie, D934

Sibelius's Violin Concerto: an in-depth guide to the best recordings

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2022 Nominee

John Williams’s concertos: the other side of cinema’s great musical genius

Lars Vogt: 12 unmissable recordings

Video of the Day: The Escher Quartet play Pierre Jalbert

Contemporary composer: Thea Musgrave

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